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HB393
73GDV22-1
By Representative Bedsole (N & P)
RFD: Shelby County Legislation
First Read: 05-Mar-25
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First Read: 05-Mar-25
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to the City of Alabaster; to authorize the
City Council of the City of Alabaster to establish and
regulate the operation of entertainment districts as
designated by ordinance; and to authorize the city council to
provide penalties for violations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. This act is adopted pursuant to the
authority in subdivision (31) of Section 104 of the
Constitution of Alabama of 2022.
Section 2. (a) The City Council of the City of
Alabaster, by ordinance, may provide for the establishment of
not more than two entertainment districts in the city, as
those districts are defined in the Alabaster City Code. The
entertainment districts may contain one or more Alabama
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board licensees in an area that
does not exceed one-half mile by one-half mile. The ordinance
of the city council shall regulate hours of operation of an
entertainment district, may provide for the revocation of the
entertainment district designation, and may regulate any other
aspect of the operation of entertainment districts.
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aspect of the operation of entertainment districts.
(b) Any retail licensee of the Alabama Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board licensed to sell alcoholic beverages
for on-premises consumption located in an entertainment
district may obtain an entertainment district permit.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any licensee that
receives an entertainment district permit shall comply with
all laws and rules governing its license, except that patrons,
guests, or members of the licensee may exit the licensed
premises with open containers of alcoholic beverages anywhere
within the confines of the entertainment district but may not
enter the premises of another licensee with open containers or
closed containers of alcoholic beverages acquired elsewhere.
In addition, the ordinance shall prohibit a person other than
a retail licensee from possessing or bringing into the
entertainment district an open or closed container of
alcoholic beverages acquired outside of the entertainment
district during the hours of operation of the entertainment
district.
(c) The ordinance of the city council shall be enforced
by the City of Alabaster and shall provide penalties for
violations of the ordinance as otherwise authorized by law.
Section 3. This act shall become effective June 1,
2025.
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