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31	28		STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33	30		2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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35	32		COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
36	33		FOR
37		-	HOUSE BILL NO. 3859 By: Strom of the House
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41		-	Coleman of the Senate
	34	+	HOUSE BILL NO. 3859 By: Strom
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47	40		COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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49	42		An Act relating to alcoholic beverages; amending 37A
50	43		O.S. 2021, Section 6 -102, which relates to licensee
51	44		prohibited acts under the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage
52	45		Control Act; providing that mixed beverage licensees
53	46		may sale to-go drinks at a different price than on-
54	47		premises drinks; and providing an effective date .
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59	52		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
60	53		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 37 A O.S. 2021, Section 6 -
61	54		102, is amended to read as follows:
62	55		Section 6-102. A. No licensee of the A BLE Commission
63	56		shall:
64	57		1. Receive, possess or sell any alcoholic bever age except as
65	58		authorized by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act and by the
66	59		license or permit which the licensee holds;
	60	+	2. Employ any person under eighteen (18) years of age in t he
	61	+	selling of beer or wine or employ any person under twenty -one (21)
	62	+	years of age in the selling of spirits. Provided:
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94		-	2. Employ any person under eighteen (18) years of age in t he
95		-	selling of beer or wine or employ any person under twenty -one (21)
96		-	years of age in the selling of spirits. Provided:
97	89		a. a mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public
98	90		event, special event, bottle club, retail wine or
99	91		retail beer licensee may employ s ervers or sales
100	92		clerks who are at least eighteen (18) years of age,
101	93		except persons under twenty-one (21) years of age may
102	94		not serve in designated bar or lounge areas, and
103	95		b. a mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public
104	96		event, special event or bottle cl ub licensee may
105	97		employ or hire musical bands who have musicians who
106	98		are under eighteen (18) years of age if each such
107	99		musician is either accompanied by a parent or legal
108	100		guardian or has on their person, to be made available
109	101		for inspection upon demand by an y employee of the ABLE
110	102		Commission or law enforcement officer, a writte n,
111	103		notarized affidavit from the parent or legal guardian
112	104		giving the underage musician permission to perform in
113	105		designated bar or lounge areas;
114	106		3. Give any alcoholic beverage as a prize, premium or
115	107		consideration for any lottery, game of chance or skill or any type
116	108		of competition;
	109	+	4. Use any of the following means or inducements to stimulate
	110	+	the consumption of alcoholic beverages, including but not limited
	111	+	to:
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144		-	4. Use any of the following means or inducements to stimulate
145		-	the consumption of alcoholic beverages, including but not limited
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147	138		a. deliver more than two dri nks to one person at one
148	139		time, except as provided for serving tasting flights
149	140		defined in Section 6-102.1 of this title,
150	141		b. sell or offer to sell to any person or group of
151	142		persons any drinks at a price that is less than six
152	143		percent (6%) below the markup of the cost to the mixed
153	144		beverage licensee; provided, a mixed beverage li censee
154	145		shall be permitted to offer these drink specials on
155	146		any particular hour of any particular day and shall
156	147		not be required to offer these drink specials for an
157	148		entire calendar week o r from open to close, and shall
158	149		not be required to offer such drink sp ecials at all
159	150		venues operating under the same mixed beverage
160	151		license; provided, a mixed beverage licensee selling
161	152		wine, six packs of beer, or cocktails to -go shall be
162	153		permitted to offer these to-go drinks at a different
163	154		price than on-premises drinks,
164	155		c. sell or offer to sell to any person an unlimited
165	156		number of drinks during any set period of time for a
166	157		fixed price, except at private functions not open to
167	158		the public,
	159	+	d. sell or offer to sell drinks to any person or group of
	160	+	persons on any one day or portion thereof at prices
	161	+	less than those charged the general public on that
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195		-	d. sell or offer to sell drinks to any person or group of
196		-	persons on any one day or portion thereof at prices
197		-	less than those charged the general public on that
198	188		day, except at private functions not open to the
199	189		public,
200	190		e. increase the volume of alcoholic beverages contained
201	191		in a drink without increasing proportionately the
202	192		price regularly charged for such drink during the same
203	193		calendar week, or
204	194		f. encourage or permit, on the licensed premises, any
205	195		game or contest which involves drinking or the
206	196		awarding of drinks as prizes.
207	197		Provided, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not
208	198		prohibit the advertising or offering of food, entertainment or
209	199		bottle service in licensed establishments;
210	200		5. Permit or allow any patron or person to exit the licensed
211	201		premises with an open container of any alcoholic beverage.
