3rd Sub. H.B. 228
         ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL ACT AMENDMENTS

Senate Floor Amendments

Amendment 1 March 12, 2013 3:21 PM



Senator John L. Valentine proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 2, Line 36 :    

             36          .    imposes a fee for applying to the commission for a
{   change   }        certain changes       in location;


2.    Page 3, Line 72 :    

             72          
{   32B-9-204, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 365   }


3.    Page 56, Lines 1719 through 1724 :    

             1719          (14) Except as provided in Subsection 32B-5-307 (3)(d) and notwithstanding
             1720      Subsection 32B-6-706 (4), a full-service restaurant licensee may not allow a patron to remove a
             1721      container containing an alcoholic product from the licensed premises of the full-service
             1722      restaurant unless the full-service restaurant licensee
{   holds   }        enters into       a package agency        contract       under which the

             1723      full-service restaurant licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish sealed containers of an
             1724      alcoholic product
  other than beer, and obtains permission from the local authority to sell, offer for sale, or furnish sealed containers of beer for off-premise consumption       .


4.    Page 64, Lines 1964 through 1969 :    

             1964          (14) Except as provided in Subsection 32B-5-307 (3)(d) and notwithstanding
             1965      Subsection 32B-6-706 (4), a limited-service restaurant licensee may not allow a patron to
             1966      remove a container containing an alcoholic product from the licensed premises of the
             1967      limited-service restaurant unless the limited-service restaurant licensee
{   holds   }        enters into       a package agency        contract      

             1968      under which the limited-service restaurant licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish sealed
             1969      containers of an alcoholic product
  other than beer, and obtains permission from the local authority under which the limited-service restaurant licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish sealed containers of beer for off-premise consumption       .


5.    Page 71, Lines 2170 through 2174 :    

             2170          (13) Notwithstanding Subsection 32B-6-706 (4), a beer-only restaurant licensee may
             2171      not allow a patron to remove a container containing an alcoholic product from the licensed


             2172      premises of the beer-only restaurant unless the beer-only restaurant licensee
{   holds a package

             2173      agency  
}
  obtains permission from the local authority       under which the beer-only restaurant licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish sealed

             2174      containers of beer
  for off premise consumption       .


6.    Page 72, Line 2212 through Page 76, Line 2349 :    

             2212          
{   Section 26. Section 32B-9-204 is amended to read:

             2213          32B-9-204. General operational requirements for an event permit.
             2214          (1) (a) An event permittee and a person involved in the storage, sale, offer for sale, or
             2215      furnishing of an alcoholic product at an event for which an event permit is issued, shall comply
             2216      with this title and rules of the commission.
             2217          (b) Failure to comply as provided in Subsection (1)(a):
             2218          (i) may result in:
             2219          (A) disciplinary action in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and
             2220      Enforcement Act, against:
             2221          (I) an event permittee;
             2222          (II) a person involved in the storage, sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic
             2223      product at the event; or
             2224          (III) any combination of the persons listed in this Subsection (1)(b);
             2225          (B) immediate revocation of the event permit;
             2226          (C) forfeiture of a bond; or
             2227          (D) immediate seizure of an alcoholic product present at the event; and
             2228          (ii) if the event permit is revoked, disqualifies the event permittee from applying for an
             2229      event permit for a period of three years from the date of revocation of the event permit.
             2230          (c) An alcoholic product seized under this Subsection (1) shall be returned to the event
             2231      permittee after an event if forfeiture proceedings are not instituted under Section 32B-4-206 .
             2232          (2) (a) If there is a conflict between this part and the relevant part under this chapter for
             2233      the specific type of special use permit held by the special use permittee, the relevant part
             2234      governs.
             2235          (b) Notwithstanding that this part may refer to "liquor" or an "alcoholic product," an
             2236      event permittee may only sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product specified in the
             2237      relevant part under this chapter for the type of event permit that is held by the event permittee.
             2238          (c) Notwithstanding that this part or the relevant part under this chapter for the type of
             2239      event permit held by an event permittee refers to "event permittee," a person involved in the
             2240      storage, sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product at the event for which the
             2241      event permit is issued is subject to the same requirement or prohibition.
             2242          (3) An event permittee shall display a copy of the event permit in a prominent place in
             2243      the area in which an alcoholic product is sold, offered for sale, furnished, and consumed.
             2244          (4) An event permittee may not on the premises of the event:


