Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1859

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 7.1-3-20-16.

Synopsis: Alcoholic beverage permits. Provides that if an applicant for an alcoholic beverage permit for a restaurant in a municipal riverfront development project already holds a retailer's permit for the premises, the applicant may not sell the initial permit for two years.

Effective: July 1, 2003.





Harris




    January 23, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy, Ethics and Veterans Affairs.







Introduced

First Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2003)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1859



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning alcoholic beverages and tobacco.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 7.1-3-20-16; (03)IN1859.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 7.1-3-20-16 , AS AMENDED BY P.L.170-2002, SECTION 55, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 16. (a) A permit that is authorized by this section may be issued without regard to the quota provisions of IC 7.1-3-22.
    (b) The commission may issue a three-way permit to sell alcoholic beverages for on premises consumption only to an applicant who is the proprietor, as owner or lessee, or both, of a restaurant facility in the passenger terminal complex of a publicly owned airport which is served by a scheduled commercial passenger airline certified to enplane and deplane passengers on a scheduled basis by a federal aviation agency. A permit issued under this subsection shall not be transferred to a location off the airport premises.
    (c) The commission may issue a three-way, two-way, or one-way permit to sell alcoholic beverages for on premises consumption only to an applicant who is the proprietor, as owner or lessee, or both, of a restaurant within a redevelopment project consisting of a building or group of buildings that:
        (1) was formerly used as part of a union railway station;
        (2) has been listed in or is within a district that has been listed in the federal National Register of Historic Places maintained pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended; and
        (3) has been redeveloped or renovated, with the redevelopment or renovation being funded in part with grants from the federal, state, or local government.
A permit issued under this subsection shall not be transferred to a location outside of the redevelopment project.
    (d) The commission may issue a three-way, two-way, or one-way permit to sell alcoholic beverages for on premises consumption only to an applicant who is the proprietor, as owner or lessee, or both, of a restaurant:
        (1) on land; or
        (2) in a historic river vessel;
within a municipal riverfront development project funded in part with state and city money. A permit issued under this subsection may not be transferred. If the applicant already holds a retailer's permit for the premises when the commission issues a permit under this subsection, the applicant may not sell the initial retailer's permit for at least two (2) years after the date the permit is issued under this subsection.
    (e) The commission may issue a three-way, two-way, or one-way permit to sell alcoholic beverages for on premises consumption only to an applicant who is the proprietor, as owner or lessee, or both, of a restaurant within a renovation project consisting of a building that:
        (1) was formerly used as part of a passenger and freight railway station; and
        (2) was built before 1900.
The permit authorized by this subsection may be issued without regard to the proximity provisions of IC 7.1-3-21-11.
    (f) The commission may issue a three-way permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages for on premises consumption at a cultural center for the visual and performing arts to a town that:
        (1) is located in a county having a population of more than four hundred thousand (400,000) but less than seven hundred thousand (700,000); and
        (2) has a population of more than twenty thousand (20,000) but less than twenty-three thousand (23,000).