HB125

ENROLLED, An Act,

Relating to the City of Jacksonville in Calhoun County; to authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages within the city limits each day of the week by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and to authorize the governing body of the city to regulate the selling of alcoholic beverages to the general public by properly licensed retailers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:

Section 1. (a) This section only applies to the City of Jacksonville in Calhoun County.

(b) Alcoholic beverages may be sold each day of the week for on-premises consumption by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the City of Jacksonville if approved by a majority vote of the governing body.

(c) Alcoholic beverages may be sold each day of the week for off-premises consumption by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in the City of Jacksonville if approved by a majority vote of the governing body.

(d) The governing body of the City of Jacksonville, by resolution or ordinance passed by a simple majority, may regulate but may not prohibit the sale of both on-premises and off-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages each day of the week by retail licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to the general public. Retail licensees may sell or dispense alcoholic beverages pursuant to the requirements of the license and applicable rules of the board.

(e) The provisions of this section are cumulative and supplemental to the present power and authority of the City of Jacksonville and are not intended to nor shall it be interpreted so as to repeal any existing power or authority of the governing body with this section that is now permitted under the general laws of the state or under any local or special act of the Legislature.

(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to abrogate, nullify, or in any way encroach upon the functions, powers, and duties of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board under Chapter 3, Title 28 of the Code of Alabama 1975.

Section 2. This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

Calhoun County

Jacksonville

Alcoholic Beverages

Alcoholic Beverage Control Board

Counties

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