SB455 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Bryan Taylor

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Pike Co., draft beer, sale, authorized in the unincorporated areas of the county, municipalities may authorize by ordinance

Summary

SB455 lets unincorporated Pike County sell draft and keg beer and allows municipalities to opt in to permit on-premises draft and keg beer sales.

What This Bill Does

In the unincorporated areas of Pike County, retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may sell draft beer and keg beer. Each municipality in Pike County can pass an ordinance to authorize on-premises sale of draft beer and keg beer by ABC licensees within that municipality. If a municipality authorizes it, licensees may sell or dispense draft and keg beer under their license and ABC rules. The act takes effect immediately after the Governor signs it.

Who It Affects

• Retail licensees of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board operating in the unincorporated areas of Pike County, who would be allowed to sell draft and keg beer.
• Municipalities in Pike County, which would gain the power to authorize, by ordinance, on-premises draft/keg beer sales within their borders.

Key Provisions

• In the unincorporated areas of Pike County, draft beer and keg beer may be sold by any retail licensee of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
• Each municipality in Pike County may, by ordinance, authorize the sale of draft beer and keg beer by ABC retail licensees for on-premises consumption within the municipality.
• If a municipality authorizes it, the licensees may sell or dispense draft beer and keg beer in accordance with their license and the Alabama ABC Board's regulations; the act becomes effective immediately upon governor's signature.

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Subjects

Pike County