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2008 SESSION
SB 635 Alcoholic beverage control; alcohol content in prepared foods.
Introduced by: Patricia S. Ticer | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Alcoholic beverage control; alcohol content in prepared foods. Prohibits licensees from keeping any alcoholic beverage other than in the bottle or container in which it was purchased by him except (i) for a frozen alcoholic beverage and (ii) in the case of wine, in containers of a type approved by the Board pending automatic dispensing and sale of such wine. The bill also prohibits the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board from prohibiting an on-premises restaurant licensee from using 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.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Alcoholic beverage control; alcohol content in prepared foods. Prohibits the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board from prohibiting an on-premises restaurant licensee from using 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.