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2828 SENATE BILL 466
2929 57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025
3030 INTRODUCED BY
3131 Antonio Maestas
3232 AN ACT
3333 RELATING TO LIQUOR; REDUCING THE RENEWAL FEES FOR A TYPE B
3434 RESTAURANT LICENSE; REMOVING THE RESTRICTION ON THE NUMBER OF
3535 DRINKS ALLOWED PER CUSTOMER; ALLOWING HOLDERS OF RESTAURANT A
3636 LICENSES TO OBTAIN RESTAURANT A NEW MEXICO SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS
3737 PERMITS WITHOUT HAVING TO BE IN GOOD STANDING FOR A PERIOD OF
3838 TWELVE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS; PROVIDING FOR LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT
3939 ZONES; CREATING A RESTAURANT C LICENSE; DELETING RESTRICTIONS
4040 REGARDING LICENSEE PROXIMITY TO CHURCHES; REDUCING CERTAIN
4141 PERMIT FEES.
4242 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
4343 SECTION 1. Section 60-6A-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981,
4444 Chapter 39, Section 21, as amended) is amended to read:
4545 "60-6A-4. RESTAURANT LICENSE.--
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7373 A. A local option district may approve the issuance
7474 of restaurant licenses for the sale of beer and wine by holding
7575 an election on that question pursuant to the procedures set out
7676 in Section 60-5A-1 NMSA 1978. The election also may be
7777 initiated by a resolution adopted by the governing body of the
7878 local option district without a petition from qualified
7979 electors having been submitted.
8080 B. A local option district that has approved the
8181 issuance of restaurant licenses for the sale of beer and wine
8282 is deemed to have approved the issuance of restaurant licenses
8383 for the sale of beer, wine and spirituous liquors in
8484 restaurants unless the local option district affirmatively
8585 adopts an ordinance prohibiting such licenses, except that a
8686 local option district within a class B county having a
8787 population of between fifty-six thousand and fifty-seven
8888 thousand according to the 1980 federal decennial census that
8989 has approved the issuance of restaurant licenses for the sale
9090 of beer and wine is deemed not to have approved the issuance of
9191 restaurant licenses for the sale of beer, wine and spirituous
9292 liquors in restaurants unless the local option district
9393 affirmatively adopts an ordinance approving such licenses.
9494 C. A restaurant license issued or renewed on or
9595 after July 1, [2021] 2025 that permits the sale and service of
9696 beer, [and] wine and spirituous liquors produced or bottled by
9797 or for a craft distiller pursuant to Section 60-6A-6.1 NMSA
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126126 1978 only shall be designated a restaurant A license. The
127127 license shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of
128128 this section and rules adopted by the department.
129129 D. A restaurant license issued on or after July 1,
130130 2021 that permits the sale and service of beer, wine and
131131 spirituous liquors shall be designated a restaurant B license.
132132 The license shall be issued in accordance with the provisions
133133 of this section and rules adopted by the department.
134134 E. A restaurant license issued or renewed on or
135135 after July 1, 2025 that permits the sale and service of beer
136136 and wine only shall be designated a restaurant C license. The
137137 license shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of
138138 this section and rules adopted by the department.
139139 [E.] F. After the approval of restaurant licenses
140140 by the qualified electors of the local option district for the
141141 sale of beer and wine and upon completion of all requirements
142142 in the Liquor Control Act for the issuance of licenses, a
143143 restaurant located or to be located within the local option
144144 district may receive a restaurant A license to sell, serve or
145145 allow the consumption of beer, [and ] wine and spirituous
146146 liquors produced or bottled by or for a craft distiller
147147 pursuant to Section 60-6A-6.1 NMSA 1978; a restaurant B license
148148 to sell, serve or allow the consumption of beer, wine and
149149 spirituous liquors; or a restaurant C license to sell, serve or
150150 allow the consumption of beer and wine subject to the following
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179179 requirements and restrictions:
180180 (1) the applicant shall submit evidence to the
181181 department that the applicant has a current valid food service
182182 establishment permit;
183183 (2) the applicant shall satisfy the director
184184 that the primary source of revenue from the operation of the
185185 restaurant will be derived from food and not from the sale of
186186 beer and wine;
187187 (3) the director shall condition renewal upon
188188 a requirement that no less than sixty percent of gross receipts
189189 from the preceding twelve months' operation of the licensed
190190 restaurant was derived from the sale of food;
191191 (4) upon application for renewal, the licensee
192192 shall submit an annual report to the director indicating the
193193 annual gross receipts from the sale of food and from beer and
194194 wine sales;
195195 (5) all sales, services and consumption of
196196 beer and wine authorized by a restaurant A license shall cease
197197 at the time food sales and services cease or at 11:00 p.m.,
198198 whichever time is earlier; and
199199 [(6) if Sunday sales have been approved in the
200200 local option district, a restaurant licensee may serve beer and
201201 wine on Sundays until the time meal sales and services cease or
202202 11:00 p.m., whichever time is earlier; and
203203 (7)] (6) a restaurant A license, restaurant B
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232232 license and restaurant C license shall not be transferable from
233233 person to person but shall be transferable from one location to
234234 another location within the same local option district.
