Staff Analysis of the Legislation |
This KLC initiative reduces the minimum seating capacity required to permit a local option election on the sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink at restaurants that derive a minimum of 70 percent of their gross receipts from the sale of food from 100 seats to 50 seats. In cities or counties in which prohibition is not in effect, HB 241 reduces the minimum seating capacity required to permit application to the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission for the sale of alcohol by the drink in a restaurant or dining facility in a hotel, motel, or inn that derives a minimum of 50 percent of gross receipts from the sale of food from 100 seats to 50 seats. |