HB4848 HFAT Steele #1 3-12

Schiffour 3289

Delegate Steele moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill 4848— A Bill to repeal §60-7-17  of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-16-5a, to amend and reenact §11-16-6d, §11-16-6f, and §11-16-8 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section designated §60-1-3a; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §60-3-26; to amend and reenact §60-3A-3a, §60-3A-3b, §60-3A-8, and §60-3A-17 of said code; to amend and reenact §60-4-22 and §60-4-23 of said code; to amend and reenact §60-6-24 of said code; to amend and reenact §60-7-2, §60-7-6, §60-7-8a, and 60-7-8f of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section designated §60-7-2a; to amend and reenact §60-8-6c, §60-8-6e, and §60-8-6f of said code; and to amend and reenact §61-8-27 of said code, all relating to nonintoxicating beer, wine, and liquor licenses and requirements; clarifying that licenses are not required to place nonintoxicating beer, wine, and liquor in a bag after purchase; removing requirement that servers at a sampling have specific knowledge of the West Virginia product being sampled; providing for modification of the 300 foot requirement to 200 feet with the option for a college, university, or church to provide a written waiver; directing the Commissioner of the  Alcoholic Beverage Control Administration to discontinue the state’s acquisition of alcoholic liquors manufactured in the Russian Federation or by any person or entity located therein; establishing duration of the ban; authorizing the commissioner, at the Governor’s direction, to sell or auction alcoholic liquors made in the Russian Federation or under the authority of a business located within the federation with the proceeds going to charitable organizations assisting the people of Ukraine; increasing the maximum convenience fee charge for delivery of nonintoxicating beer and alcoholic liquors to $20; removing delivery provisions requiring storage of a scanned image of legal identification but requiring review of legal identification for nonintoxicating beer and alcoholic liquors; increasing the markup to private clubs from 110 percent to 115 percent; clarifying licensure requirements for nonintoxicating beer and alcoholic liquors; clarifying licensure requirements for wholesale representatives; removing prohibition against an elected official or his or her relative being employed as a wholesale representative; repealing an exotic entertainment; revising the blood alcohol chart; creating a license for a private bakery to produce confections with alcohol added, setting forth license requirements and setting a license fee; creating a license for a private cigar shop to, where legally permissible, permit the sale of alcohol, food, and cigars for on-premises consumption, setting forth license requirements and setting a license fee; creating a license for a private college sports stadium for alcohol sales in certain areas of Division I, II, or III sports stadiums, setting forth license requirements, and setting a license fee; allowing private multi-sport complex to also serve nonintoxicating beer and nonintoxicating craft beer from a golf cart; creating a license for a private food truck to conduct food and alcohol sales at various locations where permitted by a  county or municipality, setting forth license requirements and setting a license fee; permitting private hotels and private resort hotels to apply for a private caterer license; authorizing private hotels and private resort hotels to utilize in-room mini bars for limited nonintoxicating beer and alcoholic liquor sales to adults 21 years of age or over, and setting forth requirements; removing language automatically repealing inconsistent code language; authorizing wine growler sales where wine may be mixed with ice and water by the licensee to produce a frozen alcoholic beverage for sale by the licensee in sealed wine growlers, and additional requirements; and providing additional exceptions to the criminal penalty for the unlawful admission of children to a dance house or other places of entertainment for certain private clubs with an age verification system.

Adopted

Rejected