Museum permit; requirements; authorizations; circumstances

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person who holds a valid manufacturer's permit issued by the state of Louisiana and operates a museum facility within a historic preservation district that is historical in nature, designed to provide information regarding the history of and feature the manufacturer's product to public visitors to the facility and in which guided tours are provided to such visitors may, if otherwise eligible for an AR exception permit or an AG exception permit, as provided in this Title, apply for and receive a special permit which is limited authorization for the sale of special decanters or commemorative bottles produced by the manufacturer exclusively for sale within the museum facility, for the provision of a sample to museum visitors of the manufacturer's product, of up to one ounce serving per visitor, contained in the special decanter or commemorative bottle as part of an educational program offered to visitors of the historic museum facility, and to conduct tastings and samplings within the museum facility of the manufacturer's product. Such permit shall be known as a "museum permit". B. A wholesaler shall permit a museum permit holder to deliver directly a special decanter or commemorative bottle to the museum facility operated by the permit holder; however, the wholesaler shall include the amounts delivered in its inventory and depletions for purposes of tax collection imposed pursuant to this Title.