Bill Text - HB1285 (2018)

(New Title) relative to dancers and entertainers in premises serving alcoholic beverages.


Revision: Feb. 23, 2018, 9:22 a.m.

HB 1285 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

22Feb2018... 0368h

2018 SESSION

18-2082

08/03

 

HOUSE BILL 1285

 

AN ACT relative to dancers and entertainers in premises serving alcoholic beverages.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Phinney, Straf. 24; Rep. Horn, Merr. 2

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows dancers and entertainers in premises serving alcoholic beverages to drink alcohol while performing.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22Feb2018... 0368h 18-2082

08/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to dancers and entertainers in premises serving alcoholic beverages.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Employee; Entertainer; Definitions.  Amend RSA 179:20, II to read as follows:

II.  No on-premises or off-premises licensee shall consume beverage or liquor while working.  No employee, as defined in RSA 275:4, II, shall consume beverage or liquor while working.  For the purposes of this paragraph the term "employee" shall not include "dancer" as defined by RSA 179:19, I(a) or "entertainer" as defined by RSA 179:19, I(b).

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.