Substitute House Bill No. 5149
Public Act No. 24-85
AN ACT CONCERNING CAFE AND PACKAGE STORE
PERMITTEES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 30-1 of the 2024 supplement to the general statutes
is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July
1, 2024):
For the purposes of this chapter and section 2 of this act, unless the
context indicates a different meaning:
(1) "Airline" means any (A) United States airline carrier holding a
certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Civil
Aeronautics Board under Section 401 of the Federal Aviation Act of
1958, as amended from time to time, or (B) foreign flag carrier holding a
permit under Section 402 of said act.
(2) "Alcohol" (A) means the product of distillation of any fermented
liquid that is rectified at least once and regardless of such liquid's origin,
and (B) includes synthetic ethyl alcohol which is considered nonpotable.
(3) "Alcoholic beverage" and "alcoholic liquor" include the four
varieties of liquor defined in subdivisions (2), (5), (20) and (21) of this
section (alcohol, beer, spirits and wine) and every liquid or solid, Substitute House Bill No. 5149
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patented or unpatented, containing alcohol, beer, spirits or wine and at
least one-half of one per cent alcohol by volume, and capable of being
consumed by a human being as a beverage. Any liquid or solid
containing more than one of the four varieties so defined belongs to the
variety which has the highest percentage of alcohol according to the
following order: Alcohol, spirits, wine and beer, except as provided in
subdivision (21) of this section.
(4) "Backer" means, except in cases where the permittee is the
proprietor, the proprietor of any business or club, incorporated or
unincorporated, that is engaged in manufacturing or selling alcoholic
liquor and in which business a permittee is associated, whether as an
agent, employee or part owner.
(5) "Beer" means any beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation
of a decoction or infusion of barley, hops and malt in drinking water.
(6) "Boat" means any vessel that is (A) operating on any waterway of
this state, and (B) engaged in transporting passengers for hire to or from
any port of this state.
(7) "Case price" means the price of a container made of cardboard,
wood or any other material and containing units of the same class and
size of alcoholic liquor. A case of alcoholic liquor, other than beer,
cocktails, cordials, prepared mixed drinks and wines, shall be in the
quantity and number, or fewer, with the permission of the
Commissioner of Consumer Protection, of bottles or units as follows:
(A) Six one thousand seven hundred fifty milliliter bottles, (B) six one
thousand eight hundred milliliter bottles, (C) twelve seven hundred
milliliter bottles, (D) twelve seven hundred twenty milliliter bottles, (E)
twelve seven hundred fifty milliliter bottles, (F) twelve nine hundred
milliliter bottles, (G) twelve one liter bottles, (H) twenty-four three
hundred seventy-five milliliter bottles, (I) forty-eight two hundred
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hundred twenty fifty milliliter bottles, except a case of fifty milliliter
bottles may be in a quantity and number as originally configured,
packaged and sold by the manufacturer or out-of-state shipper prior to
shipment if the number of such bottles in such case is not greater than
two hundred. The commissioner shall not authorize fewer quantities or
numbers of bottles or units as specified in this subdivision for any one
person or entity more than eight times in any calendar year. For the
purposes of this subdivision, "class" has the same meaning as provided
in 27 CFR 4.21 for wine, 27 CFR 5.22 for spirits and 27 CFR 7.24 for beer.
(8) "Club" has the same meaning as provided in section 30-22aa.
(9) "Coliseum" has the same meaning as provided in section 30-33a.
(10) "Commission" means the Liquor Control Commission
established under this chapter.
(11) "Department" means the Department of Consumer Protection.
(12) "Dining room" means any room or rooms (A) located in premises
operating under (i) a hotel permit issued under section 30-21, (ii) a
restaurant permit issued under subsection (a) of section 30-22, (iii) a
restaurant permit for wine and beer issued under subsection (b) of
section 30-22, [or] (iv) a cafe permit issued under section 30-22a, or (v) a
cafe permit for wine, beer and cider issued under section 2 of this act,
and (B) where meals are customarily served to any member of the public
who has means of payment and a proper demeanor.
(13) "Mead" means fermented honey (A) with or without additions or
adjunct ingredients, and (B) regardless of (i) alcohol content, (ii) process,
and (iii) whether such honey is carbonated, sparkling or still.
(14) "Minor" means any person who is younger than twenty-one
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(15) "Noncommercial entity" means an academic institution,
charitable organization, government organization, nonprofit
organization or similar entity that is not primarily dedicated to
obtaining a commercial advantage or monetary compensation.
(16) "Nonprofit club" has the same meaning as provided in section
30-22aa.
(17) (A) "Person" means an individual, including, but not limited to,
a partner.
(B) "Person" does not include a corporation, joint stock company,
limited liability company or other association of individuals.
