Alcoholic Beverage Control Act

P Passed

P HB1596
Alcoholic beverage control; definitions. Includes in the definition of "member of a club" any auxiliary or squadron composed of direct lineal descendants of a bona fide member, whether such member is alive or deceased. The bill would authorize the women's auxiliary and the Sons of the American Legion, as well as auxiliary or squadron subunits of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, to obtain an ABC license. This bill is identical to SB 872.
Patron - Albo

P HB1631
Alcoholic beverage control; applications for licenses. Provides for the payment of an additional $15 fee for each criminal history records search, conducted as a part of a background investigation on each applicant for a license. The search formerly was requested by the applicant who paid the state police directly but the waiting period was extensive. This will allow the ABC to do the checks directly through the state police and will shorten the waiting period.
Patron - Cantor

P HB1891
Alcoholic beverage control; definitions. Expands the definition of resort complex to include a facility owned by a nonstock, nonprofit, taxable corporation with voluntary membership which, as its primary function, makes available golf, ski and other recreational facilities both to its members and the general public (Wintergreen Resort). Wintergreen would have to meet the size requirements for this type of ABC license and would be subject to the same requirements the ABC Board sets for hotels. The bill also decreases the number of rooms from 150 to 140 required of resort complexes so as to include Massanutten Ski Resort.
Patron - Abbitt

P HB2248
Alcoholic beverage control; adoption of regulations. Requires the ABC Board to promulgate emergency regulations to implement the provisions of Chapters 549 and 563 of the 1995 Acts of Assembly and Chapter 40 of the 1997 Acts of Assembly to be effective July 1, 1999, with final regulations effective on or before June 30, 2000. Chapters 549 and 563 required the Board to promulgate regulations concerning the violations for which a waiver of a hearing and payment of a civil charge in lieu of suspension may be accepted for a first offense occurring within three years immediately preceding the date of the violation. Chapter 40 required the Board to promulgate regulations requiring retail licensees to file an appeal from any hearing decision rendered by a hearing officer within 30 days of the date the notice of the decision is sent. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Patron - Reid

P HB2249
Alcoholic beverage control; regulations of the ABC Board; credit card purchases by licensees. Requires the ABC Board to adopt regulations which prescribe the terms and conditions under which credit or debit cards may be accepted from licensees for purchases at government stores, including provision for the collection, where appropriate, of related fees, penalties, and service charges. The bill also requires the ABC Board to promulgate emergency regulations on this issue on or before July 1, 1999, and to adopt final regulations on or before June 30, 2000. The bill contains a technical amendment.
Patron - Reid

P HB2485
Alcoholic beverage control; equine sporting event license. Authorizes the issuance of an equine sporting event license to organizations holding equestrian, hunt and steeplechase events, which shall authorize the licensee to permit the consumption of lawfully acquired alcoholic beverages on the premises of the licensee by patrons thereof during such event. The bill also sets out the privileges of, and the state and local taxes on, this new license.
Patron - Guest

P HB2684
Alcoholic beverage control; museum licenses. Exempts applicants for museum licenses from the posting and background investigation requirements for ABC licenses.
Patron - Dillard

P SB872
Alcoholic beverage control; definitions. Includes in the definition of "member of a club" any auxiliary or squadron composed of direct lineal descendants of a bona fide member, whether such member is alive or deceased. The bill would authorize the women's auxiliary and the Sons of the American Legion, as well as auxiliary or squadron subunits of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, to obtain an ABC license.
Patron - Woods

P SB1229
Alcoholic beverage control; regulations of the ABC Board. Requires the ABC Board by regulation to establish reasonable requirements related to the issuance of banquet licenses to nonprofit corporations or associations in charge of special events where alcoholic beverages are sold to the public. Such requirements shall require that any banquet licensee subject to these regulations file a report of the income and expenses associated with the event on a form prescribed by the Board, when the banquet licensee engages another person to organize, conduct or operate the event on behalf of the licensee. The bill requires the ABC Board to adopt these final regulations on or before July 1, 2000.
Patron - Marsh

P SB1322
Alcoholic beverage control civil penalties for violation. Establishes a civil penalty of $2,500 for the first violation and $5,000 for subsequent violations when the suspension of an ABC license resulted from the sale of alcoholic beverages to underage, intoxicated or interdicted persons. Standard civil penalties otherwise are $1,000 and $2,500 respectively.
Patron - Williams


F Failed

F HB2247
Alcoholic beverage control; regulations of the ABC Board. Requires the ABC Board by regulation to establish reasonable requirements related to the issuance of banquet licenses to nonprofit corporations or associations in charge of special events where alcoholic beverages are sold to the public. Such requirements shall (i) require that food be available for purchase or consumption during all times that alcoholic beverages are being sold, (ii) limit the hours when alcoholic beverages may be sold and consumed, and (iii) limit the sale of an unlimited amount of alcoholic beverages for one price. In addition, the Board shall require that any banquet licensee subject to these regulations file, within 60 days after conclusion of the special event, a report of the income and expenses associated with the event on a form prescribed by the Board. Where profits are generated from the special event, the sponsoring nonprofit corporation or association shall also submit to the Board a certification that no part of the gross receipts derived from the event, including from the sale of alcoholic beverages, will be used for any purpose other than the reasonable and necessary operating costs directly related to the conduct of the event and the lawful and nonprofit purposes of the sponsoring nonprofit organization or association. In developing such requirements, the Board shall consider the size, nature, duration, and frequency of the special events conducted by the sponsoring nonprofit organization or association. The bill requires the ABC Board to adopt these final regulations on or before June 30, 2000. The bill also requires the ABC Board to study the feasibility and desirability of the application of "tied house" laws to banquet licensees who sell alcoholic beverages to the public, and requires the ABC Board to report its findings and recommendations to the House Committee on General Laws and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services on or before November 30, 1999.
Patron - Reid

F HB2504
Alcoholic beverage control; sale of alcoholic beverages by persons under 18 years of age. Prohibits any retail licensee from allowing anyone employed by him under the age of 18 years to sell, serve, or dispense any alcoholic beverages. Currently, the sale of alcoholic beverages by persons under 18 years of age is prohibited only for on-premises consumption. Hardship exceptions are provided.
Patron - Scott

F HB2720
VASAP for juveniles. Provides that a juvenile issued a restricted permit following a conviction for underage consumption or possession of alcohol shall be required by the court to be monitored by an alcohol safety action program during the period of license suspension.
Patron - Moran

F HB2764
Alcoholic beverage control; regulations of the ABC Board. Requires the ABC Board, by regulation, to prescribe the terms and conditions under which mixed beverage licensees may sell mixed beverages in specialty beverage or other like containers capable of holding more than single servings of mixed beverages during "happy hours" offered by the licensee.
Patron - Robinson

F SB965
Alcohol beverage control; regulations of the Board; banquet licenses. Increases from two to ten the number of yearly license tax waivers the ABC Board may grant to nonprofit organizations seeking a banquet license.
Patron - Reynolds

F SB1155
Alcoholic beverage control; food-beverage ratio. Reduces from 45 percent to 35 percent the food-beverage ratio required for mixed beverage licensees of the ABC Board.
Patron - Lambert

F SB1293
Alcoholic beverage control; regulations of the ABC Board. Requires the ABC Board, by regulation, to prescribe the terms and conditions under which mixed beverage licensees may sell mixed beverages in specialty beverage or other like containers capable of holding more than single servings of mixed beverages during "happy hours" offered by the licensee.
Patron - Walker


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