235235 [F. Upon completion of all requirements in the
236236 Liquor Control Act for the issuance of licenses on and after
237237 July 1, 2021, and barring the adoption of an opt-out ordinance
238238 by the governing body of a local option district, a restaurant
239239 located or to be located within the local option district may
240240 receive a restaurant B license to sell, serve or allow the
241241 consumption of beer, wine and spirituous liquors subject to the
242242 following requirements and restrictions:
243243 (1) the applicant shall submit evidence to the
244244 department that the applicant has a current valid food service
245245 establishment permit;
246246 (2) the applicant shall satisfy the director
247247 that the primary source of revenue from the operation of the
248248 restaurant will be derived from the sale of food and not from
249249 the sale of beer, wine and spirituous liquors;
250250 (3) the director shall condition renewal upon
251251 a requirement that no less than sixty percent of gross receipts
252252 from the preceding twelve months' operation of the licensed
253253 restaurant was derived from the sale of food;
254254 (4) upon application for renewal, the licensee
255255 shall submit an annual report to the director indicating the
256256 annual gross receipts from the sale of food and from beer, wine
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285285 and spirituous liquors sales;
286286 (5) all sales, service and consumption of
287287 beer, wine and spirituous liquors authorized by a restaurant B
288288 license shall cease at the time food sales and services cease
289289 or at 11:00 p.m., whichever time is earlier;
290290 (6) a restaurant B licensee shall serve a
291291 single patron no more than three drinks containing not more
292292 than one and one-half ounces of spirituous liquor during any
293293 one visit to the restaurant;
294294 (7) if Sunday sales have been approved in the
295295 local option district, a restaurant B licensee may serve beer,
296296 wine and spirituous liquors on Sundays until the time meal
297297 sales and services cease or 11:00 p.m., whichever time is
298298 earlier; and
299299 (8) a restaurant B license shall not be
300300 transferable from person to person but shall be transferable
301301 from one location to another location within the same local
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303303 G. The provisions of Section 60-6A-18 NMSA 1978
304304 shall not apply to restaurant licenses.
305305 H. Nothing in this section shall prevent a
306306 restaurant licensee from receiving other licenses pursuant to
307307 the Liquor Control Act.
308308 [I. A person that has held a restaurant A license
309309 in good standing for a period of at least twelve consecutive
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338338 months shall, upon payment of a fee of five hundred dollars
339339 ($500), be entitled to a restaurant A New Mexico spirituous
340340 liquors permit. In addition to being permitted to sell and
341341 serve beer and wine as authorized by a restaurant A license,
342342 the restaurant A New Mexico spirituous liquors permit shall
343343 entitle the licensee to also sell and serve spirituous liquors
344344 produced or bottled by or for a craft distiller pursuant to
345345 Section 60-6A-6.1 NMSA 1978. ]"
346346 SECTION 2. Section 60-6A-15 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981,
347347 Chapter 39, Section 32, as amended) is amended to read:
348348 "60-6A-15. LICENSE AND PERMIT FEES.--Except for calendar
349349 years 2022 through 2031 for license holders who purchased their
350350 license during the calendar years 2017 through 2021, who shall
351351 be charged no fee for the issuance or renewal of a license,
352352 every application for the issuance or renewal of the following
353353 licenses and permits shall be accompanied by a fee in the
354354 following specified amounts:
355355 A. manufacturer's license as a distiller, except a
356356 brandy manufacturer, three thousand dollars ($3,000);
357357 B. manufacturer's license as a brewer, three
358358 thousand dollars ($3,000);
359359 C. manufacturer's license as a rectifier, one
360360 thousand fifty dollars ($1,050);
361361 D. wholesaler's license to sell all alcoholic
362362 beverages for resale only, two thousand five hundred dollars
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391391 ($2,500);
392392 E. wholesaler's license to sell spirituous liquors
393393 and wine for resale only, one thousand seven hundred fifty
394394 dollars ($1,750);
395395 F. wholesaler's license to sell spirituous liquors
396396 for resale only, one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500);
397397 G. wholesaler's license to sell beer and wine for