(18) (A) "Proprietor" includes all owners of a business or club,
incorporated or unincorporated, that is engaged in manufacturing or
selling alcoholic liquor, whether such owners are persons, fiduciaries,
joint stock companies, stockholders of corporations or otherwise.
(B) "Proprietor" does not include any person who, or corporation that,
is merely a creditor, whether as a bond holder, franchisor, landlord or
note holder, of a business or club, incorporated or unincorporated, that
is engaged in manufacturing or selling alcoholic liquor.
(19) "Restaurant" has the same meaning as provided in section 30-22.
(20) "Spirits" means any beverage that contains alcohol obtained by
distillation mixed with drinkable water and other substances in
solution, including brandy, rum, whiskey and gin.
(21) "Wine" means any alcoholic beverage obtained by fermenting the
natural sugar content of fruits, such as apples, grapes or other
agricultural products, containing such sugar, including fortified wines
such as port, sherry and champagne.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2024) (a) For the purposes of this Substitute House Bill No. 5149
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section:
(1) "Cafe" means a space that (A) is located in a suitable and
permanent building, (B) is kept, used, maintained, advertised and held
out to the public to be a place where alcoholic liquor and food are served
at retail for consumption on the premises, (C) at all times has employed
therein an adequate number of employees, (D) does not include public
sleeping accommodations, and (E) need not necessarily have a dining
room or kitchen; and
(2) "Full course meal" means a diversified selection of food which (A)
ordinarily cannot be consumed without the use of tableware, and (B)
cannot be conveniently consumed while standing or walking.
(b) A cafe permit for wine, beer and cider shall allow the retail sale of
wine and beer, and of cider not exceeding six per cent of alcohol per
volume, to be consumed on the permit premises of a cafe. The holder of
a cafe permit for wine, beer and cider shall keep food available during
the majority of the hours such permit premises are open under this
subsection for sale to, and consumption by, customers on such permit
premises. The availability of food from outside vendors located on or
near the permit premises, delivered either directly by such outside
vendors or indirectly through a third party, is sufficient to satisfy such
requirement. The permit premises shall at all times comply with all
regulations of the local department of health. Nothing in this section
shall be construed to require that any food be sold or purchased with
any wine, beer or cider, and no rule, regulation or standard shall be
promulgated or enforced to require that sales of food be substantial or
that the business's receipts from sales of wine, beer and cider equal any
set percentage of total receipts from all sales made on the permit
premises. A cafe permit for wine, beer and cider shall allow, with the
Department of Consumer Protection's prior approval and if allowed
under fire, zoning and health regulations, wine, beer and cider to be
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public view. If fire, zoning or health regulations do not require that such
areas be enclosed by a fence or wall, the department shall not require
that such areas be so enclosed. No such fence or wall shall be less than
thirty inches high. A cafe permit for wine, beer and cider shall also
authorize the sale, at retail from the permit premises for consumption
off the permit premises, of sealed containers supplied by the permittee
of wine and draught beer. Such sales shall be conducted only during the
hours a package store is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor under the
provisions of subsection (d) of section 30-91 of the general statutes, as
amended by this act. Not more than one hundred ninety-six ounces of
such beer shall be sold to any person on any day on which the sale of
alcoholic liquor is authorized under the provisions of subsection (d) of
section 30-91 of the general statutes, as amended by this act. The annual
fee for a cafe permit for wine, beer and cider shall be one thousand
dollars.
(c) A cafe customer may remove one previously unsealed bottle of
wine from the permit premises of a cafe, provided:
(1) The customer purchased a full course meal for consumption on
such permit premises;
(2) The bottle of wine was unsealed on such permit premises for
consumption with such full course meal on such permit premises;
(3) The customer consumed a portion of the wine contained within
such unsealed bottle on such permit premises;
(4) The permittee, or the permittee's agent or employee, securely seals
such bottle of wine and places such bottle of wine in a bag before such
bottle of wine is removed from such permit premises; and
(5) Such bottle of wine is consumed off such permit premises.
(d) A cafe permit for wine, beer and cider issued pursuant to this Substitute House Bill No. 5149
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section shall allow those additional permissible uses specified in a
caterer liquor permit established in section 30-37j of the general statutes
without an additional fee, but subject to compliance with the provisions
of said section.
