Bill Text: IA SF110 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting specified alcoholic beverage licensees or permit holders from knowingly permitting or engaging in any criminal activity on the premises covered by the license or permit, and making penalties applicable.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [SF110 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF110-Introduced.html
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BY
HATCH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
specified
alcoholic
beverage
licensees
or
1
permit
holders
from
knowingly
permitting
or
engaging
in
any
2
criminal
activity
on
the
premises
covered
by
the
license
or
3
permit,
and
making
penalties
applicable.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
123.49,
subsection
2,
paragraph
j,
Code
1
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
j.
Knowingly
permit
or
engage
in
any
criminal
activity
3
on
the
premises
covered
by
the
license
or
permit.
However,
4
the
absence
of
security
personnel
on
the
licensed
premises
5
is
insufficient,
without
additional
evidence,
to
prove
that
6
criminal
activity
occurring
on
the
licensed
premises
was
7
knowingly
permitted
in
violation
of
this
paragraph
“j”
.
8
(1)
For
purposes
of
this
paragraph
“j”
,
“premises”
includes
9
parking
lots
and
areas
adjacent
to
the
premises
of
a
liquor
10
licensee
or
permittee
authorized
to
sell
alcoholic
beverages
11
for
consumption
on
the
licensed
premises
and
used
by
patrons
of
12
the
liquor
licensee
or
permittee.
13
(2)
For
purposes
of
this
paragraph
“j”
,
“premises”
also
14
includes
parking
lots
and
areas
adjacent
to
the
premises
of
15
a
convenience
store
holding
a
liquor
license
or
permit
and
16
authorized
to
sell
alcoholic
beverages
for
consumption
off
17
the
licensed
premises
and
used
by
patrons
of
the
licensee
or
18
permittee.
For
purposes
of
this
subparagraph,
“convenience
19
store”
means
a
retail
store
occupying
less
than
three
thousand
20
five
hundred
square
feet
of
floor
space
and
providing
some
21
combination
of
groceries,
general
merchandise,
alcoholic
22
beverages,
auto
supplies,
and
prepared
foods.
23
EXPLANATION
24
This
bill
relates
to
the
prohibition
against
a
liquor
25
licensee
or
beer
and
wine
permittee
under
Code
chapter
123
26
knowingly
permitting
or
engaging
in
any
criminal
activity
on
27
the
premises
covered
by
the
license
or
permit.
28
Currently,
for
purposes
of
the
prohibition,
“premises”
29
are
defined
to
include
parking
lots
and
areas
adjacent
to
30
the
premises
of
licensees
or
permittees
authorized
to
sell
31
alcoholic
beverages
for
consumption
on
the
licensed
premises
32
and
used
by
patrons
of
the
liquor
licensee
or
permittee.
The
33
bill
extends
the
prohibition
to
parking
lots
and
areas
adjacent
34
to
the
premises
of
a
convenience
store
holding
a
liquor
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license
or
permit
and
authorized
to
sell
alcoholic
beverages
1
for
consumption
off
the
licensed
premises.
The
bill
defines
2
a
“convenience
store”
as
a
retail
store
occupying
less
than
3
3,500
square
feet
of
floor
space
and
providing
some
combination
4
of
groceries,
general
merchandise,
alcoholic
beverages,
auto
5
supplies,
and
prepared
foods.
6
A
violation
of
the
bill’s
provisions
constitutes
a
simple
7
misdemeanor
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
30
days
8
or
a
fine
of
at
least
$65
but
not
more
than
$625
or
by
both.
9
In
addition,
a
violation
is
grounds
for
the
suspension
or
10
revocation
of
a
license
or
permit
by
the
alcoholic
beverages
11
division
or
a
local
authority.
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