398398 resale only, one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500);
399399 H. wholesaler's license to sell beer for resale
400400 only, one thousand dollars ($1,000);
401401 I. wholesaler's license to sell wine for resale
402402 only, seven hundred fifty dollars ($750);
403403 J. retailer's license, one thousand three hundred
404404 dollars ($1,300);
405405 K. dispenser's license, one thousand three hundred
406406 dollars ($1,300);
407407 L. canopy license, one thousand three hundred
408408 dollars ($1,300);
409409 M. restaurant A license, [one thousand fifty
410410 dollars ($1,050)] one thousand five hundred fifty dollars
411411 ($1,550);
412412 N. restaurant B license, ten thousand dollars
413413 ($10,000) for the first year and six thousand dollars ($6,000)
414414 for subsequent years;
415415 O. restaurant C license, one thousand fifty dollars
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444444 ($1,050);
445445 [O.] P. club license, for clubs with more than two
446446 hundred fifty members, one thousand two hundred fifty dollars
447447 ($1,250), and for clubs with two hundred fifty members or
448448 fewer, two hundred fifty dollars ($250);
449449 [P.] Q. wine bottler's license to sell to
450450 wholesalers only, five hundred dollars ($500);
451451 [Q.] R. public service license, one thousand two
452452 hundred fifty dollars ($1,250);
453453 [R.] S. nonresident licenses, for a total billing
454454 to New Mexico wholesalers:
455455 (1) in excess of:
456456 $3,000,000 annually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,500;
457457 1,000,000 annually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,250;
458458 500,000 annually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,750;
459459 200,000 annually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,700;
460460 100,000 annually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800;
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463463 and
464464 (2) of $50,000 or less . . . . . . . . . $300;
465465 [S.] T. wine wholesaler's license, for persons with
466466 sales of five thousand gallons of wine per year or less,
467467 twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and for persons with sales in
468468 excess of five thousand gallons of wine per year, one hundred
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497497 dollars ($100);
498498 [T.] U. beer bottler's license, two hundred dollars
499499 ($200);
500500 [U.] V. third-party alcohol delivery license, not
501501 to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000);
502502 [V.] W. alcoholic beverage delivery permit, not to
503503 exceed three hundred dollars ($300); and
504504 [W.] X. retailer's, dispenser's or canopy licenses,
505505 if the licensee held the license on June 30, 2021, there shall
506506 be no renewal fee for applications filed by the licensee or
507507 successor licensees on or before June 30, 2026."
508508 SECTION 3. A new section of the Liquor Control Act is
509509 enacted to read:
510510 "[NEW MATERIAL] LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT ZONES.--
511511 A. The governing body of any county or municipality
512512 may, by ordinance or resolution, create and designate an
513513 "entertainment zone" within its jurisdiction.
514514 B. The designation of an entertainment zone shall
515515 be based on the governing body's determination that the area is
516516 suitable for leisure, arts, culture and entertainment
517517 activities, as evidenced by a concentration of restaurants,
518518 bars, theaters, music venues and other entertainment-related
519519 businesses. An entertainment zone designation shall include a
520520 clearly defined geographic boundary in the creation ordinance
521521 or resolution.
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550550 C. Notwithstanding any limitations set forth by the
551551 Liquor Control Act, within any entertainment zone, the
552552 governing body may adopt its own regulations governing the
553553 public purchase, possession and consumption of alcohol,
554554 including open container allowances, hours of operation and
555555 licensing provisions.
556556 D. An establishment within an entertainment zone
557557 that sells or serves alcoholic beverages must comply with all
558558 applicable Liquor Control Act licensing requirements and any
559559 additional conditions imposed by the governing body."
560560 SECTION 4. REPEAL.--Section 60-6B-10 NMSA 1978 (being
561561 Laws 1981, Chapter 39, Section 45, as amended) is repealed.
562562 SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
563563 provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.
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