Bill Text: VA HB2288 | 2013 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses for certain properties in Wythe County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-20 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0601) [HB2288 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2013-HB2288-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §4.1-126 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §4.1-126. Licenses for establishments in national forests, certain adjoining lands, on the Blue Ridge Parkway, and certain other properties. A. Notwithstanding the provisions of §4.1-124, mixed beverage
licenses may be granted to establishments located (i) on property owned by the
federal government in Jefferson National Forest, George Washington National
Forest or the Blue Ridge Parkway; (ii) at altitudes of 3,800 feet or more above
sea level on property adjoining the Jefferson National Forest; (iii) at an
altitude of 2,800 feet or more above sea level on property adjoining the Blue
Ridge Parkway at Mile Marker No. 189; (iv) on property within one-quarter mile
of Mile Marker No. 174 on the Blue Ridge Parkway; (v) on property developed by
a nonprofit economic development company or an industrial development
authority; (vi) on old Jonesboro Road between Routes 823 and 654, located
approximately 5,500 feet from the City of Bristol; (vii) on property developed
as a motor sports road racing club, of which the track surface is 3.27 miles in
length, on 1,200 acres of rural property bordering the Dan River in Halifax
County, with such license applying to any area of the property deemed
appropriate by the Board; (viii) at an altitude of 2,645 feet or more above sea
level on land containing at least 750 acres used for recreational purposes and
located within two and one-half miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway; (ix) on
property fronting U.S. Route 11, with portions fronting Route 659, adjoining
the City of Bristol and located approximately 2,700 feet north of mile marker
7.7 on Interstate 81; (x) on property bounded on the north by U.S. Route 11 and
to the south by Interstate 81, and located between mile markers 8.1 and 8.5 of
Interstate 81; B. In granting any license under clauses (iii) and (iv) of subsection A, the Board shall consider whether the (i) voters of the jurisdiction in which the establishment is located have voted by referendum under the provisions of §4.1-124 to prohibit the sale of mixed beverages and (ii) granting of a license will give that establishment an unfair business advantage over other establishments in the same jurisdiction. If an unfair business advantage will result, then no license shall be granted. |