| Chapter 061 |
| 2019 -- H 5648 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/28/2019 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - REGULATION OF SALES |
| Introduced By: Representative Raymond H. Johnston |
| Date Introduced: February 27, 2019 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 3-8-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-8 entitled "Regulation of |
| Sales" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 3-8-4. Drinking by or hiring of underage persons. |
| (a) Use of a credit card for the purchase of beverages may be permitted by all classes of |
| license holders and, notwithstanding the purchase of alcoholic beverages by credit card, license |
| holders shall not sell or furnish beverages to any person who has not reached his or her twenty- |
| first (21st) birthday to drink any beverage upon any licensed premises. |
| (b) Licensees shall not hire any persons who have not reached their eighteenth (18th) |
| birthday to sell or serve beverages in any place where those beverages may be consumed on the |
| premises where sold. |
| (c) License holders may enforce a prohibition against any patron who has not reached his |
| or her twenty-first birthday from entering the licensed establishment after ten o' clock o’clock |
| (10:00) p.m.. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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| LC001757/SUB A |
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