(a) A package store sampling endorsement authorizes the holder of a package store license to offer for consumption on the licensed premises at no charge a small sample of an alcoholic beverage from its inventory during the package store's stated hours of business, but not between the hours of midnight and 8:00 a.m.
(b) The biennial fee for a package store sampling endorsement is $200.
(c) Only the license holder or an agent or employee of the license holder may serve a sample.
(d) The holder of a package store sampling endorsement may serve a total volume of samples to a person on a licensed premises each day that does not exceed (1) 12 ounces of beer or mead or cider, if the mead or cider contains less than 8.5 percent alcohol by volume;
(2) six ounces of wine, sake, or mead or cider, if the mead or cider contains 8.5 percent or more alcohol by volume;
(3) 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits; or
(4) the alcoholic equivalent of (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection.
(e) The holder of a package store sampling endorsement may not publicly advertise, including through printed news, radio, or television, sampling activities conducted under the endorsement. However, the holder of a package store sampling endorsement may notify existing customers of sampling activities, including by electronic means.
(f) A person who offers a sample of an alcoholic beverage for consumption on the licensed premises of a package store without an endorsement under this section commits the offense of unendorsed package store sampling.
(g) Unendorsed package store sampling is a violation and is punishable by a fine of $500.
(h) The holder of a package store sampling endorsement who fails to comply with the requirements of (a) and (c) — (e) of this section commits the offense of failure to comply with the terms of a package store sampling endorsement.
(i) Failure to comply with the terms of a package store sampling endorsement is a violation.