Editing Jack Daniel's (section)

== Legal status ==
On a state level, Tennessee has imposed stringent requirements. To be labeled as [[Tennessee whiskey]], it is not enough under state law that the whiskey be produced in Tennessee; it must meet quality and production standards. These are the same standards used by Jack Daniel's Distillery, and some other distillers are displeased with the requirements being enshrined into law.<ref name="Esterl">{{cite news |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jack-daniels-faces-whiskey-rebellion-233400546.html |first1=Mike |last1=Esterl |title=Jack Daniels Faces Whiskey Rebellion |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=March 18, 2014 |access-date=March 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319022345/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jack-daniels-faces-whiskey-rebellion-233400546.html |archive-date=March 19, 2014  }}</ref><ref name=HB1084 />

On May 13, 2013, Tennessee Governor [[Bill Haslam]] signed House Bill 1084, requiring the Lincoln County process to be used for products produced in the state labeling themselves as "Tennessee Whiskey", with a particular exception tailored to exempt [[Benjamin Prichard's]], and including the existing requirements for bourbon.<ref name=HB1084>{{cite web|last=Zandona|first=Eric|title=Tennessee Whiskey Gets a Legal Definition|url=http://www.ezdrinking.com/ezdrinking/2013/9/14/tennessee-whiskey-gets-a-legal-definition|work=EZdrinking|access-date=January 11, 2014|archive-date=January 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107200404/http://www.ezdrinking.com/ezdrinking/2013/9/14/tennessee-whiskey-gets-a-legal-definition|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://static.squarespace.com/static/5101b837e4b0202016c6b5c9/t/52363a84e4b0855d9f5aca50/1379285636684/Tennesee%20Whiskey%20Law.pdf |title=Public Chapter No. 341 |publisher=State of Tennessee |access-date=March 19, 2014}}</ref> As federal law requires statements of origin on labels to be accurate, the Tennessee law effectively gives a firm definition to Tennessee whiskey, requiring Tennessee origin, maple charcoal filtering by the Lincoln County process prior to aging, and the basic requirements of [[Bourbon whiskey|bourbon]] (at least 51% corn, new oak barrels, charring of the barrels, and limits on [[alcohol by volume]] concentration for distillation, aging, and bottling).<ref name="HB1084"/>

In 2014 legislation was introduced in the Tennessee legislature that would modify the 2013 law to allow the reuse of oak barrels in the Tennessee whiskey aging process. Jack Daniel's Master Distiller Jeff Arnett vehemently opposed the legislation, arguing the reuse of barrels would require the use of artificial colorings and flavorings, and would render Tennessee whiskey an inferior product to Scotch and bourbon.<ref>Robert Holman, "[http://www.tullahomanews.com/?p=22689&wpmp_switcher=mobile Jack Daniel Denounces Barrel Legislation]", ''The Tullahoma News'', March 18, 2014.</ref>

The company was the subject of a proposal to locally [[surtax]] its product in 2011. It was claimed that the distillery, the main employer in a [[company town]], had capitalized on the bucolic image of [[Lynchburg, Tennessee|Lynchburg]], Tennessee, and it ought to pay a tax of $10 per barrel.  The company responded that such a tax is a confiscatory imposition penalizing it for the success of the enterprise.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jack-daniels-faces-more-taxes-from-cash-strapped-hometown-in-tennessee/ |title=Jack Daniel's Faces More Taxes From Cash-Strapped Hometown in Tennessee |first1=John |last1=Roberts |date=October 21, 2011 |publisher=[[Fox News]] |access-date=March 24, 2014}}</ref>  The proposed tax faced a vote by the Metro Lynchburg-Moore County Council and was defeated 10–5.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ghianni|first1=Tim|title=Jack Daniel's wins battle over whiskey barrel tax|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennessee-whiskey-idUSTRE7AL1OR20111122|access-date=September 7, 2014|work=Reuters|agency=Reuters|date=November 22, 2011}}</ref>

Moore County, where the Jack Daniel's distillery is located, is one of the state's many [[dry counties]]. While it is legal to distill the product within the county, it is illegal to purchase it there.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tennessee Jurisdictions Allowing Liquor Sales|url=http://www.state.tn.us/abc/PDF/TennesseeJurisdictionsAllowingLiquorSales/TNJurisdictionsLiquorSales_9-26-13.pdf|publisher=Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission|access-date=September 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207060938/http://www.state.tn.us/abc/PDF/TennesseeJurisdictionsAllowingLiquorSales/TNJurisdictionsLiquorSales_9-26-13.pdf|archive-date=February 7, 2014}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=March 2022}} However, a state law has provided one exception: a distillery may sell one commemorative product at a time, regardless of county statutes.<ref>The [[Tennessee General Assembly]] passed a 1994 special act for selling commemorative decanters containing Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey on January 2, 1995.</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=April 2024}}