Bill Text: IA SSB1031 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill for an act prohibiting a person or club holding a liquor control license or retail wine or beer permit from selling or possessing alcoholic liquor in powdered or crystalline form for consumption and making penalties applicable.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-29 - Voted - Commerce. [SSB1031 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SSB1031-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1031
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE/ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES
DIVISION
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
a
person
or
club
holding
a
liquor
control
1
license
or
retail
wine
or
beer
permit
from
selling
or
2
possessing
alcoholic
liquor
in
powdered
or
crystalline
form
3
for
consumption
and
making
penalties
applicable.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
123.3,
subsection
5,
Code
2015,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
5.
“Alcoholic
liquor”
or
“intoxicating
liquor”
means
the
3
varieties
of
liquor
defined
in
subsections
3
and
43
which
4
contain
more
than
five
percent
of
alcohol
by
weight,
beverages
5
made
as
described
in
subsection
7
which
beverages
contain
more
6
than
five
percent
of
alcohol
by
weight
or
six
and
twenty-five
7
hundredths
percent
of
alcohol
by
volume
but
which
are
not
wine
8
as
defined
in
subsection
47
or
high
alcoholic
content
beer
as
9
defined
in
subsection
19
,
and
every
other
liquid
,
or
solid,
10
powder,
or
crystal,
patented
or
not,
containing
spirits
and
11
every
beverage
obtained
by
the
process
described
in
subsection
12
47
containing
more
than
seventeen
percent
alcohol
by
weight
or
13
twenty-one
and
twenty-five
hundredths
percent
of
alcohol
by
14
volume,
and
susceptible
of
being
consumed
by
a
human
being,
15
for
beverage
purposes.
Alcohol
manufactured
in
this
state
16
for
use
as
fuel
pursuant
to
an
experimental
distilled
spirits
17
plant
permit
or
its
equivalent
issued
by
the
federal
bureau
of
18
alcohol,
tobacco
and
firearms
is
not
an
“alcoholic
liquor”
.
19
Sec.
2.
Section
123.49,
subsection
2,
Code
2015,
is
amended
20
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
21
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
m.
Sell,
give,
possess,
or
otherwise
supply
22
for
human
consumption
powdered
or
crystalline
alcoholic
liquor.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
prohibits
a
person
or
club
holding
a
liquor
control
27
license
or
retail
wine
or
beer
permit,
or
their
agents
or
28
employees,
from
selling,
giving,
possessing,
or
supplying
for
29
human
consumption
powdered
or
crystalline
alcoholic
liquor.
30
Pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
Code
section
123.50,
a
violation
31
of
the
provisions
of
the
bill
is
a
simple
misdemeanor
and
32
is
grounds
for
the
revocation
or
suspension
of
the
person’s
33
license
or
permit.
34
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