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HB 1075 Alcoholic beverage control; powers and duties of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.

Introduced by: Terrie L. Suit | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Alcoholic beverage control; powers and duties of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board generally; prohibited acts by licensees; exceptions.  Requires the ABC Board to adopt regulations allowing an on-premises licensee to reduce the length of any suspension or reduce the amount of any civil penalty if the licensee can demonstrate that it provided certified alcohol server training to its employees. The bill also authorizes an on-premises restaurant licensee to use alcoholic beverages that the licensee otherwise is authorized to purchase and possess for the purposes of preparing and selling for on-premises consumption food products with a final alcohol content of more than one-half of one percent by volume, as long as such food products are sold and consumed by persons who are 21 years of age or older. The bill provides that no ABC Board regulation may prohibit this. The bill prohibits a licensee from conducting a “happy hour” or related promotion at a licensed restaurant except during hours permitted by Board regulation. In addition, the ABC Board is prohibited from adopting regulations prohibiting any mixed beverage licensee from pre-mixing, either in a frozen drink dispenser of a type approved by the Board, or otherwise, mixed alcoholic beverages for purposes of sale and consumption on the licensed premises. The bill requires the ABC Board to adopt regulations providing for alternative methods for licensees to maintain and store business records that are subject to Board inspection, including methods for Board-approved electronic and off-site storage. The bill also defines the term "reasonable hours" for purposes of ABC Board inspection of retail licensee records. A mixed beverage licensee is authorized to mix wine, beer and spirits as an alcoholic beverage drink for a patron. The bill contains technical amendments.  HB 862 and HB 1269 were incorporated into this bill.


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