Sec. 3. Subsection (b) of section 19a-342 of the 2024 supplement to the
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective July 1, 2024):
(b) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 31-40q, no person
shall smoke: (A) In any area of a building or portion of a building,
owned and operated or leased and operated by the state or any political
subdivision of the state; (B) in any area of a health care institution,
including, but not limited to, a psychiatric facility; (C) in any area of a
retail establishment accessed by the general public; (D) in any
restaurant; (E) in any area of an establishment with a permit issued for
the sale of alcoholic liquor pursuant to section 30-20a, 30-21, 30-21b, 30-
22, 30-22c, as amended by this act, 30-28, 30-28a, 30-33a, 30-33b, 30-35a,
30-37a, 30-37e, [or] 30-37f or section 2 of this act, in any area of an
establishment with a permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor pursuant to
section 30-22aa issued after May 1, 2003, and, on and after April 1, 2004,
in any area of an establishment with a permit issued for the sale of
alcoholic liquor pursuant to section 30-22a or 30-26; (F) in any area of a
school building or on the grounds of such school; (G) within a child care
facility or on the grounds of such child care facility, except, if the child
care facility is a family child care home, as defined in section 19a-77,
such smoking is prohibited only when a child enrolled in such home is
present during customary business hours; (H) in any passenger
elevator; (I) in any area of a dormitory in any public or private
institution of higher education; (J) in any area of a dog race track or a
facility equipped with screens for the simulcasting of off-track betting
race programs or jai alai games; (K) in any room offered as an
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lodging; (L) in any area of a correctional facility or halfway house; or
(M) in any area of a platform or a shelter at a rail, busway or bus station,
owned and operated or leased and operated by the state or any political
subdivision of the state. For purposes of this subsection, "restaurant"
means space, in a suitable and permanent building, kept, used,
maintained, advertised and held out to the public to be a place where
meals are regularly served to the public, "school" has the same meaning
as provided in section 10-154a and "child care facility" has the same
meaning as provided in section 19a-342a, as amended by this act.
(2) Subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not apply to the following:
(A) Public housing projects, as defined in subsection (b) of section 21a-
278a; (B) any classroom where demonstration smoking is taking place
as part of a medical or scientific experiment or lesson; (C)
notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (E) of subdivision (1)
of this subsection, the outdoor portion of the premises of any permittee
listed in subparagraph (E) of subdivision (1) of this subsection,
provided, in the case of any seating area maintained for the service of
food, at least seventy-five per cent of the outdoor seating capacity is an
area in which smoking is prohibited and which is clearly designated
with written signage as a nonsmoking area, except that any temporary
seating area established for special events and not used on a regular
basis shall not be subject to the smoking prohibition or signage
requirements of this subparagraph; (D) any medical research site where
smoking is integral to the research being conducted; or (E) any tobacco
bar. For purposes of this subdivision, "outdoor" means an area which
has no roof or other ceiling enclosure; "tobacco bar" means an
establishment with a permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor to consumers
issued pursuant to section 30-22a, that, in the calendar year ending
December 31, 2002, generated ten per cent or more of its total annual
gross income from the on-site sale of tobacco products and the rental of
on-site humidors or, for any tobacco bar that commenced operations
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2022, generates at least sixty per cent of the tobacco bar's total annual
gross sales from on-site sales of tobacco products, as determined in an
annual audit conducted by an independent certified public accountant;
and "tobacco product" means cigars and pipe tobacco, and does not
include cannabis, cigarettes or chewing tobacco.
Sec. 4. Subsection (b) of section 19a-342a of the 2024 supplement to
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective July 1, 2024):
(b) (1) No person shall use an electronic nicotine or cannabis delivery
system or vapor product: (A) In any area of a building or portion of a
building owned and operated or leased and operated by the state or any
political subdivision of the state; (B) in any area of a health care
institution, including, but not limited to, a psychiatric facility; (C) in any
area of a retail establishment accessed by the public; (D) in any
restaurant; (E) in any area of an establishment with a permit issued for
the sale of alcoholic liquor pursuant to section 30-20a, 30-21, 30-21b, 30-
22, 30-22a, 30-22c, as amended by this act, 30-26, 30-28, 30-28a, 30-33a,
30-33b, 30-35a, 30-37a, 30-37e, [or] 30-37f or section 2 of this act, in any
area of establishment with a permit issued for the sale of alcoholic liquor
pursuant to section 30-22aa issued after May 1, 2003; (F) in any area of a
school building or on the grounds of such school; (G) within a child care
facility or on the grounds of such child care facility, except, if the child
care facility is a family child care home as defined in section 19a-77, such
use is prohibited only when a child enrolled in such home is present
during customary business hours; (H) in any passenger elevator; (I) in
any area of a dormitory in any public or private institution of higher
education; (J) in any area of a dog race track or a facility equipped with
screens for the simulcasting of off-track betting race programs or jai alai
games; (K) in any room offered as an accommodation to guests by the
operator of a hotel, motel or similar lodging; (L) in any area of a
correctional facility, halfway house or residential facility funded by the Substitute House Bill No. 5149
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Judicial Branch; or (M) in any area of a platform or a shelter at a rail,
busway or bus station, owned and operated or leased and operated by
the state or any political subdivision of the state. For purposes of this
subsection, "restaurant" means space, in a suitable and permanent
building, kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public
to be a place where meals are regularly served to the public; and "school"
has the same meaning as provided in section 10-154a.
