Bill Text: NJ A1478 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Permits theaters with 50 seats or more to apply for liquor license.*

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2020-01-21 - Approved P.L.2019, c.466. [A1478 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-A1478-Amended.html

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1478

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  ANNETTE CHAPARRO

District 33 (Hudson)

Assemblyman  REED GUSCIORA

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Permits theaters with 50 seats or more to apply for liquor license.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee on June 13, 2019, with amendments.

 


An Act concerning plenary retail consumption licenses and amending P.L.1985, c.151.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Section 1 of P.L.1985, c.151 (C.33:1-19.7) is amended to read as follows:

     1.    It shall be lawful for the governing board or body of any municipality, upon the approval of the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, to issue a plenary retail consumption license to a nonprofit corporation 1exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code1, which regularly conducts musical or theatrical performances or concerts, for which admission is charged,  on premises with a seating capacity of [1,000] 1[100] 501 persons or more, which premises is primarily used for the conducting of musical or theatrical performances or concerts, authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages by the nonprofit corporation or its restaurant operator who has been approved pursuant to procedures established by the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control for consumption on the licensed premises 1[only] as follows:  

     a.     during the two hours immediately preceding performances;

     b.1   during performances 1[and] , including during intermission;

     c.     for theaters with a seating capacity of 1,000 persons or more, during1 the two hours immediately 1[preceding and the two hours immediately]1 following performances 1; and

     d.    for theaters with a seating capacity of 50 persons or more but less than 1,000 persons, during the two hours immediately following performances, provided that consumption on the licensed premises pursuant to this subsection is limited to not more than 15 performances during a calendar year1 .

     For the purposes of this section, "licensed premises" shall include the premises where the musical or theatrical performance or concert is held and any adjacent premises owned and operated by the licensee.

     A license issued under the provisions of this act shall not be counted in determining the number of licenses under P.L.1947, c.94 (C.33:1-12.13 et seq.) or under P.L.1968, c.277 (C.40:48-2.40 et seq.).

(cf: P.L.1994, c.18, s.1)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

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