Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00265 Compare Versions

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 265
8	6		January Session, 2021
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12	10		Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
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15	13		Introduced by:
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20	19		AN ACT CONCERNING CE RTAIN ALCOHOLIC BEVE RAGE
21	20		SYSTEMS.
22	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	22		Assembly convened:
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25	24		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) A permittee authorized 1
26	25		pursuant to title 30 of the general statutes to sell alcoholic liquor for on-2
27	26		premises consumption may use a self-pour automated system that, 3
28	27		upon activation of a payment card by the permittee, may be operated to 4
29	28		dispense beer, cider not exceeding six per cent alcohol by volume and 5
30	29		wine to the following: (1) An employee of the permittee who is 6
31	30		authorized by law to serve alcoholic beverages, or (2) a person whom 7
32	31		the permittee has verified to be twenty-one years of age or older who 8
33	32		displays a government-issued identification card that matches the name 9
34	33		on the payment card. Such verification that a person is twenty-one years 10
35	34		of age or older shall be recorded by the permittee or an employee of the 11
36	35		permittee. 12
37	36		(b) A self-pour automated system authorized by subsection (a) of this 13
38	37		section shall not dispense a serving of more than thirty-two ounces of 14
39	38		beer or cider not exceeding six per cent alcohol by volume or ten ounces 15 Raised Bill No. 265
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46	44		of wine before the payment card is reactivated by the permittee or an 16
47	45		employee of the permittee. 17
48	46		Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than October 1, 2021, 18
49	47		the Department of Consumer Protection shall, pursuant to section 30-6a 19
50	48		of the general statutes, amend the regulations of Connecticut state 20
51	49		agencies, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general 21
52	50		statutes, to: (1) Allow for the use of self-pour automated systems by 22
53	51		permittees and employees of permittees for the dispensing of beer, cider 23
54	52		not exceeding six per cent alcohol by volume and wine pursuant to 24
55	53		section 1 of this act, (2) ensure that such beer, cider and wine is not 25
56	54		initially dispensed from any such system in servings of more than thirty-26
57	55		two ounces of beer or cider not exceeding six per cent alcohol by volume 27
58	56		or ten ounces of wine to any one person for his or her own consumption 28
59	57		at any one time, and (3) ensure that second and subsequent servings of 29
60	58		such beer, cider and wine from any such system is allowed only after 30
61	59		the first serving has been substantially disposed of or consumed by such 31
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63	61		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
64	62		sections:
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66	64		Section 1 from passage New section
67	65		Sec. 2 from passage New section
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69		-	GL Joint Favorable
	67	+	Statement of Purpose:
	68	+	To allow certain alcoholic liquor permittees to use self-pour automated
	69	+	systems.
	70	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	71	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	72	+	underlined.]
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