(2) Subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not apply to the following:
(A) Public housing projects, as defined in subsection (b) of section 21a-
278a; (B) any classroom where a demonstration of the use of an
electronic nicotine or cannabis delivery system or vapor product is
taking place as part of a medical or scientific experiment or lesson; (C)
any medical research site where the use of an electronic nicotine or
cannabis delivery system or vapor product is integral to the research
being conducted; (D) establishments without a permit for the sale of
alcoholic liquor that sell electronic nicotine delivery systems, vapor
products or liquid nicotine containers on-site and allow their customers
to use such systems, products or containers on-site; (E) notwithstanding
the provisions of subparagraph (E) of subdivision (1) of this subsection,
the outdoor portion of the premises of any permittee listed in
subparagraph (E) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, provided, in the
case of any seating area maintained for the service of food, at least
seventy-five per cent of the outdoor seating capacity is an area in which
smoking is prohibited and which is clearly designated with written
signage as a nonsmoking area, except that any temporary seating area
established for special events and not used on a regular basis shall not
be subject to the prohibition on the use of an electronic nicotine or
cannabis delivery system or vapor product or the signage requirements
of this subparagraph; or (F) any tobacco bar. For purposes of this
subdivision, "outdoor" means an area which has no roof or other ceiling
enclosure; "tobacco bar" means an establishment with a permit for the
sale of alcoholic liquor to consumers issued pursuant to section 30-22a, Substitute House Bill No. 5149
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that, in the calendar year ending December 31, 2002, generated ten per
cent or more of its total annual gross income from the on-site sale of
tobacco products and the rental of on-site humidors or, for any tobacco
bar that commenced operations during the period beginning January 1,
2003, and ending December 31, 2022, generates at least sixty per cent of
the tobacco bar's total annual gross sales from on-site sales of tobacco
products, as determined in an annual audit conducted by an
independent certified public accountant; and "tobacco product" means
cigars and pipe tobacco, and does not include cannabis, cigarettes or
chewing tobacco.
Sec. 5. Subsections (a) to (g), inclusive, of section 30-16b of the 2024
supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024):
(a) The holder of a permit issued under section 30-16, 30-21 or 30-22,
subsection (c) or (g) of section 30-22a, [or] section 30-22aa or section 2 of
this act may sell for off-premises consumption sealed containers of all
alcoholic liquor such permit holder is allowed to sell for on-premises
consumption, subject to the requirements of this section and consistent
with all local ordinances for the town in which the permit premises are
located.
(b) Any alcoholic liquor sold for off-premises consumption under this
section shall be accompanied by food prepared on the permit premises
for off-premises consumption.
(c) Alcoholic liquor sold for off-premises consumption under this
section may be sold in a container other than the manufacturer's original
sealed container, unless sold by a permittee under section 30-16. All
such alcoholic liquor shall be given to a consumer in a securely sealed
container that prevents consumption without the removal of a tamper-
evident lid, cap or seal. A securely sealed container does not include a
container with a lid with sipping holes or openings for straws. Each Substitute House Bill No. 5149
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securely sealed container shall be placed in a bag by the permittee's
agent or employee prior to removal from the permit premises.
(d) If a permittee is delivering alcoholic liquor and food, such
delivery shall be made only by a direct employee of the permittee and
not by a third-party vendor or entity, unless such third-party vendor or
entity holds an in-state transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f.
(e) The sale of alcoholic liquor for off-premises consumption under
this section shall: (1) Be conducted only during the hours a package store
is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor under the provisions of subsection
(d) of section 30-91, as amended by this act, and (2) if such alcoholic
liquor is sold by a permittee under section 30-21 or 30-22, subsection (c)
or (g) of section 30-22a, [or] section 30-22aa or section 2 of this act,
comply with all applicable requirements of said sections and the limits
imposed under subsection (g) of this section.
(f) A sealed container of alcoholic liquor sold under this section shall
not be deemed an open container, provided the sealed container is
unopened, the seal has not been tampered with and the contents of the
sealed container have not been partially removed.
(g) The sale of alcoholic liquor for off-premises consumption under
this section by a permittee under section 30-21 or 30-22, subsection (c)
or (g) of section 30-22a, [or] section 30-22aa or section 2 of this act shall
comply with the following limits for any one order, per customer: (1)
One hundred ninety-six ounces for beer; (2) one liter for spirits; and (3)
one and one-half liters for wine.
