Senate File 542 H-1298 Amend Senate File 542, as amended, passed, and reprinted by 1 the Senate, as follows: 2 1. Page 13, after line 19 by inserting: 3 < Sec. ___. Section 123.49, subsection 3, Code 2023, is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 3. A licensee who violates section 123.49, subsection 2, 6 paragraph “h” , is guilty of selling alcoholic beverages to a 7 person under legal age. A person under legal age shall not 8 misrepresent the person’s age for the purpose of purchasing or 9 attempting to purchase any alcoholic beverage from any retail 10 alcohol licensee. If any person under legal age misrepresents 11 the person’s age, and the licensee establishes that the 12 licensee made reasonable inquiry to determine whether the 13 prospective purchaser was over legal age, the licensee is not 14 guilty of selling alcoholic beverages to a person under legal 15 age. In no case shall a licensee’s employee who is sixteen or 16 seventeen years of age be guilty of selling alcoholic beverages 17 to a person under legal age. 18 Sec. ___. Section 805.8C, subsection 2, Code 2023, is 19 amended to read as follows: 20 2. Alcoholic beverage violations. For violations of section 21 123.49, subsection 2 , paragraph “h” , the scheduled fine for a 22 licensee or permittee is one two thousand nine five hundred 23 twenty-five dollars, and the scheduled fine for a person who is 24 employed by a licensee or permittee is six hundred forty-five 25 dollars. > 26 2. By renumbering as necessary. 27 ______________________________ COOLING of Linn -1- SF 542.1947 (1) 90 je/rn 1/ 1 #1. #2.