HF 2281 (LSB 6684HH (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE 2281

BY  HORA

A BILL FOR

An Act modifying the time periods alcoholic beverages may be sold, dispensed, or consumed at commercial service airports.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 123.49, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  (1)  Sell or dispense any alcoholic beverage on the premises covered by the license, or permit its consumption thereon between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any day of the week.  This subparagraph does not apply during the time period beginning one hour before a scheduled flight through the end of boarding for the flight at a commercial service airport.
   (2)  For purposes of this paragraph, “commercial service airport” means the same as defined in 49 U.S.C. §47102.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill modifies the time periods alcoholic beverages may be sold, dispensed, or consumed at commercial service airports.
   Currently, alcoholic beverages are prohibited from being sold, dispensed, or consumed on licensed premises between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. in this state. The bill creates an exception to the prohibited time period by authorizing alcoholic beverages to be sold, dispensed, or consumed on licensed premises at a commercial service airport beginning one hour before a scheduled flight through the end of boarding for the flight. The bill defines “commercial service airport” as a public airport in the state that the U.S. secretary of transportation determines has at least 2,500 passenger boardings each year and is receiving scheduled passenger aircraft service.