CHAPTER 453

An Act to amend and reenact § 4-15, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to operation of government stores by the Virginia Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board.

[H 305]

Approved March 31, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 4-15, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 4-15. (a) The Board may establish, maintain and operate, in such
counties, cities and towns as shall be considered advisable by the Board,
government stores for the sale of alcoholic beverages, other than beer, in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and it may discontinue
any such store or stores when in its discretion it is advisable to do so.

(b) The Board shall from time to time fix the prices at which the
various classes, varieties and brands of alcoholic beverages shall be sold
in such stores. Wholesale and retail prices shall be uniform throughout
the State, except that the difference in cost of operating stores may be
reflected in the sale price of alcoholic beverages sold at such stores, and
the Board may sell alcoholic beverages to federal instrumentalities duly
authorized and operating under the laws of the Congress and regulations
of the United States Department of Defense and located within the
boundaries of federal enclaves or reservations over which the United
States has acquired jurisdiction, at such discount prices as the Board
may determine, which discount prices may be greater or less than the
wholesale price to other authorized purchasers.

(c) The sale of alcoholic beverages at each government store shall
be conducted by a manager, and by such other officers, agents and em-
ployees as may be appointed hereunder, who shall, under the direction of
the Board, be responsible for the carrying out of the provisions of this
chapter and the regulations of the Board insofar as they relate to the
conduct of such store and the sale of alcoholic beverages thereat.

(d) No alcoholic beverages shall be sold in a government store except
in a closed package, sealed and containing such label as the Board shall
prescribe.

(e) No alcoholic beverages shall be consumed in a government store
by any person.

(f) Not more than one gallon of alcohol or spirits shall be sold to any
one person at any one time in any government store; except that, upon
written permit from the government store manager issued in accordance
with regulations adopted by the Board, three gallons (in not less than
one-fifth of a gallon containers) may be sold to any one person at any one
time and transported from the store in one trip, § 4-72 notwithstanding.
This provision shall not limit the amount that may be sold by the Board
in government stores or otherwise for industrial purposes, for manu-
facturing articles allowed to be manufactured under § 4-48, to wholesale
druggists and druggists licensed under this chapter, and to federal in-
strumentalities qualified under the provisions of subsection (b) of this
section.

With respect to purchases in excess of one gallon, the Board shall
accept in payment for any such purchase or series of purchases at gov-
ernment stores cash, or certified check on a bank located in Virgin, pay-
able to the Board in the exact amount of any such purchase or series of
purchases.

(zg) The Board may from time to time adopt regulations relating to
the sale, delivery and shipment of alcoholic beverages, and alter, amend
or repeal the same in order to prevent the unlawful sale and delivery
thereof in and from government stores.