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BEER TRANSITION PERIOD AMENDMENTS

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2019 FIRST SPECIAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Steve Waldrip

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Senate Sponsor: Jerry W. Stevenson

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill enacts provisions to the Alcohol Beverage Control Act regarding the transition
10     of certain heavy beer to beer.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     defines newly-classified beer;
14          ▸     permits a licensee to purchase, sell to another licensee, transport, or store
15     newly-classified beer under certain conditions; and
16          ▸     provides a repeal date.
17     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
18          None
19     Other Special Clauses:
20          This bill provides a special effective date.
21     Utah Code Sections Affected:
22     AMENDS:
23          63I-2-232, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapters 12, 136, 336, 403 and last
24     amended by Coordination Clause, Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 403
25     ENACTS:
26          32B-1-207.1, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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28     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
29          Section 1. Section 32B-1-207.1 is enacted to read:
30          32B-1-207.1. Newly-classified beer transition period.
31          (1) As used in this section, "newly-classified beer" means heavy beer that contains up
32     to 5% of alcohol by volume or 4% by weight.
33          (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning October 24, 2019, and
34     ending October 31, 2019, a licensee may:
35          (a) purchase, sell to another licensee, or transport newly-classified beer to the same
36     extent the licensee is authorized under this title to purchase, sell to another licensee, or
37     transport beer; or
38          (b) subject to Subsection (4), store newly-classified beer to the same extent the licensee
39     is authorized under this title to store beer.
40          (3) Nothing in this section permits a licensee to sell, offer for sale, or furnish heavy
41     beer to a patron beyond the extent permitted under the licensee's license.
42          (4) A licensee that stores newly-classified beer during the period described in
43     Subsection (2) shall:
44          (a) store the newly-classified beer in a manner that separates the newly-classified beer
45     from beer, which may include storing the newly-classified beer:
46          (i) on a different pallet than beer; or
47          (ii) in a different area of a storage room than beer in the storage room;
48          (b) store the newly-classified beer outside the view of patrons and the general public;
49     and
50          (c) display a conspicuous sign on the newly-classified beer clearly stating that the
51     newly-classified beer may not be sold before November 1, 2019.
52          Section 2. Section 63I-2-232 is amended to read:
53          63I-2-232. Repeal dates -- Title 32B.
54          (1) Subsection 32B-1-102(7) is repealed July 1, 2022.
55          (2) Section 32B-1-207.1 is repealed November 1, 2019.
56          [(2)] (3) Subsection 32B-1-407(3)(d) is repealed July 1, 2022.
57          [(3)] (4) Section 32B-2-211.1 is repealed November 1, 2020.
58          [(4)] (5) Subsections 32B-6-202(3) and (4) are repealed July 1, 2022.
59          [(5)] (6) Section 32B-6-205 is repealed July 1, 2022.
60          [(6)] (7) Subsection 32B-6-205.2(14) is repealed July 1, 2022.
61          [(7)] (8) Section 32B-6-205.3 is repealed July 1, 2022.
62          [(8)] (9) Subsections 32B-6-302(3) and (4) are repealed July 1, 2022.
63          [(9)] (10) Section 32B-6-305 is repealed July 1, 2022.
64          [(10)] (11) Subsection 32B-6-305.2(14) is repealed July 1, 2022.
65          [(11)] (12) Section 32B-6-305.3 is repealed July 1, 2022.
66          [(12)] (13) Section 32B-6-404.1 is repealed July 1, 2022.
67          [(13)] (14) Section 32B-6-409 is repealed July 1, 2022.
68          [(14) Section 32B-6-605.1 is repealed July 1, 2019.]
69          (15) Subsection 32B-6-703(2)(e)(iv) is repealed July 1, 2022.
70          (16) Subsections 32B-6-902(1)(c), (1)(d), and (2) are repealed July 1, 2022.
71          (17) Section 32B-6-905 is repealed July 1, 2022.
72          (18) Subsection 32B-6-905.1(15) is repealed July 1, 2022.
73          (19) Section 32B-6-905.2 is repealed July 1, 2022.
74          [(20) Section 32B-7-303 is repealed June 1, 2019.]
75          [(21) Section 32B-7-304 is repealed June 1, 2019.]
76          [(22)] (20) Subsection 32B-8-402(1)(b) is repealed July 1, 2022.
77          Section 3. Effective date.
78          If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
79     upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
80     Constitution, Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
81     the date of veto override.