Missouri HB 1699: Modifies provisions relating to the permitted hours of sale of intoxicating liquor.

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1699
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE KNIGHT.
4245H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 311.293, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
intoxicating liquor.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 311.293, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 311.293, to read as follows:
311.293. 1. Except for any establishment that may apply for a license under section
2 311.089, any person possessing the qualifications and meeting the requirements of this chapter,
3 who is licensed to sell intoxicating liquor at retail, may apply to the supervisor of alcohol and
4 tobacco control for a special license to sell intoxicating liquor at retail between the hours of
5 [9:00] 6:00 a.m. [and midnight] on Sundays and 1:30 a.m. on Mondays. A licensee under this
6 section shall pay to the director of revenue an additional fee of two hundred dollars a year
7 payable at the same time and in the same manner as its other license fees.
8 2. In addition to any fee collected pursuant to section 311.220, a city or county may
9 charge and collect an additional fee not to exceed three hundred dollars from any licensee under
10 this section for the privilege of selling intoxicating liquor at retail between the hours of [9:00]
11 6:00 a.m. [and midnight] on Sundays and 1:30 a.m. on Mondays in such city or county;
12 however the additional fee shall not exceed the fee charged by that city or county for a special
13 license issued pursuant to any provision of this chapter which allows a licensee to sell
14 intoxicating liquor by the drink for consumption on the premises of the licensee on Sundays.
15 3. The provisions of this section regarding the time of closing shall not apply to any
16 person who possesses a special permit issued under section 311.174, 311.176, or 311.178.
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EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended
to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.