Bill > HB0381

This bill amends Tennessee's alcohol beverage laws to create multiple specific exemptions and provisions for various commercial facilities across the state, allowing them to obtain alcohol licenses with unique characteristics. The bill defines several distinct types of venues - including hotels, urban park centers, retirement centers, residential complexes, golf clubs, and other commercial facilities - and provides them with specialized permissions for alcohol service. Key provisions include allowing these facilities to serve alcohol in non-traditional ways, such as using sticker identification instead of labeled cups, permitting alcohol service across entire premises that may not be contiguous, allowing franchise agreements for food and beverage service, and establishing specific annual privilege tax rates of $4,000 for certain urban park centers. The bill also allows these facilities to have flexible licensing arrangements, including the ability to store alcohol in central locations, grant franchises to multiple entities, and serve alcohol in various indoor and outdoor spaces. Additionally, many of these provisions require the facilities to be located in specific counties with precise population ranges and have unique geographical or historical characteristics. The bill takes effect immediately upon becoming law.

Budget and Finance, Government Affairs

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0381&ga=114