General Assembly Raised Bill No. 195
February Session, 2016 LCO No. 1317
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 195
February Session, 2016
LCO No. 1317
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
AN ACT PROHIBITING PACKAGE STORES AND CERTAIN OTHER PERMIT HOLDERS FROM SELLING OR DISPENSING ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR ON EASTER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 30-91 of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(d) The sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor in places operating under package store permits, drug store permits, manufacturer permits for beer, manufacturer permits for beer and brew pubs or grocery store beer permits shall be unlawful on Thanksgiving Day, New Year's Day, [or] Christmas or Easter; and such sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor in places operating under package store permits, drug store permits, manufacturer permits for beer, manufacturer permits for beer and brew pubs and grocery store beer permits shall be unlawful on Sunday before ten o'clock a.m. and after six o'clock p.m. and on any other day before eight o'clock a.m. and after ten o'clock p.m. It shall be unlawful for the holder of a manufacturer permit for a brew pub to sell beer for consumption off the premises on the days or hours prohibited by this subsection. Any town may, by a vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, reduce the number of hours during which such sale shall be permissible.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 30-91(d)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
30-91(d)
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit package store and certain other alcoholic liquor permit holders from selling or dispensing alcoholic liquor on Easter.
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