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2013 House Industry, Business, and Labor Hb 1367 2013 HOUSE INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, AND LABOR HB 1367 2013 HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEE MINUTES House Industry, Business and Labor Committee Peace Garden Room, State Capitol HB 1367 January 28, 2013 Job 17846 Explanation or reason f Alcoholic beverages on Sunday Minutes: Attachment 1 Committee called to order. Hearing on HB opened 1367 Representative Boehning: This bill would bring about a Sunday opening at am 10:00 versus noon. The bill leaves it up to local subdivisions whether they want to have liquor sales on Sunday. Neighboring states do allow opening on Sundays. Provided 10:00 specifics for Minnesota and Montana. Explained rationale behind proposed changed, including Sunday brunches, weekend tourists, and tailgating at sport events. Attachment 1 lists alcohol laws by state. It's all up to local control to allow the sale of alcohol on Sunday mornings. Requesting a do pass. Representative Boschee: Why is this limited to alcohol? Representative Boehning: There is a different bill relating to Sunday opening in general for retail sales. Support: Rudie Martinson, executive director of North Dakota Hospitality Association: The one complaint I get from my membership is that during football and NASCAR seasons, games start at or before noon, and businesses would like to open before that. Right now, those businesses will allow people to come in but will not serve alcohol to them before noon. Mike Rud, North Dakota Petroleum Marketers and the North Dakota Retail Association: Convenience store owners are looking for more streams of revenue. When you look at Attachment , there are a lot of states with early morning openings and alcohol 1 sales. We would be uniform with the rest of the week if we change to am in terms of 8:00 when we can open. House Industry, Business and Labor Committee HB 1367 January 28, 2013 Page 2 Chairman Keiser: This bill is proposing both on sale and off sale. Minnesota has no off sale for that first period. Do you have a position on off sale as being critically important during that time period? Mike Rud: Off sale is very important to us. In the convenience store business, most of the alcohol they sell is off sale. Chairman Keiser: Do we have any measure on what the financial impact will be? Mike Rud: The impact will be substantial. On the lake, you may have to turn away 20 to 30customers on a Sunday morning, just at one location. Opposition: Neutral: Hearing closed. Motion to do pass: Representative Kasper makes the motion; Representative Boschee seconds the motion. Representative N. Johnson: Where does this permit the sale of offsale? Representative Boehning: This is what we are governed by on the 2:00am closing, so I am assuming this would cover both on sale and off sale. Roll call vote: Yes: 8 No: 3 Absent: 4 Carrier: Representative Kreun oate: /- Z? --'UI 3 Roll Call Vote #: _JI--- HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEE 2013 ROLL CALL VOTES BILL/RESOLUTION NO. f 3,(o:) House Industry, Business, and Labor Committee Legislative Council Am_ydment Number Action Taken: c;a/oo Pass D Do Not Pass D Amended 0 Adopt Amendment D Rerefer to Appropriations D Reconsider D Consent Calendar Motion Made By ;::;, Seconded By /vYJj/\ / �� I J l/ f Representatives Yes No Representatives Yes No Chairman George Keiser Rep. Bill Amerman ,/ h�- Vice Chairman Gary Sukut V' Rep. Joshua Boschee Rep. Thomas Beadle Rep. Edmund Gruchalla / Rep. Rick Becker v Rep. Marvin Nelson / lA, "· Rep. Robert Frantsvog b � Rep. Nancy Johnson v Rep. Jim Kasper 1/ Rep. Curtiss Kreun v Rep. Scott Louser r/ t,,� Rep. Dan Ruby v Rep. Don Vigesaa {/_ Total Yes ----�l?� No ____________ --��--------------------- Absent Floor Assignment If the vote is on an ame dment, briefly indicate intent: Com Standing Committee Report Module ID: h_stcomrep_15_010 January 28, 2013 3:38pm Carrier: Kreun REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE HB 1367: Industry, Business and Labor Committee (Rep. Keiser, Chairman) recommends DO PASS (8 YEAS, 3 NAYS, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING). HB 1367 was placed on the Eleventh order on the calendar. Page (1) DESK (3) COMMITTEE 1 h_stcomrep_15_01 0 2013 TESTIMONY HB 1367 List of alcohol laws ofthe United States by state- Wikipedia, the tree ency ... Page 1 of32 ListFrom Wikipedia, of alcohol the free encyclopedia laws of the United States by state The fo llowing table of alcohol laws of the United States provides ru1 overview of alcohol-related laws by state throughout the US. This list is not intended to provide a breakdown of such laws by local jurisdiction within a state; see that state's alcohol laws page for more detailed infonuation. As of .July 1988, all states and the District of Columbia had a minimum purchase age of 21, with some SO grandfather clauses. Prior to 1988, the minimum purchase age varied by jurisdiction. After Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act in July 1984, slates not in compliance had a portion of their federal highway funding withheld. South Dakota m1d Wyoming were the finaltwo states to comply, in mid-1988. Unlike on the mainland, the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have a minimum purchase Beer at a Walmart in age of 8. The minimum purchase age is 21 in the Northem Mariana Islands and Guam. Kissimmee, Florida. Saine I · states permit beer to be sold in U.S. military reservations are exempt under federal law from state, county and locally enacted alcohol beverage grocery stores while others laws. Class Six stores in a Base Exchange facility, ru1 Officers' and/or NCO clubs as well as other military prohibit it. commissaries which are located on a military reservation may sell and serve alcohol beverages at any time during their prescribed hours of operation to authorized patrons'. ' The Department of Defense defines Authorized Patron as a person who is an active member of and/or a member who has the status of honorably retired from the Anny, U.S. U.S. Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and the Navy, and their direct dependents with proper military identification/dependents identification. 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II Arizona is in IndiaA i i!liquor laws consid1 taw, up to and inch i a.m.-2 a.m. seven days a week-no election day nor holiday I busts" (all the beer Arizona 6 Yes i i restrictions I in bars are illegal. : j [J] 1 1 I ; may work in bars � , alcohol. Patrons m :consumption more :wine or 4 ounces o i penalties are some l person convicted o ;have an interlock i1 year. Arizona has 1 I law that can convil l !lessi than .08%. · ···---··· ····- ---- ---- j r ! ----------------- ---------- a.m.-! · �.m. T private clubs can s• a.m.-2 a.m. (Class A Private Club) 1'7(Mon.-Fn.) -- r' ---- - --lH;�-��;�l ��-d�y 1 '7 1 i 'Alcohol sales are ·Arkansas No 10 a.m.-5 a.m. (Class B Private Club) a.m.- g ; ;7 �Yes I,No exceptions can be i a.m.- a.m. (Restaurant) jmidnight l 1 :7 I :for restaurants and CSat.) 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