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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 489
BY REPRESENTATIVE COX
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMT: Provides for the expansion of certain permit authority
for areas designated as local historic landmark districts
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 26:73(H) and 272(H), relative to certain permits for local historic2
districts; to require the issuance of certain permits by the commissioner and the3
municipal or parish governing authority for the sale of low and high alcohol4
beverages in areas designated as local historic districts; and to provide for related5
matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S.26:73(H) and 272(H) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as8
follows: 9
§73. Restaurant "R" permit; application; fees10
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H. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 26:81(B)(1) and (C), 273(A)(1),12
281(B) and (C)(1), 582, and 595, and if all other pertinent qualifications and13
conditions of this Title are satisfied, the commissioner shall issue a Class A Retail14
Liquor Permit and a Class "R" restaurant permit and the municipal governing15
authority or parish governing authority shall issue any and all required local permits16
to serve high alcohol content beverages for a restaurant establishment, as defined in17
Subsection B of this Section, if the restaurant is located within a geographically18
definable area within any municipality which has been designated by the appropriate19
authority of the United States Department of the Interior as a national historic20 HLS 13RS-1072 ORIGINAL
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landmark district or by the appropriate municipal authority as a local historic1
landmark district. The provisions of this Subsection shall be applicable only to an2
establishment that grosses sixty percent of its average monthly sales from the retail3
sale of food or food items that are prepared for service and consumption on the4
premises of the establishment.5
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§272. Restaurant "R" permit; application; fees7
H. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 26:81(B)(1) and (C), 273(A)(1),8
281(B) and (C)(1), 582, and 595, and if all other pertinent qualifications and9
conditions of this Title are satisfied, the commissioner shall issue a Class A Retail10
Liquor Permit and a Class "R" restaurant permit and the municipal governing11
authority or the parish governing authority shall issue any and all required local12
permits to serve low alcohol content beverages for a restaurant establishment, as13
defined in R.S. 26:73(C), if the restaurant is located within a geographically14
definable area within any municipality which has been designated by the appropriate15
authority of the United States Department of the Interior as a national historic16
landmark district or by the appropriate municipal authority as a local historic17
landmark district. The provisions of this Subsection shall be applicable only to an18
establishment that grosses sixty percent of its average monthly sales from the retail19
sale of food or food items that are prepared for service and consumption on the20
premises of the establishment.21
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
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Abstract: Requires the issuance of certain permits for low and high alcohol content
beverages for certain restaurant establishments in areas designated by the appropriate
municipal authority as local historic landmark districts. HLS 13RS-1072 ORIGINAL
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Present law requires the commissioner to issue a Class A Retail Liquor Permit and a Class
"R" restaurant permit and the municipal governing authority or parish governing authority
to issue any and all required local permits to serve high and low alcohol content beverages
for certain restaurant establishments located within any municipality which has been
designated by the appropriate authority of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior as a national historic
landmark district provided that the establishment grosses 60% of its monthly sales from the
retail sale of food or food items that are prepared for service and consumption on the
premises of the establishment.
Proposed law retains present law and adds areas designated by the appropriate municipal
authority as local historic landmark districts for purposes of receiving a permit to serve high
and low alcohol content beverages for certain restaurant establishments.
(Amends R.S. 26:73(H) and 272(H))