HB281 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

William Roberts

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Alcoholic beverages, municipal option elections, municipality authorized to schedule wet-dry classification option election at any time after petition is filed, Sec. 28-2A-1 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, a wet-dry municipal option election is required to be held in a qualifying municipality at the time of the next primary, general, countywide, or municipal election next after the date an election petition is filed, provided the election is at least 30 days after the date of the petition filing, to determine the sentiment of the people as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed in the municipality.

This bill would allow a qualified municipality to schedule a wet-dry municipal option election at any time after a petition is filed to determine the sentiment of the people as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed in the municipality.

This bill would provide that a second or subsequent election may be held in a municipality not sooner than 90 days after a previous election to determine the sentiment of the people as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed in the municipality.

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Subjects

Alcoholic Beverages