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AR HB1570

Bill

Status

Failed

4/24/2019

Primary Sponsor

Spencer Hawks

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Origin

House of Representatives

92nd General Assembly (2019 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Allows the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division to issue microbrewery-restaurant licenses in dry areas if the governing body of the county or municipality has approved the application by ordinance.

  • Requires applicants for microbrewery-restaurants in dry areas to file a verified application with the Director and obtain approval from the local governing body under Arkansas Code § 3-5-1204.

  • Amends Arkansas Code § 3-8-209(a) to create an exception to the prohibition on selling alcoholic beverages in dry areas, allowing microbrewery-restaurants to operate where approved under § 3-5-1204.

  • Changes language in application requirements from "shall file" to "files" and "shall require" to "requires" for grammatical consistency.

Legislative Description

An Act To Amend The Law Regarding Microbrewery-restaurants; To Authorize The Governing Body In A Dry Area To Initiate The Permitting Process; And To Amend The Law Resulting From Initiated Act 1 Of 1942.

Last Action

Died on House Calendar at Sine Die Adjournment

4/24/2019

Full Bill Text

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