Sec. 6. Subsection (b) of section 30-20 of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1,
2024):
(b) (1) A package store permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic
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premises. The holder of a package store permit may, in accordance with
regulations adopted by the Department of Consumer Protection
pursuant to the provisions of chapter 54, (A) offer free samples of
alcoholic liquor for tasting on the permit premises, (B) conduct fee-
based wine or spirits education and tasting classes and demonstrations,
and (C) conduct tastings or demonstrations provided by a permittee or
backer of the package store for a nominal charge to charitable nonprofit
organizations. Any offering, tasting, wine or spirits education and
tasting class or demonstration held on permit premises shall be
conducted only during the hours the package store may sell alcoholic
liquor under section 30-91, as amended by this act. No tasting of wine
on the permit premises shall be offered from more than ten uncorked
bottles at any one time. No holder, backer or permittee shall offer or
provide to any customer (i) more than one-half ounce of any single spirit
for sampling or tasting per day, or (ii) a total of more than two ounces
of spirits for sampling or tasting per day. No tasting shall be provided
below cost.
(2) No store operating under a package store permit shall sell any
commodity other than alcoholic liquor except, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, such store may sell (A) cigarettes and cigars, (B)
publications, (C) bar utensils, including, but not limited to, corkscrews,
beverage strainers, stirrers or other similar items used to consume, or
related to the consumption of, alcoholic liquor, (D) gift packages of
alcoholic liquor shipped into the state by a manufacturer or out-of-state
shipper, which gift packages may include nonalcoholic items, other than
food or tobacco products, if the dollar value of the nonalcoholic items in
such gift package does not exceed the dollar value of the alcoholic items
in such gift package, (E) complementary fresh fruits used in the
preparation of mixed alcoholic beverages, (F) cheese, crackers or both,
(G) olives, (H) nonalcoholic beverages, (I) concentrates used in the
preparation of mixed alcoholic beverages, (J) beer and wine-making kits
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clothing imprinted with advertising related to the alcoholic liquor
industry, (M) gift baskets or other containers of alcoholic liquor, (N)
multiple packages of alcoholic liquors, provided in all such cases the
minimum retail selling price for such alcoholic liquor shall apply, (O)
lottery tickets authorized by the Department of Consumer Protection, if
licensed as an agent to sell such tickets by the department, (P) devices
and related accessories designed primarily for accessing and extracting
a beverage containing alcohol from prepackaged containers, including,
but not limited to, pods, pouches or similar containers, but excluding
devices, including, but not limited to, household blenders, that are not
designed primarily for such purposes, (Q) alcohol-infused confections
containing not more than one-half of one per cent of alcohol by weight
and which the commissioner has approved for sale under section 21a-
101, and (R) gift baskets containing only containers of alcoholic liquor
and commodities authorized for sale under subparagraphs (A) to (Q),
inclusive, of this subdivision. A package store permit shall also allow
the taking and transmitting of orders for delivery of such merchandise
in other states. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a package
store permit shall allow the participation in any lottery ticket promotion
or giveaway sponsored by the department. The annual fee for a package
store permit shall be five hundred thirty-five dollars.
Sec. 7. Subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, of section 30-22c of the general
statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof
(Effective July 1, 2024):
(a) As used in this section: [, "juice bar or similar facility"]
(1) "Juice bar or similar facility" means an area within [a] permit
premises in which nonalcoholic beverages are served to minors; [,] and
["permit premises"]
(2) "Permit premises" means the premises operated under (A) a cafe
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for wine, beer and cider issued under section 2 of this act.
(b) The holder of a cafe permit issued under subsection (c) of section
30-22a or a cafe permit for wine, beer and cider issued under section 2
of this act may operate a juice bar or similar facility at [a] permit
premises if the juice bar or similar facility is limited to a room or rooms
or separate area within the permit premises wherein there is no sale,
consumption, dispensing or presence of alcoholic liquor.
(c) The holder of a cafe permit issued under subsection (c) of section
30-22a or a cafe permit for wine, beer and cider issued under section 2
of this act shall provide advance written notice to the chief law
enforcement officer of the town in which [such] the permit premises is
located [in advance] of the specific dates and hours of any scheduled
event at which [the] such permit premises, or [a] any portion thereof,
will be used to operate a juice bar or similar facility. Such notice shall be
sent (1) by certified mail, or by electronic mail to the designated
electronic mail address for the chief law enforcement officer, and (2) in
a manner so [it] that such notice is received by such chief law
enforcement officer not less than five days, and not more than thirty
days, prior to the date of such scheduled event. The chief law
enforcement officer of the town in which such permit premises is located
may designate one or more law enforcement officers to attend any such
scheduled event at the cost of such permit holder.
(d) Nothing in this section shall exempt the holder of a cafe permit
issued under subsection (c) of section 30-22a or a cafe permit for wine,
beer and cider issued under section 2 of this act from compliance with
any other provisions of the general statutes or regulations of
Connecticut state agencies concerning minors, including, but not
limited to, the prohibition against the sale of alcoholic liquor to minors.
