Credit Arkansas Senate
An Arkansas Senate Committee voted on Wednesday to advance a bill that would require state agencies to return fines collected from businesses that violated rules, orders or directives to mitigate or prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor committee passed Senate Bill 301 by a voice vote. According to the proposed legislation, the health directives and orders issued under the public health emergency that Gov. Asa Hutchinson declared in March of 2020 failed to provide alternative compliance opportunities for businesses.
In presenting the bill, Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, called the bill a statement on the lack of legislative participation and input over decisions the state made concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. He said this bill would hinder the executive branch’s ability to enforce the law, without legislative participation.
February 8, 2021
Since the early part of the 20th century, the number of liquor licences in New Mexico have largely been finite. As a result, those licenses are now worth roughly half a million dollars. In recent years, state lawmakers have tried various ways to reconfigure the state’s liquor laws that would both make it less costly for potential new liquor license holders while also not devaluing current licenses.
This year, there are a handful of bills aimed at creating a new type of liquor license for restaurants to add spirits to their menus, instead of adding more liquor licenses to the mix. The general idea is that restaurants would be able to obtain a license to sell mixed drinks as long as a certain percentage of sales is for food, much like a beer and wine license. But even the idea of increasing the number of restaurants that can serve alcohol beyond beer and wine has some current liquor license holders concerned. Many of those license holders have spoken against thes
Montana lawmakers consider bill limiting business citations from alcohol compliance checks
By: Jonathon Ambarian
and last updated 2021-01-28 11:19:07-05
HELENA â Montana lawmakers are considering a bill that would limit when a business can be cited for failing an alcohol compliance check, or âsting.â
The Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee held a hearing Wednesday on Senate Bill 129, sponsored by Sen. Greg Hertz, a Republican from Polson.
The bill deals with âcontrived events,â in which a law enforcement agency or other organization sends an underage person into a store, bar or other business to attempt to buy alcohol. If an employee fails to check their age and sells them alcohol, that individual can be cited for an illegal sale. The failure will also be reported to the Montana Department of Revenue, which can then issue a violation to the holder of the alcohol license.
MT lawmakers consider bill limiting business citations from alcohol compliance checks
Montana lawmakers are considering a bill that would limit when a business can be cited for failing an alcohol compliance check, or âsting.â
By: Jonathon Ambarian
and last updated 2021-01-28 11:25:13-05
HELENA â Montana lawmakers are considering a bill that would limit when a business can be cited for failing an alcohol compliance check, or âsting.â
The Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee held a hearing Wednesday on Senate Bill 129, sponsored by Sen. Greg Hertz, a Republican from Polson.
The bill deals with âcontrived events,â in which a law enforcement agency or other organization sends an underage person into a store, bar, or other business to attempt to buy alcohol.