PA 07-41—SB 878

General Law Committee

AN ACT CONCERNING ALCOHOL SERVER AND SELLER TRAINING

SUMMARY: This act authorizes the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) to require a liquor permittee whose permit was suspended or revoked to have his or her employees participate in an alcohol server training program approved by the commissioner. The commissioner may require proof that the program has been completed before reinstating or reissuing the permit. The act also allows the commissioner to require such training in lieu of suspending or revoking a permit.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2008

BACKGROUND

Suspending or Revoking Liquor Permits

The law authorizes DCP to suspend, revoke, or refuse to grant or renew a permit to sell liquor if it has reasonable cause to believe, among other things, that the applicant or permittee violated the Liquor Control Act or its implementing regulations and for certain other acts. These include (1) financial irresponsibility, (2) taking money from a manufacturer or distributor, (3) habitually over-indulging, (4) willfully making a false statement to DCP in a material matter, or (5) conviction for a federal or state liquor law violation.

OLR Tracking: DD: HN: JL: TS