Bill Text: IA HF330 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning alcoholic beverage control by prohibiting liquor control, wine, or beer licensees or permittees from knowingly permitting or engaging in criminal activity in areas adjacent to the licensed premises and making penalties applicable.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [HF330 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF330-Introduced.html
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BY
BERRY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
alcoholic
beverage
control
by
prohibiting
1
liquor
control,
wine,
or
beer
licensees
or
permittees
from
2
knowingly
permitting
or
engaging
in
criminal
activity
in
3
areas
adjacent
to
the
licensed
premises
and
making
penalties
4
applicable.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
123.49,
subsection
2,
paragraph
j,
Code
1
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
j.
Knowingly
permit
or
engage
in
any
criminal
activity
3
on
the
premises
covered
by
the
license
or
permit.
However,
4
the
absence
of
security
personnel
on
the
licensed
premises
5
is
insufficient,
without
additional
evidence,
to
prove
that
6
criminal
activity
occurring
on
the
licensed
premises
was
7
knowingly
permitted
in
violation
of
this
paragraph
“j”
.
For
8
purposes
of
this
paragraph
“j”
,
“premises”
includes
parking
9
lots
and
areas
adjacent
to
the
premises
of
a
liquor
licensee
10
or
permittee
authorized
to
sell
alcoholic
beverages
for
11
consumption
on
the
licensed
premises
and
used
by
patrons
of
the
12
liquor
licensee
or
permittee.
13
EXPLANATION
14
This
bill
provides
that
a
person
or
club
holding
a
liquor
15
control
license
or
retail
wine
or
beer
permit
shall
not
16
knowingly
permit
or
engage
in
criminal
activity
in
parking
17
lots
and
areas
adjacent
to
the
licensed
premises
that
are
used
18
by
patrons
of
the
liquor
licensee
or
permittee.
Current
law
19
limits
this
prohibition
to
criminal
activity
in
parking
lots
20
and
areas
adjacent
only
to
liquor
licensees
or
permittees
21
authorized
to
sell
alcohol
for
consumption
on
the
licensed
22
premises.
A
person
who
violates
this
new
provision
shall
23
be
subject
to
licensing
sanctions
and
is
guilty
of
a
simple
24
misdemeanor
pursuant
to
Code
section
123.50.
A
simple
25
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
30
26
days
or
a
fine
of
at
least
$65
but
not
more
than
$625
or
by
27
both.
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