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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 265
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1325
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
AN ACT CONCERNING CE RTAIN ALCOHOLIC BEVE RAGE
SYSTEMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) A permittee authorized 1
pursuant to title 30 of the general statutes to sell alcoholic liquor for on-2
premises consumption may use a self-pour automated system that, 3
upon activation of a payment card by the permittee, may be operated to 4
dispense beer, cider not exceeding six per cent alcohol by volume and 5
wine to the following: (1) An employee of the permittee who is 6
authorized by law to serve alcoholic beverages, or (2) a person whom 7
the permittee has verified to be twenty-one years of age or older who 8
displays a government-issued identification card that matches the name 9
on the payment card. Such verification that a person is twenty-one years 10
of age or older shall be recorded by the permittee or an employee of the 11
permittee. 12
(b) A self-pour automated system authorized by subsection (a) of this 13
section shall not dispense a serving of more than thirty-two ounces of 14
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of wine before the payment card is reactivated by the permittee or an 16
employee of the permittee. 17
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than October 1, 2021, 18
the Department of Consumer Protection shall, pursuant to section 30-6a 19
of the general statutes, amend the regulations of Connecticut state 20
agencies, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general 21
statutes, to: (1) Allow for the use of self-pour automated systems by 22
permittees and employees of permittees for the dispensing of beer, cider 23
not exceeding six per cent alcohol by volume and wine pursuant to 24
section 1 of this act, (2) ensure that such beer, cider and wine is not 25
initially dispensed from any such system in servings of more than thirty-26
two ounces of beer or cider not exceeding six per cent alcohol by volume 27
or ten ounces of wine to any one person for his or her own consumption 28
at any one time, and (3) ensure that second and subsequent servings of 29
such beer, cider and wine from any such system is allowed only after 30
the first serving has been substantially disposed of or consumed by such 31
person. 32
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To allow certain alcoholic liquor permittees to use self-pour automated
systems.
[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.]