Bill Text: NH HB171 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to restrictions on liquor licenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-21 - House Signed By Governor 05/14/2012; Effective 07/13/2012; Chapter 0049 [HB171 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2012-HB171-Introduced.html

HB 171 – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

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03/10

HOUSE BILL 171

AN ACT relative to restrictions on liquor licenses.

SPONSORS: Rep. Packard, Rock 3; Rep. Holden, Hills 4

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the liquor commission from imposing restrictions on on-premises licenses relating to clothing or appearance of patrons or employees.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0548

03/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to restrictions on liquor licenses.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Section; Liquor Licenses; Restrictions Prohibited. Amend RSA 178 by inserting after section 4 the following new section:

178:4-a Restrictions Prohibited. The commission shall not require, as a condition for issuing any on-premises license, that the licensee impose restrictions on any clothing, sign, symbol, logo, letter, physical marking, or tattoo of any patron or employee.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

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