Sen. Mattie Hunter

Filed: 5/17/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 470

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 470, AS AMENDED,
3 with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No.
4 2 as follows:
 
5 on page 12, below line 24, by inserting the following:
6     "(r) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the
7 contrary, nothing in this Section shall prohibit the issuance,
8 renewal, or maintenance of a license authorizing the sale of
9 alcoholic liquor incidental to the sale of food within a
10 restaurant established in a premises that is located in a
11 municipality with a population in excess of 1,000,000
12 inhabitants and within 100 feet of a church if:
13         (1) the primary entrance of the church and the primary
14     entrance of the restaurant are at least 100 feet apart;
15         (2) the restaurant has operated on the ground floor and
16     lower level of a multi-story, multi-use building for more
17     than 40 years;

 

 

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1         (3) the primary business of the restaurant consists of
2     the sale of food where the sale of liquor is incidental to
3     the sale of food;
4         (4) the sale of alcoholic liquor is conducted primarily
5     in the below-grade level of the restaurant to which the
6     only public access is by a staircase located inside the
7     restaurant; and
8         (5) the restaurant has held a license authorizing the
9     sale of alcoholic liquor on the premises for more than 40
10     years.".