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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 263
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 956
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
AN ACT CONCERNING CL UB PERMIT AND NONPRO FIT CLUB
PERMIT FEES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 30-22a of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
passage): 3
(a) A cafe permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be 4
consumed on the premises of a cafe. The holder of a cafe permit shall 5
keep food available for sale to its customers for consumption on the 6
premises during a majority of the hours such premises are open. The 7
availability of food from outside vendors located on or near the 8
premises shall be deemed compliance with such requirement. The 9
licensed premises shall at all times comply with all the regulations of the 10
local department of health. Nothing herein shall be construed to require 11
that any food be sold or purchased with any alcoholic liquor, nor shall 12
any rule, regulation or standard be promulgated or enforced requiring 13
that the sale of food be substantial or that the receipts of the business 14
other than from the sale of liquor equal any set percentage of total 15 Raised Bill No. 263
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receipts from sales made therein. A cafe permit shall allow, with the 16
prior approval of the Department of Consumer Protection, alcoholic 17
liquor to be served at tables in outside areas that are screened or not 18
screened from public view where permitted by fire, zoning and health 19
regulations. If not required by fire, zoning or health regulations, a fence 20
or wall enclosing such outside areas shall not be required by the 21
Department of Consumer Protection. No fence or wall used to enclose 22
such outside areas shall be less than thirty inches high. Such permit shall 23
also authorize the sale at retail from the premises of sealed containers 24
supplied by the permittee of draught beer for consumption off the 25
premises. Such sales shall be conducted only during the hours a package 26
store is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor under the provisions of 27
subsection (d) of section 30-91. Not more than four liters of such beer 28
shall be sold to any person on any day on which the sale of alcoholic 29
liquor is authorized under the provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-30
91. The annual fee for a cafe permit shall be two thousand dollars, except 31
the annual fee for a cafe permit for a prior holder of a tavern permit 32
issued pursuant to section 30-26 shall be eight hundred dollars for the 33
first year, twelve hundred dollars for the second year, one thousand six 34
hundred dollars for the third year and two thousand dollars for each 35
year thereafter. The annual fee for a cafe permit for a prior holder of a 36
club permit or a nonprofit club permit issued pursuant to section 30-23 37
shall be eight hundred fifteen dollars. 38
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding subsection (f) 39
of section 21a-4 of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Consumer 40
Protection shall refund to any prior holder of a club permit or a 41
nonprofit club permit issued pursuant to section 30-23 of the general 42
statutes the portion of the annual fee paid by such permittee in excess of 43
eight hundred fifteen dollars, if such excess amount was paid by such 44
permittee on or after July 1, 2020. 45
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 30-22a(a) Raised Bill No. 263
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Sec. 2 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To adjust the annual fee for a cafe permit for prior holders of club
permits and nonprofit club permits and to provide refunds to such
permit holders.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]