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State of Arkansas 1
94th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2023 HOUSE BILL 1498 3
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By: Representatives M. Brown, Magie 5
By: Senators Irvin, J. Bryant 6
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ALCOHO LIC 9
BEVERAGES; TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO M ICROBREWERY-10
RESTAURANT PRIVATE C LUBS; TO PERMIT A MI CROBREWERY-11
RESTAURANT PRIVATE C LUB PERMITTEE TO STO RE AND SELL 12
SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR TO MEMBERS FOR ON-PREMISES 13
CONSUMPTION; TO PROVIDE DISCRETIO N RELATED TO 14
REVOCATION OF A MICR OBREWERY-RESTAURANT PRIVATE C LUB 15
PERMIT; TO INCLUDE M ICROBREWERY-RESTAURANT PRIVATE 16
CLUBS AS A TYPE OF E NTITY PERMITTED IN A N 17
ENTERTAINMENT DISTRI CT; AND FOR OTHER PU RPOSES. 18
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TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO MICROBREWERY -22
RESTAURANT PRIVATE CLUBS. 23
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 26
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 3 -5-1901, concerning definitions related to 28
microbrewery-restaurant private clubs, is amended to add an additional 29
subdivision to read as follows: 30
(9) "On-premises consumption" means the sale of alcoholic 31
beverages by the drink or in broken or unsealed containers for consumption: 32
(A) On the premises where sold; or 33
(B) Within the boundaries of a designated entertainment 34
district established under § 14 -54-1412 that is contiguous with the premises. 35
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SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 3 -5-1904(a)(2) and (3), concerning the 1
scope of a microbrewery -restaurant private club permit, are amended to read 2
as follows: 3
(2)(A) Store beer, malt beverage, and hard cider manufactured by 4
the microbrewery-restaurant private club and any other beer, malt beverage, 5
and hard cider, and spirituous liquor that the microbrewery -restaurant 6
private club permittee may purchase f rom retailers and small brewers 7
permitted by this state on the microbrewery -restaurant private club permitted 8
premises and on the premises of the one (1) separate brewing facility of a 9
microbrewery-restaurant private club authorized under subdivision (a)(8 ) of 10
this section. 11
(B) Two (2) or more microbrewery -restaurant private clubs 12
sharing common ownership or a brewery of any size sharing common ownership 13
with a microbrewery-restaurant private club shall be considered one (1) 14
entity for purposes of: 15
(i) Calculating barrel production; and 16
(ii) The transportation of beer, malt beverage, or 17
hard cider produced by one (1) entity among no more than three (3) 18
microbrewery-restaurant private clubs of the one (1) entity; 19
(3) Operate a restaurant that : 20
(A) is Is the sales outlet for beer, malt beverage, or 21
hard cider manufactured by the microbrewery -restaurant private club ; and 22
(B) that sells Sells the beer, malt beverage, or hard 23
cider and any other beer, malt beverage, hard cider, or wine, or spirituous 24
liquor that the microbrewery -restaurant private club permittee may purchase : 25
(i) from From retailers permitted by this state for 26
on-premises consumption on the permitted premises ; or 27
(ii) purchased directly Directly from permitted 28
small brewers allowed to distribute directly to the microbrewery -restaurant 29
private club; 30
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SECTION 3. Arkansas Code § 3 -5-1905(b), concerning the penalty on a 32
microbrewery-restaurant private club permit holder related to prohibited 33
sales, is amended to read as follows: 34
(b) If a permittee sells, barters, loans, or gives away an alcoholic 35
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laws of this state, the permit of the club shall may be revoked. 1
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SECTION 4. Arkansas Code § 3-5-1906(1), concerning the state 3
permitting fee paid by a microbrewery -restaurant private club permittee, is 4
amended to read as follows: 5
(1) Pay the applicable city or county permit fees and barrelage 6
or taxes and shall pay a state permitting fe e to the Alcoholic Beverage 7
Control Division of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) per fiscal year to 8
manufacture and sell to members its beer, malt beverages, and hard cider for 9
on-premises consumption on the premises and to sell to members other beer, 10
malt beverages, and hard cider, and spirituous liquor purchased from a 11
permitted wholesaler retailer for on-premises consumption on the premises; 12
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SECTION 5. Arkansas Code § 14 -54-1412(a)(2), concerning the definition 14
of a "designated entertainment district", is amended to read as follows: 15
(2) Contains any number and any combination of restaurants, 16
taprooms, taverns, entertainment establishments, hospitality establishments, 17
music venues, theaters, bars, private clubs , microbrewery-restaurant private 18
clubs, art galleries, art studios, tourist destinations, distilleries, dance 19
clubs, cinemas, or concert halls. 20
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