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2024 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 291
BY SENATOR MIZELL
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. Increases the minimum age of bartenders. (8/1/24)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 26:90.2 and 286.1, relative to alcoholic beverages; to provide for the
3 employment of persons in certain permitted establishments; to provide relative to
4 certain responsibilities of employees; to provide for violations; to provide for terms
5 and conditions; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 26:90.1 and 286.1 are hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 §90.2. Bartender; minimum age
9 A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person
10 holding a Class A retail liquor permit shall employ, permit, or suffer to work
11 any person under the age of twenty-one to open or prepare, or both, alcoholic
12 beverages for consumption on the premises by paying customers, or prepared
13 with an appropriate lid or cover on the container for take out service.
14 B. A violation of this Section is punishable as provided in R.S. 26:171 and
15 is also sufficient cause for the suspension or revocation of a permit.
16 C. Notwithstanding the issuance of permit by way of renewal, the
17 commissioner may revoke or suspend the permit, as prescribed by this Chapter,
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1 for violations of this Section that occurred during the permit period
2 immediately preceding the issuance of the permit.
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4 §286.1. Bartender; minimum age
5 A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person
6 holding a Class A retail permit for beverages of low alcoholic content shall
7 employ, permit, or suffer to work any person under the age of twenty-one to
8 open or prepare, or both, alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises
9 by paying customers, or prepared with an appropriate lid or cover on the
10 container for take out service.
11 B. A violation of this Section is punishable as provided in R.S. 26:521 and
12 is also sufficient cause for the suspension or revocation of a permit.
13 C. Notwithstanding the issuance of permit by way of renewal, the
14 commissioner may revoke or suspend the permit, as prescribed by this Chapter,
15 for violations of this Section that occurred during the permit period
16 immediately preceding the issuance of the permit.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Ridge.
DIGEST
SB 291 Original 2024 Regular Session Mizell
Present law prohibits any person under 21 years of age to purchase or have public possession
of any alcoholic beverage.
Present law defines "public possession" as the possession of any alcoholic beverage for any
reason, including consumption, on any street, highway, or waterway or in any public place
or any place open to the public, including a club which is de facto open to the public.
Excepts from the definition the sale, handling, transport, or service in dispensing of any
alcoholic beverage pursuant to lawful employment of a person under 21 years of age by a
duly licensed manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer of beverage alcohol.
Proposed law prohibits a person who holds a Class A retail permit of either high or low
alcoholic content from employing any person under the age of 21 to open or prepare, or both,
alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises by paying customers, or prepared with
an appropriate lid or cover on the container for take out service.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Adds R.S. 26:90.2 and 286.1)
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