Bill Text: NJ A2257 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows county or municipal governing body to enter into revenue sharing agreement for alcoholic beverage sales by concessionaire permit holder.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee [A2257 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A2257-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman YVONNE LOPEZ
District 19 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Allows county or municipal governing body to enter into revenue sharing agreement for alcoholic beverage sales by concessionaire permit holder.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning the sale of alcoholic beverages and amending R.S.33:1-42.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. R.S.33:1-42 is amended to read as follows:
33:1-42. [No sales] a. Sales of alcoholic beverages shall not be made in any public buildings belonging to or under the control of the [state] State or any political subdivision thereof except as to the national guard as hereinbefore provided, and except as permitted by the [commissioner] director in specified cases and subject to rules and regulations.
b. The governing body of a county or municipality may enter into an agreement with the holder of a concessionaire permit issued pursuant to subsection a. of this section for use in connection with a premises owned or operated by the governing body to share a fixed percentage of the revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages by the permit holder.
(cf: R.S.33:1-42)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill allows a county or municipality to enter into a revenue sharing agreement with the holder of a concessionaire permit used in connection with a premises located within the county or municipality.
Under current law, the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control is authorized to issue a concessionaire permit that allows the permit holder to sell alcoholic beverages in any public building belonging to, or under the control of, the State or any political subdivision. This annual permit is issued to a private vendor who has a contract with the unit of government to provide services to the public.
This bill allows the county or municipal governing body to enter into an agreement to share a fixed percentage of the revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages by the private vendor.
