Bill Text: NJ A3397 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Permits theaters with 250 seats or more to apply for liquor license. *

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-07 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A3397 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-A3397-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3397

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED OCTOBER 18, 2012

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  PETER J. BARNES, III

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman  SEAN T. KEAN

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Permits theaters with 250 seats or more to apply for liquor license.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee on March 7, 2013, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning plenary retail consumption licenses and amending P.L.1985, c.151.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Section 1 of P.L.1985, c.151 (C.33:1-19.7) is amended to read as follows:

     1.    It shall be lawful for the governing board or body of any municipality, upon the approval of the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, to issue a plenary retail consumption license to a nonprofit corporation, which conducts musical or theatrical performances or concerts on premises [with a seating capacity of 1,000 persons or more] ¹with a seating capacity of 250 persons or more¹, authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages by the nonprofit corporation or its restaurant operator who has been approved pursuant to procedures established by the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control for consumption on the licensed premises only during performances and the two hours immediately preceding and the two hours immediately following performances.

     For the purposes of this section, "licensed premises" shall include the premises where the musical or theatrical performance or concert is held and any adjacent premises owned and operated by the licensee.

     A license issued under the provisions of this act shall not be counted in determining the number of licenses under P.L.1947, c.94 (C.33:1-12.13 et seq.) or under P.L.1968, c.277 (C.40:48-2.40 et seq.).

(cf: P.L.1994, c.18, s.1)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.