The presence of alcoholic liquor or the sale or dispensing to or
consumption of alcoholic liquor by a minor at a juice bar or similar
facility is prohibited. Substitute House Bill No. 5149
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Sec. 8. Subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of section 30-37u of the 2024
supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024):
(b) A temporary auction permit issued under this section shall allow
the sale of beer, spirits and wine obtained from one or more individual
collectors, holders of package store permits issued under section 30-20,
as amended by this act, [or] holders of cancelled restaurant permits
issued under section 30-22, [or] holders of cancelled cafe permits issued
under section 30-22a or holders of cancelled cafe permits for wine, beer
and cider issued under section 2 of this act through an auction
conducted by an auctioneer. Such auction may be conducted, in person
or online, only during the hours specified in subsection (d) of section 30-
91, as amended by this act.
(c) To obtain a temporary auction permit under this section, an
auctioneer shall submit an application to the department, in a form and
manner prescribed by the department, at least sixty days before the first
day of the auction to be conducted under such permit. The auctioneer
applicant shall serve as the backer of such permit. Each such permit shall
be valid for one auction and shall be effective for a period not to exceed
three consecutive days in duration. The department may issue not more
than four temporary auction permits to an auctioneer in any calendar
year. The provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) and subsection
(c) of section 30-39 shall not apply to temporary auction permits issued
under this section. The fee for a temporary auction permit shall be one
hundred seventy-five dollars per day.
(d) The auctioneer shall obtain all beer, spirits and wine that are the
subject of an auction conducted under a temporary auction permit
issued under this section from one or more individual collectors, holders
of package store permits issued under section 30-20, as amended by this
act, or holders of cancelled restaurant permits issued under section 30-
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cafe permits for wine, beer and cider issued under section 2 of this act.
The auctioneer shall only accept beer, spirits or wine that (1) was
lawfully acquired by (A) an individual collector, or (B) the holder of a
package store permit issued under section 30-20, as amended by this act,
cancelled restaurant permit issued under section 30-22, [or] cancelled
cafe permit issued under section 30-22a or cancelled cafe permit for
wine, beer and cider issued under section 2 of this act who purchased
such beer, spirits or wine from the holder of a wholesaler permit issued
under section 30-17, and (2) bears an intact seal from the manufacturer
of such beer, spirits or wine. An individual collector may sell or consign
such beer, spirits or wine to the auctioneer. The holder of a package store
permit issued under section 30-20, as amended by this act, may sell or
consign such beer, spirits or wine to the auctioneer, provided the
starting bid for such beer, spirits or wine is in an amount that is not less
than the amount required under section 30-68m. The holder of a
cancelled restaurant permit issued under section 30-22, [or a] cancelled
cafe permit issued under section 30-22a or cancelled cafe permit for
wine, beer and cider issued under section 2 of this act may sell or
consign such beer, spirits or wine to the auctioneer. All unsold
consigned beer, spirits or wine shall be returned to the individual
collector, holder of the package store permit issued under section 30-20,
as amended by this act, holder of the cancelled restaurant permit issued
under section 30-22, [or] holder of the cancelled cafe permit issued
under section 30-22a or holder of the cancelled cafe permit for wine, beer
and cider issued under section 2 of this act not later than ten days after
the final day of such auction.
Sec. 9. Section 30-38 of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024):
Each permit granted under the provisions of sections 30-16, 30-17, 30-
20, as amended by this act, 30-21, 30-21b, 30-22, 30-22a, 30-22aa, 30-28a,
30-33a, [and] 30-36 and section 2 of this act, shall also, under the Substitute House Bill No. 5149
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regulations of the Department of Consumer Protection, allow the
storage, on the premises and at one other secure location registered with
and approved by the department, of sufficient quantities of alcoholic
liquor respectively allowed to be sold under such permits as may be
necessary for the business conducted by the respective permittees or
their backers; but no such permit shall be granted under the provisions
of section 30-16 or 30-17 unless such storage facilities are provided and
the place of storage receives the approval of the department as to
suitability, and thereafter no place of storage shall be changed nor any
new place of storage utilized without the approval of the department.
