WEST virginia legislature

2018 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4599

By Delegate Pyles

[Introduced February 13, 2018; Referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary then Finance.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §60-3A-18 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to permitting retail liquor licensees to sell alcoholic beverages after one o’clock p.m. on Sundays.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 3A. SALES BY RETAIL LIQUOR LICENSEES.

§60-3A-18. Days and hours retail licensees may sell liquor.

Retail licensees may not sell liquor on Sundays and Christmas day, before one o’clock p.m. on Sundays or between the hours of 12 midnight and eight o'clock a.m., except that wine and fortified wines may be sold on those days and at such times as authorized in §60-3A-34 of this code.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit retail sale of alcoholic beverages after 1 p.m. on Sundays.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.