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Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services Subcommittee Alcoholic Beverage Control

Miller, J.C. (Chairman), Hanger, Locke, Barker, Stuart

Clerk: Maryann Horch, Nick Galvin
Staff: Sarah Stanton, Wenzel Cummings
Date of Meeting: January 24, 2011
Time and Place: 8:00 a.m., 3 West, General Assembly Building

S.B. 1192

Patron: Norment

Alcoholic beverage control; ownership interests of manufacturers.  Allows manufacturers of alcoholic beverages to sell their product in retail establishments that they own or in which they have an ownership interest. Current law prohibits manufacturers from selling their alcoholic beverage product in the retail establishments that they own or in which they have ownership interests. The bill contains technical amendments.

S.B. 1292

Patron: McWaters

Alcoholic beverage control; conduct not prohibited; consumption of lawfully acquired wine at certain licensed establishments.  Provides that any restaurant licensed by the ABC Board may permit the consumption of lawfully acquired wine by bona fide customers on the premises in all areas and locations covered by the license. The bill provides that a licensee may charge a corkage fee to such customer for the wine so consumed; however, the licensee may not charge any other fee to such customer.

S.B. 1308

Patron: Ruff

Alcoholic Beverage Control; referendum on mixed beverage sales in counties.  Provides for the residents of towns with a population of more than 1,000 to vote on the referendum for the sale of mixed beverages within the county in which those towns are located. Under current law, such towns vote only in a referendum in the town.

S.B. 1405

Patron: Vogel

Alcoholic Beverage Control; gifts by licensees.  Allows retail licensees and their employees to give gifts of alcohol to their patrons, limited to one alcoholic beverage per patron within a 24-hour period and limited to one bottle of wine per group of two or more patrons within a 24-hour period.