Sec. 10. Section 30-45 of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024):
The Department of Consumer Protection shall refuse permits for the
sale of alcoholic liquor to the following persons: (1) Any state marshal,
judicial marshal, judge of any court, prosecuting officer or member of
any police force; (2) any minor; (3) any constable who (A) performs
criminal law enforcement duties and is considered a peace officer by
town ordinance pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of section
54-1f, or (B) is certified under the provisions of sections 7-294a to 7-294e,
inclusive, and performs criminal law enforcement duties pursuant to
the provisions of subsection (c) of section 54-1f; and (4) any special
constable appointed pursuant to section 7-92. This section shall not
apply to any out-of-state shipper's permit issued under section 30-18,
30-18a or 30-19, any cafe permit issued under section 30-22a, any cafe
permit for wine, beer and cider issued under section 2 of this act, any
boat operating under any in-state transporter's permit issued under
section 30-19f [,] or any airline permit issued under section 30-28a. As
used in this section, "minor" means a minor, as defined in section 1-1d
or as defined in section 30-1, as amended by this act, whichever age is
older.
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general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective July 1, 2024):
(a) No backer or permittee of one permit class shall be a backer or
permittee of any other permit class except in the case of airline permits
issued under section 30-28a, boats operating under in-state transporter's
permits issued under section 30-19f, and cafe permits issued under
subsections (d) and (h) of section 30-22a, except that: (1) A backer of a
hotel permit issued under section 30-21 or a restaurant permit issued
under section 30-22 may be a backer of both such classes; (2) a holder or
backer of a restaurant permit issued under section 30-22, [or] a cafe
permit issued under subsection (a) of section 30-22a or a cafe permit for
wine, beer and cider issued under section 2 of this act may be a holder
or backer of any other or all of such classes; (3) a holder or backer of a
restaurant permit issued under section 30-22 may be a holder or backer
of a cafe permit issued under subsection (f) of section 30-22a; (4) a backer
of a restaurant permit issued under section 30-22 may be a backer of a
coliseum permit issued under section 30-33a when such restaurant is
within a coliseum; (5) a backer of a hotel permit issued under section 30-
21 may be a backer of a coliseum permit issued under section 30-33a; (6)
a backer of a grocery store beer permit issued under subsection (c) of
section 30-20 may be (A) a backer of a package store permit issued under
subsection (b) of section 30-20, as amended by this act, if such was the
case on or before May 1, 1996, and (B) a backer of a restaurant permit
issued under section 30-22, provided the restaurant permit premises do
not abut or share the same space as the grocery store beer permit
premises; (7) a backer of a cafe permit issued under subsection (j) of
section 30-22a, may be a backer of a nonprofit theater permit issued
under section 30-35a; (8) a backer of a nonprofit theater permit issued
under section 30-35a may be a holder or backer of a hotel permit issued
under section 30-21 or a coliseum permit issued under section 30-33a;
(9) a backer of a concession permit issued under section 30-33 may be a
backer of a coliseum permit issued under section 30-33a; (10) a holder of Substitute House Bill No. 5149
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an out-of-state winery shipper's permit for wine issued under section
30-18a may be a holder of an in-state transporter's permit issued under
section 30-19f; (11) a holder of an out-of-state shipper's permit for
alcoholic liquor issued under section 30-18 or an out-of-state winery
shipper's permit for wine issued under section 30-18a may be a holder
of an in-state transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f; (12) a
holder of a manufacturer permit for a farm winery issued under
subsection (c) of section 30-16 or a manufacturer permit for wine, cider
and mead issued under subsection (d) of section 30-16 may be a holder
of an in-state transporter's permit issued under section 30-19f, an off-site
farm winery sales and tasting permit issued under section 30-16a or any
combination of such permits; (13) the holder of a manufacturer permit
for spirits, beer, a farm winery or wine, cider and mead, issued under
subsection (a), (b), (c) or (d), respectively, of section 30-16 may be a
holder of a Connecticut craft cafe permit issued under section 30-22d, a
restaurant permit or a restaurant permit for wine and beer issued under
section 30-22 or a farmers' market sales permit issued under section 30-
37o; (14) the holder of a restaurant permit issued under section 30-22, a
cafe permit issued under section 30-22a, a cafe permit for wine, beer and
cider issued under section 2 of this act or an in-state transporter's permit
issued under section 30-19f [,] may be the holder of a seasonal outdoor
open-air permit issued under section 30-22e or an outdoor open-air
permit issued under section 30-22f; and (15) the holder of a festival
permit issued under section 30-37t may be the holder or backer of one
or more of such other classes. Any person may be a permittee of more
than one permit. No holder of a manufacturer permit for beer issued
under subsection (b) of section 30-16 and no spouse or child of such
holder may be a holder or backer of more than three restaurant permits
issued under section 30-22, [or] cafe permits issued under section 30-22a
or cafe permits for wine, beer and cider issued under section 2 of this
act.
