Substitute House Bill No. 5444
Substitute House Bill No. 5444
PUBLIC ACT NO. 98-164
AN ACT CONCERNING BACKERS OF CONCESSION PERMITS,
COLISEUM PERMITS AND COLISEUM CONCESSION PERMITS,
AND LIQUOR LAW INVESTIGATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT
ACTIVITY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 30-48 of
the general statutes, as amended by public act
97-66, is repealed and the following is
substituted in lieu thereof:
(a) No backer or permittee of one permit
class shall be a backer or permittee of any other
permit class except in the case of any class of
airport, railroad, airline and boat permits, and
except that: (1) A backer of a hotel or restaurant
permit may be a backer of both such classes; (2) a
holder or backer of a manufacturer permit for a
brew pub, a restaurant permit or a cafe permit may
be a holder or backer of any other or all of such
classes; (3) a holder or backer of a restaurant
permit may be a holder or backer of a bowling
establishment permit; (4) a backer of a restaurant
permit may be a backer of a coliseum permit or a
coliseum concession permit, or both, when such
restaurant is within a coliseum; (5) a backer of a
hotel permit may be a backer of a coliseum permit
or a coliseum concession permit, or both; (6) a
backer of a coliseum permit may be a backer of a
coliseum concession permit; (7) a backer of a
coliseum concession permit may be a backer of a
coliseum permit; (8) a backer of a grocery store
beer permit may be a backer of a package store
permit if such was the case on or before May 1,
1996; (9) a backer of a university permit may be a
backer of a nonprofit theater permit; (10) subject
to the discretion of the department, a backer of a
permit provided for in section 30-33b, may be a
backer of any other retail on-premise consumption
permit, including those permits provided for in
section 30-33b; (11) a backer of a nonprofit
theater permit may be a holder or backer of a
hotel permit; [and] (12) a holder or backer of a
restaurant permit may be a holder or backer of a
special outing facility permit; AND (13) A BACKER
OF A CONCESSION PERMIT MAY BE A BACKER OF A
COLISEUM PERMIT OR A COLISEUM CONCESSION PERMIT,
OR BOTH. Any person may be a permittee of more
than one permit. A person may be a permittee under
a permit provided for in section 30-33b and a
backer of any other retail on-premise consumption
permit, including those permits provided for in
section 30-33b. The operator of a racing or jai
alai exhibition with pari-mutuel betting licensed
by the Gaming Policy Board may be a backer of any
permit provided for in section 30-33b. No holder
of a manufacturer permit for a brew pub and no
spouse or child of such holder may be a holder or
backer of more than three restaurant permits or
cafe permits.
Sec. 2. Section 30-87 of the general statutes
is repealed and the following is substituted in
lieu thereof:
Any person who [, for any purpose,] induces
any minor to procure alcoholic liquor from any
person permitted to sell [the same] SUCH ALCOHOLIC
LIQUOR shall be subject to the penalties
prescribed in section 30-113. The provisions of
this section shall not apply to (1) the
procurement of liquor by a person over age
eighteen who is an employee or permit holder under
section 30-90a where such procurement is made in
the course of such person's employment or
business, OR (2) ANY SUCH INDUCEMENT IN
FURTHERANCE OF AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION OR
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY CONDUCTED BY A LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL
BE CONSTRUED TO PREVENT ANY ACTION FROM BEING
TAKEN UNDER SECTION 30-55, AS AMENDED, OR SECTION
30-86, OR BOTH, AGAINST ANY PERSON PERMITTED TO
SELL ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR WHO HAS SOLD ALCOHOLIC
LIQUOR TO A MINOR WHERE SUCH MINOR IS
PARTICIPATING IN AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION OR
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY CONDUCTED BY A LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
Approved June 4, 1998