Bill Text: CT SB00985 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Amending The Liquor Control Act.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-12 - House Calendar Number 498 [SB00985 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00985-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 985 | ||
January Session, 2011 |
LCO No. 3322 | ||
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Referred to Committee on General Law |
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AN ACT AMENDING THE LIQUOR CONTROL ACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 30-17b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(a) No person shall be employed by any wholesaler of alcoholic liquor to sell or offer for sale alcoholic liquor to any retailer of alcoholic liquor unless such person holds a wholesaler's salesman certificate or files an application for such certificate not later than ten days after the date of his or her initial employment. Any person desiring a wholesaler's salesman certificate or renewal thereof, shall file a sworn application for such certificate upon forms to be furnished by the Department of Consumer Protection, showing his or her name, address and such other information as the department may require. An application for an initial certificate shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee in the amount of fifty dollars. All such certificates shall expire annually on January thirty-first. The annual renewal fee for a certificate is ten dollars. Upon approval of such application, the department shall issue a certificate which shall be renewed only upon change of employment. If a certified wholesaler's salesman changes employment, a renewal application shall be filed not later than ten days after the date such new employment commences and shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee in the amount of fifty dollars.
Sec. 2. Section 30-77 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (c) as follows (Effective October 1, 2011):
(NEW) (c) The provisions of this section shall not prohibit a person from manufacturing or dispensing wine as part of an academic course in a curriculum established, approved by and under the control of an accredited institution of higher education and located on the premises of such accredited institution.
Sec. 3. Subsection (e) of section 30-91 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(e) (1) In the case of any premises operating under a tavern permit or premises operating under a cafe permit, wherein, under the provisions of this section, the sale of alcoholic liquor is forbidden on certain days or hours of the day, or during the period when a tavern permit or cafe permit is suspended, it shall likewise be unlawful to keep such premises open to, or permit it to be occupied by, the public on such days or hours.
(2) In the case of any premises operating under a cafe permit, it shall be unlawful to keep such premises open to, or permit such premises to be occupied by, the public between the hours of one o'clock a.m. and six o'clock a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and between the hours of two o'clock a.m. and six o'clock a.m. on Saturday or Sunday or during any period when such permit is suspended, provided the sale or the dispensing or consumption of alcohol on such premises operating under such cafe permit shall be prohibited beyond the hours authorized for the sale or the dispensing or consumption of alcohol for such premises under this section.
(3) Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter, in the case of any premises operating under a tavern or cafe permit, it shall be lawful for such premises to be open to, or be occupied by, the public when such premises is being used as a site for film, television, video or digital production eligible for a film production tax credit pursuant to section 12-217jj, provided the sale or the dispensing or consumption of alcohol on such premises operating under such tavern or cafe permit shall be prohibited beyond the hours authorized for the sale or the dispensing or consumption of alcohol for such premises under this section.
Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) (a) No person shall offer, serve, deliver, give or sell a bottle of distilled spirits to any person for on-premises consumption on premises for which an on-premises permit has been issued pursuant to title 30 of the general statutes.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to the penalties of section 30-113 of the general statutes.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2011 |
30-17b(a) |
Sec. 2 |
October 1, 2011 |
30-77 |
Sec. 3 |
October 1, 2011 |
30-91(e) |
Sec. 4 |
October 1, 2011 |
New section |
Statement of Purpose:
To make wholesaler salesman certificates annual certificates, to allow the manufacture and dispensing of wine as part of certain academic courses at institutions of higher education, to allow cafe permit holders to open for business earlier to serve breakfast to their customers, to allow cafe and tavern permit holders to keep their permit premises occupied past normal hours for the exclusive purpose of qualified motion picture filming and to prohibit the sale of distilled spirits by the bottle for on-premises consumption at licensed establishments.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]