(1) The commission and department shall regulate a flavored malt beverage as liquor. (2) (a) The department shall make available to the public on the Internet a list of the flavored malt beverages authorized to be sold in this state as liquor. (b) The list described in Subsection (2)(a) shall be updated at least quarterly. (3) (a) A manufacturer shall file, under penalty of perjury, a report with the department listing each flavored malt beverage manufactured by the manufacturer that the manufacturer wants to distribute in this state subject to the manufacturer holding: (i) a brewery manufacturing license issued in accordance with Chapter 11, Part 5, Brewery Manufacturing License; or (ii) a certificate of approval. (b) A manufacturer may not distribute or sell in this state a flavored malt beverage if the manufacturer does not list the flavored malt beverage in a filing with the department in accordance with this Subsection (3) before distributing or selling the flavored malt beverage. (4) The department may require a manufacturer of a flavored malt beverage to provide the department with a copy of the following filed with the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, pursuant to 27 C.F.R. Sec. 25.55: (a) a statement of process; or (b) a formula. (5) (a) A manufacturer of an alcoholic product that the department is classifying or proposes to classify as a flavored malt beverage may submit evidence to the department that the manufacturer's alcoholic product should not be treated as a flavored malt beverage under this section because the alcoholic product is beer or heavy beer. (b) The department shall review the evidence submitted by the manufacturer under this Subsection (5). (c) The department shall make available to the public on the Internet a list of the alcoholic products authorized under this Subsection (5) to be sold as beer in this state. (d) A decision of the department under this Subsection (5) may be appealed to the commission.
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