H-1298

   Amend Senate File 542, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 13, after line 19 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 123.49, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  A licensee who violates section 123.49, subsection 2, paragraph “h”, is guilty of selling alcoholic beverages to a person under legal age.  A person under legal age shall not misrepresent the person’s age for the purpose of purchasing or attempting to purchase any alcoholic beverage from any retail alcohol licensee. If any person under legal age misrepresents the person’s age, and the licensee establishes that the licensee made reasonable inquiry to determine whether the prospective purchaser was over legal age, the licensee is not guilty of selling alcoholic beverages to a person under legal age.  In no case shall a licensee’s employee who is sixteen or seventeen years of age be guilty of selling alcoholic beverages to a person under legal age.
   Sec. ___.  Section 805.8C, subsection 2, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Alcoholic beverage violations.  For violations of section 123.49, subsection 2, paragraph “h”, the scheduled fine for a licensee or permittee is one two thousand nine five hundred twenty-five dollars, and the scheduled fine for a person who is employed by a licensee or permittee is six hundred forty-five dollars.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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