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IN SB0008
Bill
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Senate Bill No. 8 Summary
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Restricts new liquor dealer's permits to package liquor stores only, eliminating the ability to issue permits to drugstores effective July 1, 2016.
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Allows holders of liquor dealer's permits for drugstores as of June 30, 2016 to continue operating until permit expiration, but permits cannot be renewed.
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Permits existing drugstore liquor dealer permits to be transferred only to applicants who are proprietors of package liquor stores.
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Allows the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday, expanding sales from Monday-Saturday to include Sunday from 7 a.m. to 3 a.m. the following day.
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Makes conforming changes to liquor dealer's permit quota restrictions and repeals superseded provisions governing drugstore liquor sales.
Legislative Description
Alcohol permits and 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 held a liquor dealer's permit for a drugstore on June 30, 2016, may continue to hold the permit until the permit expires. Provides that the permit: (1) may not be renewed; and (2) may only be transferred to an applicant who is a proprietor of a package
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
1/5/2016