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supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is
substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024):
(a) The sale, dispensing, consumption or presence in glasses or other
receptacles suitable to allow for the consumption of alcoholic liquor by
an individual in places operating under hotel permits issued under
section 30-21, restaurant permits issued under section 30-22, cafe
permits issued under section 30-22a, cafe permits for wine, beer and
cider issued under section 2 of this act, Connecticut craft cafe permits
issued under section 30-22d, club permits issued under section 30-22aa,
restaurant permits for catering establishments issued under section 30-
22b, coliseum permits issued under section 30-33a, temporary liquor
permits for noncommercial entities issued under section 30-35,
nonprofit public museum permits issued under section 30-37a,
manufacturer permits for beer, a farm winery or wine, cider and mead
issued under subsection (b), (c) or (d), respectively, of section 30-16,
casino permits issued under section 30-37k and caterer liquor permits
issued under section 30-37j shall be unlawful on: (1) Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between the hours of one o'clock a.m.
and nine o'clock a.m.; (2) Saturday between the hours of two o'clock a.m.
and nine o'clock a.m.; (3) Sunday between the hours of two o'clock a.m.
and ten o'clock a.m.; (4) Christmas, except (A) for alcoholic liquor that is
served where food is also available during the hours otherwise
permitted by this section for the day on which Christmas falls, and (B)
by casino permittees at casinos, as defined in section 30-37k; and (5)
January first between the hours of three o'clock a.m. and nine o'clock
a.m., except that on any Sunday that is January first the prohibitions of
this section shall be between the hours of three o'clock a.m. and ten
o'clock a.m.
(b) Any town may, by vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, reduce
the number of hours during which sales under subsection (a) of this
section, except sales under a cafe permit issued under subsection (d) of Substitute House Bill No. 5149
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section 30-22a, shall be permissible. In all cases when a town, either by
vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, has acted on the sale of alcoholic
liquor or the reduction of the number of hours when such sale is
permissible, such action shall become effective on the first day of the
month succeeding such action and no further action shall be taken until
at least one year has elapsed since the previous action was taken.
(c) Notwithstanding any provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this
section, such sale, dispensing, consumption or presence in glasses in
places operating under a cafe permit issued under subsection (f) of
section 30-22a shall be unlawful before eleven o'clock a.m. on any day,
except in that portion of the permit premises which is located in a
separate room or rooms entry to which, from the bowling lane area of
the establishment, is by means of a door or doors which shall remain
closed at all times except to permit entrance and egress to and from the
lane area. Any alcoholic liquor sold or dispensed in a place operating
under a cafe permit issued under subsection (f) of section 30-22a shall
be served in containers such as, but not limited to, plastic or glass. Any
town may, by vote of a town meeting or by ordinance, reduce the
number of hours during which sales under this subsection shall be
permissible.
(d) The sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor for off-premises
consumption in places operating under package store permits issued
under subsection (b) of section 30-20, as amended by this act, druggist
permits issued under section 30-36, manufacturer permits issued under
section 30-16, grocery store beer permits issued under subsection (c) of
section 30-20, religious wine retailer permits issued under section 30-37s
or temporary auction permits issued under section 30-37u, as amended
by this act, shall be unlawful on Thanksgiving Day, New Year's Day and
Christmas; and such sale or dispensing of alcoholic liquor for off-
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permits, religious wine retailer permits and temporary auction 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. 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.
(e) (1) In the case of any premises operating under a cafe permit
issued under subsection (c) of section 30-22a, a cafe permit for wine, beer
and cider issued under section 2 of this act or a Connecticut craft cafe
permit issued under section 30-22d, and wherein, under the provisions
of this section, the sale of alcoholic liquor is forbidden on certain days
or hours of the day, or during the period when such permit is
suspended, it shall likewise be unlawful to keep such premises open to,
or permit such premises to be occupied by, the public on such days or
hours.
(2) In the case of any premises operating under a cafe permit issued
under section 30-22a or a cafe permit for wine, beer and cider issued
under section 2 of this act, it shall be unlawful to keep such premises
open to, or permit such premises to be occupied by, the public between
the hours of one o'clock a.m. and six o'clock a.m. on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and between the hours of two o'clock
a.m. and six o'clock a.m. on Saturday and Sunday or during any period
of time when such permit is suspended, provided the sale, dispensing
or consumption of alcohol on such premises operating under such cafe
permit or cafe permit for wine, beer and cider shall be prohibited
beyond the hours authorized for the sale, dispensing or consumption of
alcohol for such premises under this section.
(3) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, in the case of any
premises operating under a cafe permit issued under section 30-22a or
a cafe permit for wine, beer and cider issued under section 2 of this act,
it shall be lawful for such premises to be open to, or be occupied by, the
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video or digital production eligible for a film production tax credit
pursuant to section 12-217jj, provided the sale, dispensing or
consumption of alcohol on such premises operating under such cafe
permit or cafe permit for wine, beer and cider shall be prohibited
beyond the hours authorized for the sale, dispensing or consumption of
alcohol for such premises under this section.