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IN SB0397
Bill
Status
1/12/2015
Primary Sponsor
Pete Miller
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AI Summary
Senate Bill No. 397 Summary
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Restricts new liquor dealer's permits to package liquor stores only, eliminating eligibility for drugstores effective July 1, 2015.
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Allows existing drugstore permit holders who obtained permits before July 1, 2015 to continue operating until their permits expire, but prohibits renewal of those permits.
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Permits transfer of expiring drugstore liquor dealer permits only to applicants who are proprietors of package liquor stores.
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Allows drugstores with grandfathered permits to continue selling prescription drugs and health and beauty aids through a window to patrons outside the licensed premises.
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Updates quota restrictions for liquor dealer's permits to reflect elimination of drugstore eligibility in future permit issuances.
Legislative Description
Liquor sales. Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) to issue a liquor dealer's permit only to a package liquor store. (Current law allows the commission to issue a liquor dealer's permit to a drug store or a package liquor store.) Provides that the holder of a liquor dealer's permit who: (1) held a liquor dealer's permit before July 1, 2015; and (2) is the proprietor of a drugstore who holds a license issued by the state board of pharmacy; may continue to hold the permit until the permit expires. Provides that the permit: (1) may not be renewed; and
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
1/12/2015