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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 A-General Permit or a Class A-Restaurant Permit and a Class "R"15
restaurant permit, and the municipal governing authority or parish governing16
authority shall issue any and all required local permits to serve high alcohol content17
beverages for a restaurant establishment, as defined in Subsection C of this Section,18
or a hotel, if the restaurant or hotel is located within a geographically definable area19
within any municipality which has been designated by the appropriate authority of20 HLS 13RS-1072 REENGROSSED
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the United States Department of the Interior as a national historic landmark district1
or by the appropriate municipal authority as a local historic district. The For2
restaurant establishments, the provisions of this Subsection shall be applicable only3
to an establishment that grosses sixty percent of its average monthly sales from the4
retail sale of food or food items that are prepared for service and consumption on the5
premises of the establishment.6
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§272. Restaurant "R" permit; application; fees8
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H. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 26:81(B)(1) and (C), 273(A)(1),10
281(B) and (C)(1), 582, and 595, and if all other pertinent qualifications and11
conditions of this Title are satisfied, the commissioner shall issue a Class A Retail12
Liquor Permit A-General Permit or a Class A-Restaurant Permit and a Class "R"13
restaurant permit, and the municipal governing authority or the parish governing14
authority shall issue any and all required local permits to serve low alcohol content15
beverages for a restaurant establishment, as defined in R.S. 26:73(C), R.S.16
26:272(C)(1), or a hotel, if the restaurant or hotel is located within a geographically17
definable area within any municipality which has been designated by the appropriate18
authority of the United States Department of the Interior as a national historic19
landmark district or by the appropriate municipal authority as a local historic district.20
The For restaurant establishments, the provisions of this Subsection shall be21
applicable only to an establishment that grosses sixty percent of its average monthly22
sales from the retail sale of food or food items that are prepared for service and23
consumption on the premises of the establishment.24
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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 and hotels in areas designated by the
appropriate municipal authority as local historic landmark districts.
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 except that it changes the required permit from a Class A
Retail Liquor Permit to a Class A-General Permit or a Class A-Restaurant Permit and adds
areas designated by the appropriate municipal authority as local historic districts for
purposes of receiving a permit to serve high and low alcohol content beverages for certain
restaurant establishments or hotels.
(Amends R.S. 26:73(H) and 272(H))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Judiciary to the original bill.
1. Changed the present law references for high and low alcohol content "Class A
Retail Liquor Permits" to "Class A-General Permits".
2. Required the commissioner to issue a Class A-General Permit or a Class A-
Restaurant Permit and a Class "R" restaurant permit to serve high and low
alcohol content beverages for a restaurant or hotel within any municipality which
had been designated as a national historic landmark district or as a local historic
district by the appropriate municipal authority.
3. Provided for technical amendments.