Chapter 071 |
2019 -- S 0518 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED Enacted 06/28/2019 |
A N A C T |
RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - REGULATION OF SALES |
Introduced By: Senators Lombardi, Archambault, Conley, Lynch Prata, and McCaffrey |
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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LC001814/SUB A |
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