212	202		Provided, this prohibition shall not be appli cable to closed
213	203		original containers of alcoholic beverages which are carried from
214	204		the licensed premises of a bottle club by a patron, closed original
215	205		wine containers removed from the pre mises of restaurants, hotels and
216	206		motels, or to closed original contain ers of alcoholic beverages
217	207		transported to and from the place of business of a licensed caterer
218	208		by the caterer or an employee of the caterer;
	209	+	6. Serve or sell alcoholic beverages with an expired license
	210	+	issued by the ABLE Commission;
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246		-	6. Serve or sell alcoholic beverages with an expired license
247		-	issued by the ABLE Commission;
248	237		7. Permit any person to be drunk or intoxicated on the
249	238		licensee's licensed premises; or
250	239		8. Permit or allow any patron to serve or pour himself or
251	240		herself any alcoholic beverage, except a licensee may offer a patron
252	241		self-pour service of beer or wine, or both, from automated d evices
253	242		on licensed premises so long as:
254	243		a. the licensee monitors and has the ability to control
255	244		the dispensing of such beer or wine, or both, from the
256	245		automated devices. "Automated devi ce" shall mean any
257	246		mechanized device capable of dispensing wine or bee r,
258	247		or both, directly to a patron in exchange for
259	248		compensation that a licensee has received directly
260	249		from the patron, and
261	250		b. each licensee offering a patron self -pour service of
262	251		wine or beer, or both, from any automated device shall
263	252		provide constant video m onitoring of the automated
264	253		device at all times during which the licensee is open
265	254		to the public. The licensee shall keep recorded
266	255		footage from the video monitoring for at least sixty
267	256		(60) days, and shall provide the footage, upon
268	257		request, to any agent of t he Director of the ABLE
269	258		Commission or other authorized law enforcement agent.
	259	+	B. 1. The compensation required by subparagraph a of paragraph
	260	+	8 of subsection A of this section shall be in the form of a radio
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297		-	B. 1. The compensation required by subparagraph a of paragraph
298		-	8 of subsection A of this section shall be in the form of a radio
299	287		frequency identification (RFID) device, mobile application or any
300	288		other technology approved by the ABLE Commission containing a fixed
301	289		amount of volume of thirty -two (32) ounces for beer and ten (10)
302	290		ounces for wine that may be direct ly exchanged for beer or wine
303	291		dispensed from the automated device:
304	292		a. RFID devices may be assigned, used or reactivated only
305	293		during a business day,
306	294		b. each RFID device shall be obtained from the licensee
307	295		by a patron,
308	296		c. a licensee shall not issue more than one active RFID
309	297		device to a patron, and
310	298		d. an RFID device shall be de emed active if the RFID
311	299		device contains volume credit or has not yet been used
312	300		to dispense ten (10) ounces of wine or thirty -two (32)
313	301		ounces of beer.
314	302		2. In order to obtain an RFID devic e from a licensee, each
315	303		patron shall produce a valid driver license, i dentification card or
316	304		other government-issued document that contains a photograph of the
317	305		individual and demonstrates that the individual is at least twenty -
318	306		one (21) years of age. Each R FID device shall be programmed to
319	307		require the production of the patron 's valid identification before
	308	+	the RFID device can be used for the first time during any business
	309	+	day or for any subsequent reactivation.
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347		-	the RFID device can be used for the first time during any business
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349	336		3. Each RFID device shall become inactive at t he end of each
350	337		business day.
351	338		4. Each RFID device shall be programmed to allow the dispensing
352	339		of no more than ten (10) ounces of wine or thirty -two (32) ounces of
353	340		beer to a patron:
354	341		a. once an RFID device has been used to dispense ten (10)
355	342		ounces of wine or thirty-two (32) ounces of beer to a
356	343		patron, the RFID device shall bec ome inactive, and
357	344		b. any patron in possession of an inactive RFID device
358	345		may, upon production of the patron's valid
359	346		identification to the licensee or licensee's employee,
360	347		have the RFID device reactivated to allow the
361	348		dispensing of an additional ten (10) ou nces of wine or
362	349		thirty-two (32) ounces of beer from an automated
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364	351		Paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this subsection shall not apply to wine
365	352		or beer that is dispensed directly to the lic ensee or the licensee's
366	353		agent or employee.
367	354		C. A mixed beverage or bee r and wine licensee shall not be
368	355		deemed to have violated the provisions of paragraph 5 of subsection
369	356		A of this section if it allowed a patron to leave the licensed
370	357		premises with an open container of beer or wine only and:
	358	+	1. The otherwise prohibited act w as committed during the hours
	359	+	of 8 a.m. to midnight on the day of a scheduled home football game
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398		-	1. The otherwise prohibited act w as committed during the hours
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400	386		of institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher
401	387		Education, and the establishme nt is located within two thousand
402	388		(2,000) feet of the institution;
403	389		2. The licensee is participating by invitation in a municipally
404	390		sanctioned art, music or sporting event within city limits when the
405	391		municipality has provided written notice of the event an d a list of
406	392		invited licensees to the ABLE Commission at least five (5) days
407	393		prior to the event; or
408	394		3. The patron remains on the connected, physical property of
409	395		the licensee or in a public area adjacent to the physical property
410	396		of the licensee with prior m unicipal approval; provided that written
411	397		notice of the use of the conn ected, physical property of the
412	398		licensee or public area shall be provided to the ABLE Commission at
413	399		least five (5) days prior to such use.
414	400		SECTION 2. This act shall beco me effective November 1, 2022.
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416		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND CONTROLLED
417		-	SUBSTANCES, dated 03/03/2022 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.
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