1. Transportation on-premises or off-premises. Except as provided in section 1051, section 1075‑A, subsection 3 or section 1080, a person that transports liquor onto or off of the premises of an on-premises retail licensee commits a Class E crime.
2. Defense. It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the transportation was authorized or permitted by the licensee, the licensee's agent or the licensee's employee.