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| 38 | | - | [ alcoholic beverages - licensees - automated system |
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| 39 | | - | - effective date ] |
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| 37 | + | An Act relating to alcoholic beverages; amending 37A |
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| 38 | + | O.S. 2021, Section 6 -102, as last amended by Section |
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| 39 | + | 8, Chapter 338, O.S.L. 2023 (37A O .S. Supp. 2023, |
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| 40 | + | Section 6-102), which relates to prohibited acts of |
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| 41 | + | licensees; prohibiting the selling of alcoholic |
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| 42 | + | beverages through an automated system; and providing |
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| 43 | + | an effective date. |
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| 44 | 47 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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| 45 | 48 | | SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 37A O.S. 2021, Section 6 -102, as |
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| 46 | 49 | | last amended by Section 8, Chapter 338, O.S.L. 2023 (37A O.S. Supp. |
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| 47 | 50 | | 2023, Section 6-102), is amended to read as follows: |
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| 48 | 51 | | Section 6-102. A. No licensee of the ABLE Commission shall: |
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| 49 | 52 | | 1. Receive, possess or sell any alcohol ic beverage except as |
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| 50 | 53 | | authorized by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act and by th e |
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| 51 | 54 | | license or permit which the licensee holds; |
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| 52 | 55 | | 2. Employ any person under eighteen (18) years of age in the |
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| 53 | 56 | | selling of beer or wine or employ any person under twenty-one (21) |
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| 54 | 57 | | years of age in the selling of spirits. Provided: |
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| 55 | 58 | | a. a mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public |
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| 56 | 59 | | event, special event, bottle club, retail wine or |
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| 57 | 60 | | retail beer licensee may employ servers or sales |
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| 58 | 61 | | clerks who are at least eighteen (18) years of age, |
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| 85 | 89 | | except persons under twenty-one (21) years of age may |
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| 86 | 90 | | not serve in designated bar o r lounge areas, and |
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| 87 | 91 | | b. a mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public |
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| 88 | 92 | | event, special event or bottle club licensee may |
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| 89 | 93 | | employ or hire musical bands who have musician s who |
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| 90 | 94 | | are under eighteen (18) years of age if each such |
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| 91 | 95 | | musician is either accompanied by a parent or legal |
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| 92 | 96 | | guardian or has on their person, to be made available |
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| 93 | 97 | | for inspection upon demand by any employee of the ABLE |
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| 94 | 98 | | Commission or law enforcement officer, a written, |
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| 95 | 99 | | notarized affidavit from the parent or legal guardian |
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| 96 | 100 | | giving the underage musi cian permission to perform in |
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| 97 | 101 | | designated bar or lounge areas; |
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| 98 | 102 | | 3. Give any alcoholic beverage as a prize, premium or |
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| 99 | 103 | | consideration for any lottery, game of chance or s kill or any type |
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| 100 | 104 | | of competition; |
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| 101 | 105 | | 4. Use any of the following means or inducements to sti mulate |
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| 102 | 106 | | the consumption of alcoholic beverages, including but not limited |
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| 103 | 107 | | to: |
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| 104 | 108 | | a. deliver more than two drinks to one person at one |
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| 105 | 109 | | time, except: |
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| 106 | 110 | | (1) as provided for serving tasting flights defined |
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| 107 | 111 | | in Section 6-102.1 of this title, or |
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| 134 | 139 | | (2) up to six (6) bottles or cans of beer in the |
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| 135 | 140 | | original packaging for on-premises consumption |
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| 136 | 141 | | may be delivered to one person at one time in a |
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| 137 | 142 | | reusable container, including but not limited to |
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| 138 | 143 | | a bucket or insulated cooler which may be cooled |
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| 139 | 144 | | by ice or another cooling method, |
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| 140 | 145 | | b. sell or offer to sell to any person or group of |
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| 141 | 146 | | persons any drinks at a price that is less than six |
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| 142 | 147 | | percent (6%) below the markup of the cost to the mixed |
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| 143 | 148 | | beverage licensee; provided, a mixed beverage licensee |
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| 144 | 149 | | shall be permitted to offer these drink specials on |
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| 145 | 150 | | any particular hour of any particular day and shall |
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| 146 | 151 | | not be required to offer these drink specials for an |
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| 147 | 152 | | entire calendar week or from open to close, and shall |
