HF 2448 (LSB 5937HV (4) 90)

RELATING TO EXCEPTIONS TO THE PENALTY FOR SUPPLYING AN  ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TO CERTAIN PERSONS UNDER LEGAL AGE. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 123.50, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  If an employee of a retail alcohol licensee violates section 123.49, subsection 2, paragraph “h”, the licensee shall not be assessed a penalty under subsection 3, and the violation shall be deemed not to be a violation of section 123.49, subsection 2, paragraph “h”, for the purpose of determining the number of violations for which a penalty may be assessed pursuant to subsection 3, if, at the time of the violation, the employee holds a valid certificate of completion of either the alcohol compliance employee training program pursuant to section 123.50A at the time of the violation or a third-party responsible alcohol service program approved by the director, and if the violation involves selling, giving, or otherwise supplying any alcoholic beverage to a person between the ages of eighteen and twenty years of age. A violation involving a person under the age of eighteen years of age shall not qualify for the bar against assessment of a penalty pursuant to 

subsection 3, for a violation of section 123.49, subsection 2, paragraph “h”. A licensee may assert only once in a four-year period the bar under this subsection against assessment of a penalty pursuant to subsection 3, for a violation of section 123.49, subsection 2, paragraph “h”, that takes place at the same place of business location.

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PAT GRASSLEY
Speaker of the House

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AMY SINCLAIR
President of the Senate

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2448, Ninetieth General Assembly.

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MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House

Approved _______________, 2024

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor