Bill Text: NJ A4240 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Permits theaters with 100 seats or more to apply for liquor license.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-08 - Passed by the Assembly (65-2-0) [A4240 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A4240-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4240

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED OCTOBER 7, 2016

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  ANNETTE CHAPARRO

District 33 (Hudson)

Assemblyman  REED GUSCIORA

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Permits theaters with 100 seats or more to apply for liquor license.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Reform and Federal Relations Committee on May 11, 2017, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning plenary retail consumption licenses and amending P.L.1985, c.151.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Section 1 of P.L.1985, c.151 (C.33:1-19.7) is amended to read as follows:

     1.    It shall be lawful for the governing board or body of any municipality, upon the approval of the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, to issue a plenary retail consumption license to a nonprofit corporation, which ¹regularly¹ conducts musical or theatrical performances or concerts ¹, for which admission is charged,¹  on premises with a seating capacity of [1,000] 100 persons or more, ¹which premises is primarily used for the conducting of such musical or theatrical performances or concerts,¹ authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages by the nonprofit corporation or its restaurant operator who has been approved pursuant to procedures established by the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control for consumption on the licensed premises only during performances and the two hours immediately preceding and the two hours immediately following performances.

     For the purposes of this section, "licensed premises" shall include the premises where the musical or theatrical performance or concert is held and any adjacent premises owned and operated by the licensee.

     A license issued under the provisions of this act shall not be counted in determining the number of licenses under P.L.1947, c.94 (C.33:1-12.13 et seq.) or under P.L.1968, c.277 (C.40:48-2.40 et seq.).

(cf:  P.L.1994, c.18, s.1)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.