HB 1339 Summary

• Makes it a Class B misdemeanor for alcoholic beverage permittees or their employees to sell alcohol for carryout without first requiring customers to produce a driver's license, government-issued ID card, or government-issued document bearing their photograph and birth date proving they are at least 21 years old.

• Provides a defense to charges of unlawfully furnishing alcohol to a minor if the purchaser appeared to be more than 50 years of age.

• Requires permittees selling alcohol for carryout to post a visible sign (at least 8.5 by 11 inches with 20 point type) stating "STATE LAW REQUIRES IDENTIFICATION FOR SALES OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR CARRYOUT."

• Adds "government issued document bearing the purchaser's photograph and showing the purchaser to be at least twenty-one (21) years of age" as an acceptable form of identification to establish a defense against furnishing alcohol to minors.

• Effective July 1, 2010.