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AL SB214
Bill
Status
3/12/2015
Primary Sponsor
Larry Stutts
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AI Summary
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Allows retail licensees to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption in entertainment districts designated by municipalities.
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Permits patrons of craft brewery and brewpub licensees to exit with open containers and consume alcoholic beverages anywhere within the entertainment district boundaries.
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Authorizes brewpubs to sell beer for both on-premises and off-premises consumption, expanding beyond previous on-premises-only restrictions.
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Creates a new "craft brewer" license for breweries producing no more than 2,000,000 barrels annually, allowing them to operate food facilities on-premises and sell their beer directly to consumers.
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Annual license fees set at $1,000 for brewpubs and $500 for craft brewers; effective the first day of the third month following passage and approval.
Legislative Description
Alcoholic beverages, entertainment district or brewpub, sale of alcoholic beverages, Sec. 28-3A-6.1 added; Secs. 28-3A-17.1, 28-4A-3 am'd.
Alcoholic Beverages
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Tourism and Marketing
3/12/2015