Alcoholic beverages: hours of sale: hospitality zones.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill aims to allow certain restaurants and bars in designated ‘hospitality zones’ to extend their alcohol sales hours to 4 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and on specific state holidays. To do this, local governments must create and approve ordinances establishing these zones and develop a late-night policing plan with law enforcement. The bill also requires a fee for obtaining an additional serving hours license and mandates a thorough investigation by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control before approval. Finally, the bill will be repealed on January 1, 2031.
Key provisions
- Allows on-sale licensees to sell alcohol until 4 a.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, and state holidays in designated hospitality zones.
- Requires local governing bodies to adopt ordinances establishing hospitality zones and create a late-night policing plan with law enforcement.
- Establishes a fee of $2,500 for an additional serving hours license, adjusted annually for inflation.
- Requires the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to conduct a thorough investigation of license applications.
- Prohibits off-sale alcohol consumption during extended hours.
- Specifies that additional serving hours licenses are not transferable.
- Requires local governing bodies to charge licensees a fee to fund local law enforcement.
- Mandates a report from local governing bodies on the impact of hospitality zones on crime rates and costs.
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