Oklahoma Wine Retail Sale, State Question 743 (2008)

The Oklahoma Wine Retail Sale, State Question 743 was a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment. It enacted law to allow certain winemakers to sell directly to retail package stores and restaurants in Oklahoma.

Election results

Question 743
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		1,064,626	78.94%
No		284,023	21.06%

Ballot Text

STATE QUESTION NO. 743

LEGISLATIVE REFERENDUM NO. 346

This measure amends Section 3 of Article 28 of the Constitution. It requires a customer to be twenty-one and physically present to purchase wine at a winery, festival or trade show. The measure changes the law to allow certain winemakers to sell directly to retail package stores and restaurants in Oklahoma. The change applies to winemakers who produce up to ten thousand gallons of wine a year. It applies to winemakers in state and out of state. Those winemakers may not also use a licensed wholesale distributor. They must sell their wine to every retail package store and restaurant in Oklahoma that wants to buy the wine. The sales must be on the same price basis. The sales must be without discrimination. Those winemakers must use their own leased or owned vehicles to distribute their wine. They may not use common or private carriers. If any part of this measure is found to be unconstitutional, no winemaker could sell wine directly to retail package stores or restaurants in Oklahoma.

See also

• Oklahoma 2008 ballot measures
• Campaign finance requirements for Oklahoma ballot measures
• Oklahoma Initiative and Referendum Law
• Oklahoma signature requirements
• Petition drive deadlines in 2008
• 2008 ballot measures

External links

• An Explanation of the Question