Chapter 147
2004 -- H 7355 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 06/24/04
Introduced
By: Representatives E Coderre, Crowley, Lewiss, Ginaitt, and Kennedy
Date
Introduced: January 27, 2004
It
is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 3-8-15 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-8 entitled "Regulation
of
Sales"
is hereby amended to read as follows:
3-8-15.
Sales of kegs of beer -- Restrictions. -- (a) Every retailer of kegs of
beer shall
affix
a removable tag label to each keg of beer sold which shall
contain: (1) the name, and
address,
date of birth, type of identification document used to verify the date, and the
last four (4)
digits
of the identification number of the document, of the person purchasing the keg; (2)
and the
following
language: "Rhode Island law prohibits and imposes penalties for the
sale, delivery,
service
of or giving away to, or causing, or permitting or procuring to be sold,
delivered, served,
or given
away any alcoholic beverage to any person who has not reached his or her
twenty-first
(21st)
birthday. A violation of this statute is an offense punishable by a fine of up
to one thousand
dollars
($1,000) and six (6) months imprisonment. Minimum fine for first offense is
three
hundred
fifty dollars ($350). The purchaser shall not remove, deface or
obliterate the keg tag nor
allow
its removal or obliteration label." A keg without a tag label
attached shall be subject to
confiscation
by the police. Removing or defacing a keg label shall be punishable by a
fine not to
exceed
five hundred dollars ($500).
(b) (1) The retailer shall maintain a record of persons purchasing
kegs, a keg sales book,
which
includes: name, address, date, and name brand of beer, and copy of the keg
label in a keg
sales
book and shall note on that copy whether or not the keg was returned without
the tags keg
label or not returned at all.
The director of the department of business regulation shall develop
regulations
for the design and production of the keg labels. The director shall produce and
issue
uniform
keg labels and keg sales books that shall be made available to the retailer at
cost.
(2) The sign-in keg sales book shall be prescribed, published, and approved
at the
direction
and control of the division. The book shall contain at least four hundred (400)
pages,
shall
be uniform throughout the state, and shall be distributed at a cost not to
exceed seven dollars
($7.00).
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to those classes of licensed
beverage
retailers
which are prohibited by law from making off premises sales.
(d) The director of business regulation shall design a uniform keg tag label
which fulfills
the
provisions of this section.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect sixty (60) days after passage.
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