             2245          (a) engage in or allow any form of gambling, as defined and proscribed in Title 76,
             2246      Chapter 10, Part 11, Gambling;
             2247          (b) have any video gaming device, as defined and proscribed by Title 76, Chapter 10,
             2248      Part 11, Gambling; or
             2249          (c) engage in or permit a contest, game, gaming scheme, or gaming device that requires
             2250      the risking of something of value for a return or for an outcome when the return or outcome is
             2251      based upon an element of chance, excluding the playing of an amusement device that confers
             2252      only an immediate and unrecorded right of replay not exchangeable for value.
             2253          (5) An event permittee may not knowingly allow a person at an event to, in violation of
             2254      Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act, or Chapter 37a, Utah Drug
             2255      Paraphernalia Act:
             2256          (a) sell, distribute, possess, or use a controlled substance, as defined in Section
             2257      58-37-2 ; or
             2258          (b) use, deliver, or possess with the intent to deliver drug paraphernalia, as defined in
             2259      Section 58-37a-3 .
             2260          (6) An event permittee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer except beer
             2261      purchases from:
             2262          (a) a beer wholesaler licensee;
             2263          (b) a beer retailer; or
             2264          (c) a small brewer.
             2265          (7) An event permittee may not store, sell, offer for sale, furnish, or allow the
             2266      consumption of an alcoholic product purchased for an event in a location other than that
             2267      described in the application and designated on the event permit unless the event permittee first
             2268      applies for and receives approval from the director, with the approval of the Compliance,
             2269      Licensing, and Enforcement Subcommittee, for a change of location.
             2270          (8) (a) Subject to Subsection (8)(b), an event permittee may sell, offer for sale, or
             2271      furnish beer for on-premise consumption:
             2272          (i) in an open original container; and
             2273          (ii) in a container on draft.
             2274          (b) An event permittee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer sold pursuant to
             2275      Subsection (8)(a):
             2276          (i) in a size of container that exceeds two liters; or
             2277          (ii) to an individual patron in a size of container that exceeds one liter.
             2278          (9) (a) An event permittee may not sell or offer for sale an alcoholic product at less
             2279      than the cost of the alcoholic product to the event permittee.
             2280          (b) An event permittee may not sell an alcoholic product at a discount price on any date
             2281      or at any time.
             2282          (c) An event permittee may not sell or offer for sale an alcoholic product at a price that
             2283      encourages over consumption or intoxication.
             2284          (d) An event permittee may not sell or offer for sale an alcoholic product at a special or


             2285      reduced price for only certain hours of the day of an event.
             2286          (e) An event permittee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish more than one alcoholic
             2287      product at the price of a single alcoholic product.
             2288          (f) An event permittee, or a person operating, selling, offering, or furnishing an
             2289      alcoholic product under an event permit, may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an indefinite or
             2290      unlimited number of alcoholic products during a set period for a fixed price, unless:
             2291          (i) the alcoholic product is served to a patron at a seated event;
             2292          (ii) food is available whenever the alcoholic product is sold, offered for sale, or
             2293      furnished; and
             2294          (iii) no person advertises that at the event a person may be sold or furnished an
             2295      indefinite or unlimited number of alcoholic products during a set period for a fixed price.
             2296          (g) An event permittee may not engage in a public promotion involving or offering a
             2297      free alcoholic product to the general public.
             2298          (10) An event permittee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product to:
             2299          (a) a minor;
             2300          (b) a person actually, apparently, or obviously intoxicated;
             2301          (c) a known interdicted person; or
             2302          (d) a known habitual drunkard.
             2303          (11) (a) An alcoholic product is considered under the control of the event permittee
             2304      during an event.
             2305          (b) A patron at an event may not bring an alcoholic product onto the premises of the
             2306      event.
             2307          (12) An event permittee may not permit a patron to carry from the premises an open
             2308      container that:
             2309          (a) is used primarily for drinking purposes; and
             2310          (b) contains an alcoholic product.
             2311          (13) (a) A person involved in the storage, sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product at
             2312      an event is considered under the supervision and direction of the event permittee.
             2313          (b) A person involved in the sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product at
             2314      an event may not, while on duty:
             2315          (i) consume an alcoholic product; or
             2316          (ii) be intoxicated.
             2317          (14) A minor may not handle, sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product at an
             2318      event.
             2319          (15) The location specified in an event permit may not be changed without prior
             2320      written approval of the commission. An event permittee shall pay an application fee of $300 to
             2321      apply for the written approval of the commission under this Subsection (15).
             2322          (16) An event permittee may not sell, transfer, assign, exchange, barter, give, or
             2323      attempt in any way to dispose of the event permit to another person whether for monetary gain
             2324      or not.


             2325          (17) (a) An event permittee may not sell, offer for sale, furnish, or allow the
             2326      consumption of an alcoholic product during a period that:
             2327          (i) begins at 1 a.m.; and
             2328          (ii) ends at 9:59 a.m.
             2329          (b) This Subsection (17) does not preclude a local authority from being more restrictive
             2330      with respect to the hours of sale, offer for sale, furnishing, or consumption of an alcoholic
             2331      product at an event.
             2332          (18) A patron may have no more than one alcoholic product of any kind at a time
             2333      before the patron.
             2334          (19) (a) An event permittee shall display, in a prominent place, a sign in large letters
             2335      that consists of text in the following order:
             2336          (i) a header that reads: "WARNING";
             2337          (ii) a warning statement that reads: "Drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy
             2338      can cause birth defects and permanent brain damage for the child.";
             2339          (iii) a statement in smaller font that reads: "Call the Utah Department of Health at
             2340      [insert most current toll-free number] with questions or for more information.";
             2341          (iv) a header that reads: "WARNING"; and
             2342          (v) a warning statement that reads: "Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is a
             2343      serious crime that is prosecuted aggressively in Utah."
             2344          (b) (i) The text described in Subsections (19)(a)(i) through (iii) shall be in a different
             2345      font style than the text described in Subsections (19)(a)(iv) and (v).
             2346          (ii) The warning statements in the sign described in Subsection (19)(a) shall be in the
             2347      same font size.
             2348          (c) The Department of Health shall work with the commission and department to
             2349      facilitate consistency in the format of a sign required under this section.  
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