House File 258 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY ROBERTS Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays 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 5 av/nh/5 PAG LIN 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 2 1 av/nh/5