Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB14 Compare Versions

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3	3	SB14
4	4	QTHG511-1
5	5	By Senator Elliott
6	6	RFD: Tourism
7	7	First Read: 04-Feb-25
8	8	PFD: 06-Nov-24
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14	14	6 QTHG511-1 11/04/2024 JC (L)lg 2024-2604
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17	17	SYNOPSIS
18	18	Existing law requires businesses that sell
19	19	alcoholic beverages to train their employees under the
20	20	Alcoholic Beverage Control Board's Responsible Vendor
21	21	Program. The law further provides that the course of
22	22	instruction and test may be given online.
23	23	This bill would further implement the law by
24	24	directing the board to adopt rules that recognize and
25	25	enable vendors to conduct the program online. This
26	26	bill provides that an employee who scores 70 percent
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28	28	course.
29	29	This bill further provides that if the board
30	30	fails to adopt the rules within four months of the
31	31	bill's enactment, the board will lose its
32	32	authorization to operate retail liquor stores.
33	33	This bill would also delete duplicative
34	34	language and make nonsubstantive, technical revisions
35	35	to update the existing code language to current style.
36	36	A BILL
37	37	TO BE ENTITLED
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67	67	TO BE ENTITLED
68	68	AN ACT
69	69	Relating to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board; to
70	70	amend Section 28-10-6, Code of Alabama 1975, to further
71	71	provide for the Responsible Vendor Program by setting a
72	72	passing grade for vendor employees who are tested on program
73	73	course material; to implement vendor training and testing
74	74	online by establishing a deadline for the Alcoholic Beverage
75	75	Control Board to adopt rules for online training and testing;
76	76	to revoke the authority of the board to operate any liquor
77	77	stores for failure to adopt the rules; and to make
78	78	nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing
79	79	code language to current style.
80	80	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
81	81	Section 1. Section 28-10-6, Code of Alabama 1975, is
82	82	amended to read as follows:
83	83	"§28-10-6
84	84	(a) In order to qualify for certification, the vendor
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86	86	(1) Provide a course of instruction for its employees
87	87	approved by the board which shall include subjects dealing
88	88	with alcoholic beverages as follows:
89	89	a. Laws regarding the sale of alcoholic beverages for
90	90	on-the-premises consumption and/or for off-the-premises sale
91	91	for on-premises or off-premises consumption.
92	92	b. Methods of recognizing and dealing with underage
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124	124	c. The development of specific procedures Procedures for
125	125	refusing sale to sell alcoholic beverages to underage
126	126	customers, ; for assisting employees in dealing with underage
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129	129	(2) Require each employee who is authorized to sell
130	130	alcoholic beverages in the normal course of his or her
131	131	employment to complete the employee training course of
132	132	instruction set out in subdivision (1) and to achieve a
133	133	passing grade of 70 percent or higher on a test of the course
134	134	subjects within 30 days of commencing employment. Responsible
135	135	vendor training or testing may be conducted online by
136	136	computer, in a classroom, or by live trainers. Any online
137	137	training must include employee testing to pass. Nothing in
138	138	this subdivision shall be construed to require an in-person
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140	140	(3) Require all trained employees to attend additional
141	141	meetings at least semiannually or such other schedule of
142	142	meetingson another periodic basis as may be approved by the
143	143	board, by rule, which meetings shall include the dissemination
144	144	of existing and new information presentation of additional
145	145	information covering the applicable subjects specified in this
146	146	section and explainingan explanation of the vendor's policies
147	147	and procedures relating to those subjects.
148	148	(4) Maintain employment records of the training of its
149	149	employees required by this section . The records, which may be
150	150	maintainedkept in a digital format , provided the records
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183	183	(5) Post signs on the vendor's premises informing
184	184	customers of the vendor's policy against selling alcoholic
185	185	beverages to underaged persons underage customers.
186	186	(b)(1) Responsible vendor training and testing may be
187	187	conducted online by computer or in person by instructors.
188	188	(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
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190	190	a. The presence of an administrator or proctor during
191	191	testing, whether online or in person.
192	192	b. Post-testing review of the subjects covered on the
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194	194	(c)(1) No later than 120 days from the effective date
195	195	of this act, the board shall certify rules consistent with the
196	196	requirements of this act, including rules providing for both
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199	199	(2) If the board fails to certify rules by the 120th
200	200	day from the effective date of this act as required under
201	201	subdivision (1), the board may no longer operate any liquor
202	202	store as defined in Section 28-3-1 ."
203	203	Section 2. This act shall become effective
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