Bill > HF2202

This bill introduces a new category of alcoholic beverage licensing called "limited malt liquor" and creates provisions for food retailers to obtain off-sale limited malt liquor licenses. Specifically, the bill defines limited malt liquor as a malt beverage containing between 0.5% and 15% alcohol by weight, and defines a food retailer as a retail establishment primarily selling groceries such as bread, meats, produce, dairy, and packaged food items. The bill authorizes city and county governments to issue off-sale limited malt liquor licenses to food retailers, with cities able to issue licenses within their jurisdictions and counties able to issue licenses in unincorporated areas. Existing liquor licensees are exempt from needing an additional limited malt liquor license and can sell these beverages without further permitting. The bill also establishes standard licensing procedures, such as requiring one-year licenses, setting sales time restrictions (no sales between 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday, and between 2:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on Sundays), and mandating that local governments notify the state commissioner of liquor control within ten days of issuing a license. Additionally, the bill makes numerous technical amendments to existing liquor licensing statutes to incorporate the new limited malt liquor category.

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