Bill Text: MS SB2299 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Alcoholic beverage retailers; may be required under local law to use electronic identification verification devices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee [SB2299 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2015-SB2299-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Finance
By: Senator(s) Tollison
Senate Bill 2299
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING BODY OF ANY MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY TO ADOPT AND ENFORCE ORDINANCES REQUIRING RETAILERS OF LIGHT BEER AND WINE OR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO SWIPE A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO VERIFY A PATRON'S AGE OR THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD; TO AMEND SECTIONS 67-1-71 AND 67-3-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PERMIT OF ANY RETAILER OF LIGHT BEER AND WINE OR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SUCH AN ORDINANCE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The governing body of any municipality or county is authorized to adopt and enforce ordinances requiring retailers of light beer and wine and/or alcoholic beverages to swipe a driver's license or identification card in an electronic device to verify a patron's age or the authenticity of the patrons driver's license or identification card. A retailer subject to these rules and regulations shall not retain or use information obtained by that electronic device for any purpose other than as provided in this section.
SECTION 2. Section 67-1-71, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
67-1-71. (1) The department may revoke or suspend any permit issued by it for a violation by the permittee of any of the provisions of this chapter or of the regulations promulgated under it by the department.
Permits must be revoked or suspended for the following causes:
(a) Conviction of the permittee for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter;
(b) Willful failure or refusal by any permittee to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto;
(c) The making of any materially false statement in any application for a permit;
(d) Conviction of one or more of the clerks, agents or employees of the permittee, of any violation of this chapter upon the premises covered by such permit within a period of time as designated by the rules or regulations of the department;
(e) The possession on the premises of any retail permittee of any alcoholic beverages upon which the tax has not been paid;
(f) The willful failure of any permittee to keep the records or make the reports required by this chapter, or to allow an inspection of such records by any duly authorized person;
(g) The suspension or revocation of a permit issued to the permittee by the federal government, or conviction of violating any federal law relating to alcoholic beverages;
(h) The failure to
furnish any bond required by Section 27-71-21 within fifteen (15) days after
notice from the department; * * *
(i) The conducting of
any form of illegal gambling on the premises of any permittee or on any
premises connected therewith or the presence on any such premises of any
gambling device with the knowledge of the permittee * * *; and
(j) The failure to comply with ordinances adopted under Section 1 of this act.
(2) The provisions
of * * *
subsection (1)(i) of this section shall not apply to gambling or the
presence of any gambling devices, with knowledge of the permittee, on board a
cruise vessel in the waters within the State of Mississippi, which lie adjacent
to the State of Mississippi south of the three (3) most southern counties in
the State of Mississippi, or on any vessel as defined in Section 27-109-1
whenever such vessel is on the Mississippi River or navigable waters within any
county bordering on the Mississippi River. The department may, in its
discretion, issue on-premises retailer's permits to a common carrier of the
nature described in this paragraph.
(3) No permit shall be suspended or revoked until after the permittee has been provided reasonable notice of the charges against him for which suspension or revocation is sought and the opportunity to a hearing before the Board of Tax Appeals to contest such charges and the suspension or revocation proposed. Opportunity to a hearing is provided without an actual hearing if the permittee, after receiving reasonable notice, including notice of his right to a hearing, fails to timely request a hearing. The permittee may also at any time waive his rights to reasonable notice and/or to the opportunity to a hearing by agreeing to a suspension or revocation offered by the department. Notwithstanding the requirement above that a permit may not be suspended without notice and opportunity to a hearing, sales of alcoholic beverages by a permittee under a permit for which the bond under Section 27-71-21 has been cancelled shall be suspended from and after issuance of the notice provided in subsection (h) above and shall continue to be suspended until the bond is reinstated, a new bond is posted or sufficient cash or securities as provided under Section 27-71-21 are deposited with the State Treasurer for this permit.
(4) In addition to the causes specified in this section and other provisions of this chapter, the department shall be authorized to suspend the permit of any permit holder for being out of compliance with an order for support, as defined in Section 93-11-153. The procedure for suspension of a permit for being out of compliance with an order for support, and the procedure for the reissuance or reinstatement of a permit suspended for that purpose, and the payment of any fees for the reissuance or reinstatement of a permit suspended for that purpose, shall be governed by Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163, as the case may be. If there is any conflict between any provision of Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163 and any provision of this chapter, the provisions of Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163, as the case may be, shall control.
SECTION 3. Section 67-3-29, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
67-3-29. (1) (a) The commissioner, or a hearing officer or the board of review, as designated by the commissioner, after a show cause hearing, shall revoke or suspend any permit granted by authority of this chapter to any person who:
(i) Shall
violate any of the provisions of this chapter or the revenue laws of this state
relating to engaging in transporting, storing, selling, distributing,
possessing, receiving or manufacturing of wines or beers * * *;
(ii) Shall
hereafter be convicted of the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor * * *;
(iii) Shall
allow or permit any form of illegal gambling or immorality on the premises
described in such permit * * *.; or
(iv) Fails to comply with ordinances adopted under Section 1 of this act.
(b) The commissioner shall not revoke or suspend a permit of a retailer for the sale of light wine or beer to a person under the age of twenty-one (21) years until there has been a conviction of the permit holder or an employee of the permit holder for such violation.
(2) If any person exercising any privilege taxable under the provisions of Chapter 71 of Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall willfully neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of such chapter, or any rules or regulations promulgated by the commissioner under authority of such chapter, or the provisions of this chapter, including maintaining the qualifications of an applicant under Section 67-3-19, during the permit period, the commissioner shall be authorized to revoke or suspend the permit theretofore issued to the person. Any person whose permit shall have been revoked by the commissioner shall be thereafter prohibited from exercising any privilege under the provisions of Chapter 71 of Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972, for a period of two (2) years from the date of the revocation. The commissioner may, however, for good cause shown, grant a new permit upon such conditions as the commissioner may prescribe. Any person whose permit shall have been suspended by the commissioner shall be prohibited from exercising any privilege under the provisions of Chapter 71 of Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972, during the period of the suspension. Failure of the person to comply with the terms of the suspension shall be cause for revocation of his permit, in addition to the other penalties provided by law.
(3) In addition to the reasons specified in this section and other provisions of this chapter, the commissioner shall be authorized to suspend the permit of any permit holder for being out of compliance with an order for support, as defined in Section 93-11-153. The procedure for suspension of a permit for being out of compliance with an order for support, and the procedure for the reissuance or reinstatement of a permit suspended for that purpose, and the payment of any fees for the reissuance or reinstatement of a permit suspended for that purpose, shall be governed by Section 93-11-157 or Section 93-11-163, as the case may be. If there is any conflict between any provision of Section 93-11-157 or Section 93-11-163 and any provision of this chapter, the provisions of Section 93-11-157 or 93-11-163, as the case may be, shall control.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015.
