House Study Bill 527


                                          HOUSE FILE       
                                          BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                               PUBLIC SAFETY BILL BY
                                               CHAIRPERSON BAUDLER)


       Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
       Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                    Approved                            

                                         A BILL FOR

     1 An Act concerning the length of suspension of alcohol sales
     2    licenses and permits after selling alcohol to minors.
     3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
     4 TLSB 5719YC 81
     5 ec/sh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 123.50, subsection 3, paragraph e, Code
  1  2 2005, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
  1  3    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (4)  The length of a suspension of a
  1  4 license or permit as provided in paragraph "a", "b", or "c"
  1  5 shall be reduced by one=half if the licensee or permittee
  1  6 submits proof to the administrator or applicable local
  1  7 authority that the licensee or permittee has acquired,
  1  8 subsequent to the violation, an age and driver's license
  1  9 verification device authorized for use by the division.  A
  1 10 licensee or permittee shall have a suspension reduced pursuant
  1 11 to this subparagraph only once.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill provides that the length of suspension of the
  1 14 license or permit of a licensee or permittee who is found in
  1 15 violation of the provisions prohibiting the selling of alcohol
  1 16 to minors can be reduced by one=half if the licensee or
  1 17 permittee obtains an age and driver's license verification
  1 18 device.  The bill provides that the licensee or permittee can
  1 19 have the suspension reduced only once for obtaining such a
  1 20 device.  Current law provides that a suspension for a first
  1 21 violation if the permittee fails to pay the civil penalty is
  1 22 14 days, while a suspension for a second and third violation
  1 23 is 30 days and 60 days, respectively.  The bill provides that
  1 24 the alcoholic beverages division of the department of commerce
  1 25 shall establish which age and driver's license verification
  1 26 devices are authorized.
  1 27 LSB 5719YC 81
  1 28 ec:nh/sh/8