Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
Filed: 5/5/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 470




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 470 on page 11, 
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immediately below line 3, by inserting the following:
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    "(p) Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the 
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contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance 
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or renewal of a license authorizing the sale of alcoholic 
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liquor at a premises that is located within a municipality with 
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a population in excess of 1,000,000 inhabitants and is within 
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100 feet of a church if:
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        (1) the shortest distance between the backdoor of the 
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    premises, which is used as an emergency exit, and the 
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    church is at least 80 feet;
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        (2) the church was established at the current location 
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    in 1889; and
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        (3) liquor has been sold on the premises since at least 
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    1985.".