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| 148 | 153 | | not be required to offer such drink specials at all |
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| 149 | 154 | | venues operating under the same mixed beverage |
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| 150 | 155 | | license; provided, a mixed beverage licensee selling |
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| 151 | 156 | | wine, beer, or cocktails to-go shall be permitted to |
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| 152 | 157 | | offer these to-go drinks at a different price than on- |
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| 153 | 158 | | premises drinks, |
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| 154 | 159 | | c. sell or offer to sell to any person an unlimited |
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| 155 | 160 | | number of drinks during any set period of time for a |
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| 156 | 161 | | fixed price, except at priv ate functions not open to |
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| 184 | 190 | | d. sell or offer to sell drinks to any person or group of |
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| 185 | 191 | | persons on any one day or portion thereof at prices |
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| 186 | 192 | | less than those charged the general public on that |
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| 187 | 193 | | day, except at private functions not open to the |
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| 189 | 195 | | e. increase the volume of alcoholic beverages contained |
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| 190 | 196 | | in a drink without increasing proportionately the |
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| 191 | 197 | | price regularly charged for such drink during the same |
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| 192 | 198 | | calendar week, or |
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| 193 | 199 | | f. encourage or permit, on the licensed premises, any |
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| 194 | 200 | | game or contest which i nvolves drinking or the |
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| 195 | 201 | | awarding of drinks as prizes. |
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| 196 | 202 | | Provided, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not |
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| 197 | 203 | | prohibit the advertising or offering of food, entertainment or |
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| 198 | 204 | | bottle service in li censed establishments; |
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| 199 | 205 | | 5. Permit or allow any patron or person to exit the licensed |
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| 200 | 206 | | premises with an open container of any alcoholic beverage. |
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| 201 | 207 | | Provided, this prohibition shall not be applicable to closed |
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| 202 | 208 | | original containers of alcoholic beverages which a re carried from |
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| 203 | 209 | | the licensed premises of a bottle club by a p atron, closed original |
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| 204 | 210 | | wine containers removed from the premises of restaurants, hotels and |
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| 205 | 211 | | motels, or to closed original containers of alcoholic beverages |
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| 206 | 212 | | transported to and from the place of bu siness of a licensed caterer |
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| 207 | 213 | | by the caterer or an employee of th e caterer; |
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| 234 | 241 | | 6. Serve or sell alcoholic beverages with an expired license |
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| 235 | 242 | | issued by the ABLE Commission; |
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| 236 | 243 | | 7. Permit any person to be drunk or intoxicated on the |
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| 237 | 244 | | licensee’s licensed premises; or |
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| 238 | 245 | | 8. Permit or allow any patron to serve or pour himself or |
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| 239 | 246 | | herself any alcoholic beverage, except a licensee may offer a patron |
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| 240 | 247 | | self-pour service of beer or wine, or both, from automated devices |
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| 241 | 248 | | on licensed premises so long as: |
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| 242 | 249 | | a. the licensee monitors an d has the ability to control |
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| 243 | 250 | | the dispensing of such beer or wine , or both, from the |
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| 244 | 251 | | automated devices. “Automated device” shall mean any |
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| 245 | 252 | | mechanized device capable of dispensing wine or beer, |
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| 246 | 253 | | or both, directly to a patron in exchange for |
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| 247 | 254 | | compensation that a licensee has received directly |
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| 248 | 255 | | from the patron, and |
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| 249 | 256 | | b. each licensee offering a patron self-pour service of |
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| 250 | 257 | | wine or beer, or both, from any automated device shall |
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| 251 | 258 | | provide constant video monitoring of the automated |
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| 252 | 259 | | device at all times during which the lic ensee is open |
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| 253 | 260 | | to the public. The licensee shall keep recorded |
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| 254 | 261 | | footage from the video monitoring for at least sixty |
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| 255 | 262 | | (60) days, and shall provide the footage, upon |
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| 256 | 263 | | request, to any agent of the Director of the ABLE |
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| 283 | 291 | | Commission or other authorized law enforcem ent agent; |
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| 285 | 293 | | 9. Permit or allow any customer to purchase alcoholic beverages |
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| 286 | 294 | | for himself or herself through the use of an on-premises customer- |
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| 287 | 295 | | operated, automated, or self-checkout machine. |
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| 288 | 296 | | B. 1. The compensation required by subparagraph a o f paragraph |
