House File 258 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ROBERTS


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the eligibility of certain watercraft for
  2    class "D" liquor control licenses.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1853HH 83
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 123.30, subsection 3, paragraph d,
  1  2 subparagraph (1), Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    (1)  A class "D" liquor control license may be issued to a
  1  4 railway corporation, to an air common carrier, and to
  1  5 passenger=carrying boats or ships for hire with a capacity of
  1  6 twenty=five persons or more operating in inland or boundary
  1  7 waters, and shall authorize the holder to sell or furnish
  1  8 alcoholic beverages, wine, and beer to passengers for
  1  9 consumption only on trains, watercraft as described in this
  1 10 section, or aircraft, respectively.  Each license is valid
  1 11 throughout the state.  Only one license is required for all
  1 12 trains, watercraft, or aircraft operated in the state by the
  1 13 licensee.  However, if a watercraft is an excursion gambling
  1 14 boat licensed under chapter 99F, the owner shall obtain a
  1 15 separate class "D" liquor control license for each excursion
  1 16 gambling boat operating in the waters of this state.  For the
  1 17 purposes of eligibility for issuance of a class "D" liquor
  1 18 control license pursuant to this subparagraph, a watercraft is
  1 19 not a passenger carrying boat or ship for hire if the
  1 20 watercraft is not an excursion gambling boat licensed under
  1 21 chapter 99F, the sale of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer is a
  1 22 primary part of the ownership or operation of the watercraft,
  1 23 and the transport of passengers for hire is only an incidental
  1 24 part of that ownership or operation.
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26    This bill amends Code section 123.30 of the Iowa alcoholic
  1 27 beverage control Act to provide that a watercraft is not a
  1 28 passenger carrying boat or ship for hire that is eligible to
  1 29 receive a class "D" liquor control license if the watercraft
  1 30 is not an excursion gambling boat licensed under Code chapter
  1 31 99F, the sale of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer is a primary
  1 32 part of the ownership or operation of the watercraft, and the
  1 33 transport of passengers for hire is only an incidental part of
  1 34 that ownership or operation.
  1 35 LSB 1853HH 83
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