Rep. Gregory Harris
Filed: 4/18/2018
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5612




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5612, AS AMENDED, 
3with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. 
41, on page 74, immediately below line 24, by inserting the 
5following:


6    "(cccc) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to 
7the contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the 
8issuance or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of 
9alcoholic liquor at a grocery store at premises located within 
10a municipality with a population in excess of 25,000 
11inhabitants and within 100 feet of a school if:
12        (1) the grocery store has been operated continuously by 
13    the same family since 1956;
14        (2) the total square footage of the grocery store is 
15    less than 19,000 square feet;
16        (3) the package goods alcohol beverage department of 
17    the grocery store does not exceed 10% of the total square 
18    footage of the grocery store;
 
 
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1        (4) the sale of alcoholic beverages is not the primary 
2    business activity of the grocery store;
3        (5) the school is a private school with a religious 
4    affiliation, has been in existence since 1850, and is a 
5    National Blue Ribbon School on the effective date of this 
6    amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly;
7        (6) the entrance to the grocery store is more than 300 
8    feet from any of the entrances to the school;
9        (7) the building in which the grocery store is located 
10    and the building in which the school is located are 
11    separated by a large asphalt-paved parking lot and a 
12    traffic-congested major avenue; and 
13        (8) the school board for the school has given written 
14    permission and consent to the sale of alcoholic beverages 
15    at the grocery store.".