Bill Text: IN SB0009 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Retailer permits in annexed areas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy [SB0009 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2012-SB0009-Introduced.html


Introduced Version






SENATE BILL No. 9

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 7.1-3.

Synopsis: Retailer permits in annexed areas. Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission to issue a three-way permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages to proprietors of restaurants and new restaurants if the restaurant or new restaurant: (1) is located in territory annexed by a city or town; (2) is located in an area that has been designated an area of economic development by the city or town; and (3) meets certain other requirements. Allows a city or town to designate all or part of territory annexed by the city or town as an area of economic development if: (1) the legislative body of the city or town adopts an ordinance defining the boundaries of the area of economic development; and (2) the boundaries of the area of economic development are located more than one mile outside the corporate boundaries of the city or town as those corporate boundaries existed on the date preceding the effective date of the annexation. Provides that the permits are not subject to the quota restrictions. Prohibits the permits from being transferred to another location.

Effective: July 1, 2012.





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    January 4, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy.







Introduced

Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)


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SENATE BILL No. 9



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning alcohol and tobacco.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 7.1-3-20-13.3; (12)IN0009.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 7.1-3-20-13.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 13.3. (a) The commission may issue a three-way permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages to the proprietor of a restaurant that is located in a city or town under this section if all the following requirements are satisfied:
        (1) The proprietor of the restaurant is qualified to hold a three-way permit.
        (2) The restaurant meets the requirements of section 9 of this chapter.
        (3) The restaurant meets the same requirements that a restaurant located outside the corporate limits of an incorporated city or town is required to meet under section 12 of this chapter.
        (4) The restaurant is located in territory annexed by a city or town. The annexation must be effective before a permit may be applied for under this section.
        (5) The proprietor of the restaurant applies for the permit not more than twelve (12) years after the territory in which the restaurant is located is annexed by a city or town.
        (6) The restaurant is located in an area of economic development designated under subsection (d).
    (b) A permit authorized by this section may be issued without regard to the quota provisions of IC 7.1-3-22.
    (c) A permit authorized by this section may not be transferred to another location.
    (d) A city or town may designate all or part of territory annexed by the city or town as an area of economic development, if all the following requirements are satisfied:
        (1) The legislative body of the city or town adopts an ordinance defining the boundaries of the area of economic development.
        (2) The boundaries of the area of economic development are located more
than one (1) mile outside the corporate boundaries of the city or town as those corporate boundaries existed on the date preceding the effective date of the annexation.
Designation of an area of economic development is for purposes of this section only and does not affect, grant, or limit any other designation under the law for purposes of economic development, redevelopment, or any other purpose.
     (e) The repeal of an ordinance described under subsection (d)(1) does not affect a permit that was issued under this section before the repeal of the ordinance.
SOURCE: IC 7.1-3-20-13.4; (12)IN0009.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 7.1-3-20-13.4 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 13.4. (a) The commission may issue a three-way permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages to the proprietor of a new restaurant under this section if all the following requirements are satisfied:
        (1) The proprietor of the new restaurant is qualified to hold a three-way permit.
        (2) The new restaurant meets the requirements of section 9 of this chapter.
        (3) The new restaurant meets the same requirements that a new restaurant located outside the corporate limits of an incorporated city or town is required to meet under section 13 of this chapter.
        (4) The new restaurant is located in territory annexed by a

city or town. The annexation must be effective before a permit may be applied for under this section.
        (5) The proprietor of the new restaurant applies for the permit not more than twelve (12) years after the territory in which the new restaurant is located is annexed by a city or town.
        (6) The new restaurant is located in an area of economic development designated under subsection (d).
    (b) A permit authorized by this section may be issued without regard to the quota provisions of IC 7.1-3-22.

     (c) A permit authorized by this section may not be transferred to another location.
     (d) A city or town may designate all or part of territory annexed by the city or town as an area of economic development, if all the following requirements are satisfied:
        (1) The legislative body of the city or town adopts an ordinance defining the boundaries of the area of economic development.
        (2) The boundaries of the area of economic development are located more
than one (1) mile outside the corporate boundaries of the city or town as those corporate boundaries existed on the date preceding the effective date of the annexation.
Designation of an area of economic development is for purposes of this section only and does not affect, grant, or limit any other designation under the law of an area for purposes of economic development, redevelopment, or any other purpose.
     (e) The repeal of an ordinance described under subsection (d)(1) does not affect a permit that was issued under this section before the repeal of the ordinance.

SOURCE: IC 7.1-3-22-3; (12)IN0009.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 7.1-3-22-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in IC 7.1-3-20-13.3 and IC 7.1-3-20-13.4, the commission may grant only one (1) three-way permit, one (1) two-way permit, and one (1) one-way permit in an incorporated city or town or in an unincorporated town for each one thousand five hundred (1,500) persons, or fraction thereof, residing within the incorporated city or town or the unincorporated town. The commission shall include liquor retailer permits issued to clubs, but not those issued to fraternal clubs, in its quota computation when it is considering an application for a new liquor retailer's permit.
    (b) This subsection applies when a city or town annexes into the city

or town unincorporated territory where a retailer's permit has been granted before the annexation. The commission may only reclassify a retailer's permit for a premises in the former unincorporated territory as a permit for a premises in an incorporated city or town if the permittee has actually conducted a business of selling alcoholic beverages to customers for consumption on the licensed premises for two (2) consecutive years. The period of two (2) consecutive years may begin to run either before or after the annexation occurs. However, the following apply when a person applies for a retailer's permit after notice of an annexation hearing is made under IC 36-4-3-2.1 and before the annexation occurs:
        (1) The commission may grant the permit.
        (2) The commission may not reclassify the permit as a permit for a premises in an incorporated city or town.
        (3) The permit may be transferred to another person.
        (4) The permit may not be transferred to another location.

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