House File 766 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 766 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 214) (As Amended and Passed by the House April 7, 2021 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the delivery of alcoholic beverages by 1 retailers. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 HF 766 (3) 89 je/rn/md
H.F. 766 Section 1. Section 123.46A, subsection 2, paragraph g, Code 1 2021, is amended to read as follows: 2 g. Delivery of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer shall be made 3 by the licensee or permittee, or the licensee’s or permittee’s 4 employee, and not by or a third party , provided the licensee or 5 permittee has entered into a written agreement with the third 6 party that authorizes the third party to act as an agent of the 7 licensee or permittee for the purpose of delivering alcoholic 8 liquor, wine, or beer . Each licensee or permittee shall submit 9 to the division electronically, or in a manner prescribed by 10 the administrator, a list of names and addresses of all third 11 parties it has authorized to act as its agent for the purpose 12 of delivering alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer. The licensee 13 or permittee shall provide the division with amendments to the 14 list as necessary to ensure the division possesses an accurate, 15 current list. 16 Sec. 2. Section 123.46A, subsection 2, paragraph i, Code 17 2021, is amended by striking the paragraph. 18 Sec. 3. Section 123.46A, subsection 3, Code 2021, is amended 19 to read as follows: 20 3. A violation of this section or any other provision 21 of this chapter shall subject the licensee or permittee to 22 the penalty provisions of section 123.39 . If the licensee 23 or permittee, an employee of the licensee or permittee, or a 24 person delivering alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer for a third 25 party acting on behalf of the licensee or permittee pursuant 26 to a written agreement violates this section, the licensee or 27 permittee shall not be assessed a penalty under section 123.39 28 if the licensee or permittee establishes all of the following: 29 a. The violation was committed off of the licensee’s 30 or permittee’s premises after the liquor, wine, or beer 31 was removed from the licensee’s or permittee’s premises in 32 fulfillment of a delivery order. 33 b. (1) If the person who committed the violation is an 34 employee of the licensee or permittee, that no other violation 35 -1- HF 766 (3) 89 je/rn/md 1/ 2
H.F. 766 of this section was committed by any employee of the licensee 1 or permittee within the two-year period immediately preceding 2 the date of violation. 3 (2) If the person who committed the violation is a person 4 delivering for a third party acting on behalf of the licensee 5 or permittee, that no other violation of this section was 6 committed by any person delivering for the same third party 7 while the third party was acting on behalf of the licensee or 8 permittee within the two-year period immediately preceding the 9 date of violation. 10 -2- HF 766 (3) 89 je/rn/md 2/ 2