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| 289 | 297 | | 8 of subsection A of this section shall be in the form of a radio |
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| 290 | 298 | | frequency identification (RFID) device, mobile application or any |
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| 291 | 299 | | other technology approved by the ABLE Commission containing a fixed |
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| 292 | 300 | | amount of volume of thirty-two (32) ounces for beer and ten (10) |
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| 293 | 301 | | ounces for wine that may be directly exchanged for beer or wine |
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| 294 | 302 | | dispensed from the automated device: |
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| 295 | 303 | | a. RFID devices may be assigned, used or reactivated only |
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| 296 | 304 | | during a business day, |
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| 297 | 305 | | b. each RFID device shall be obtained from the licens ee |
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| 298 | 306 | | by a patron, |
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| 299 | 307 | | c. a licensee shall not issue more than one active RFID |
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| 300 | 308 | | device to a patron, and |
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| 301 | 309 | | d. an RFID device shall be deemed active if the RFID |
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| 302 | 310 | | device contains volume credit or has not yet been used |
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| 303 | 311 | | to dispense ten (10) ounces of wine or thirty -two (32) |
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| 304 | 312 | | ounces of beer. |
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| 305 | 313 | | 2. In order to obtain an RFID device from a licensee, each |
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| 306 | 314 | | patron shall produce a valid driver license, identification card or |
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| 335 | 344 | | one (21) years of age. Each RFID device shall be programmed to |
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| 336 | 345 | | require the production of the patron’s valid identification before |
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| 337 | 346 | | the RFID device can be used for the first time during any business |
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| 338 | 347 | | day or for any subsequent reactiv ation. |
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| 339 | 348 | | 3. Each RFID device shall become inactive at the end of each |
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| 340 | 349 | | business day. |
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| 341 | 350 | | 4. Each RFID device shall be programmed to allow the dispensing |
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| 342 | 351 | | of no more than ten (10) ounces of wine or thirty-two (32) ounces of |
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| 343 | 352 | | beer to a patron: |
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| 344 | 353 | | a. once an RFID device has been used to dispense ten (10) |
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| 345 | 354 | | ounces of wine or thirty-two (32) ounces of beer to a |
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| 346 | 355 | | patron, the RFID device shall become inactive, and |
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| 347 | 356 | | b. any patron in possession of an inactive RFID device |
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| 348 | 357 | | may, upon production of the patron’s valid |
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| 349 | 358 | | identification to the licensee or licensee’s employee, |
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| 350 | 359 | | have the RFID device reactivated to allow the |
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| 351 | 360 | | dispensing of an additional ten (10) ounces of wine or |
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| 352 | 361 | | thirty-two (32) ounces of beer from an automated |
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| 354 | 363 | | Paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this subsection shall not apply to wine |
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| 355 | 364 | | or beer that is dispensed directly to the licensee or the licensee’s |
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| 383 | 393 | | C. A mixed beverage or beer and wine licensee shall not be |
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| 385 | 395 | | A of this section if it allowed a patron to leave the licensed |
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| 386 | 396 | | premises with an open container of beer or wine only and: |
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| 387 | 397 | | 1. The otherwise prohibited act was committed during the hours |
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| 388 | 398 | | of 8 a.m. to midnight on the day of a scheduled home football game |
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| 389 | 399 | | of institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher |
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| 390 | 400 | | Education, and the establishment is located within two thousand |
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| 391 | 401 | | (2,000) feet of the institution; |
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| 392 | 402 | | 2. The licensee is participating by invitation in a municipally |
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| 393 | 403 | | sanctioned art, music or sporting event within city limits when the |
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| 394 | 404 | | municipality has provided written notice of the event and a list of |
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| 395 | 405 | | invited licensees to the ABLE Commission at least five (5) days |
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| 396 | 406 | | prior to the event; or |
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| 397 | 407 | | 3. The patron remains on the connected, physical property of |
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| 398 | 408 | | the licensee or in a public area adjacent to the physical property |
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| 399 | 409 | | of the licensee with prior municipal approval; provided, that |
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| 400 | 410 | | written notice of the use of the connected, physical property of the |
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| 401 | 411 | | licensee or public area shall be provided to the ABLE Commission at |
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| 402 | 412 | | least five (5) days prior to suc h use. |
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| 403 | 413 | | SECTION 2. This act shall become effective Nove mber 1, 2024. |
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