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Imposes a fine or duty to buy and use an identification scanner upon alcoholic beverage licensee found to have given such a beverage to a person under 21
In Assembly Committee · Economic Development · Sponsor Marcos Crespo
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BILL NUMBER:S7126
Title of bill
An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to penalties for the provision, by a licensee, of an alcoholic beverage to a person under the age of 21
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill is designed to incentivize the use and purchase of identification scanners by State Liquor Authority Licensees.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1- moves the definition for a scanner from 65-b which exclusively deals with underage drinking and has it apply to the Alcohol Beverage Control Law as a whole.
Section 2- If a licensee is determined to have sold alcohol to a person under the age of twenty-one, the State Liquor Authority may alternatively require a licensee to either pay $2000 fine or purchase a scanning device for a first offense in five years; or, for a second offense, pay $5000 or pay $2000 and purchase a scanning device.
Justification
Modern false identification, or Fake IDs, are notoriously difficult to detect and traditional methods of detection will not catch many modern fakes. Modern Fake IDs are often created professionally by businesses, often overseas, for about $75 to $100 per ID. This legislation is aimed at incentivizing businesses to catch up in the technology race. Under this legislation, a licensee caught for selling to a minor may be given a choice by the State Liquor Authority to either pay a fine or buy an identification scanner. Upon a second violation, there is a fine imposed whether or not a scanner is obtained to prevent businesses from hedging their bets on the cost.
This does not mandate that businesses buy a scanner immediately. If there is no history of selling to under-aged persons, then there is no problem to fix. It is designed to close points of access to places from which minors procure alcohol.
Prior legislative history
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Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after the shall have become law; provided, that, effective immediately, any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this
act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be added, amended and/or repealed on or before such date.
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