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Committee advances bill letting officers cite people who refuse ID and shortens complaint window for liquor retailers
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced House Bill 1375 after testimony that fake IDs and delayed complaints are hampering liquor-license enforcement and leaving bars vulnerable. The committee adopted a technical amendment replacing "fails" with "refuses."
The Senate Judiciary Committee on March 12 advanced House Bill 1375, a proposal that would allow a peace officer who has "reasonable and articulable suspicion" that a person on licensed premises is under 21 to request a photo identification and cite the person if they refuse, and would narrow the time window for filing complaints against licensed retailers to help preserve video evidence.
Representative Ben Koppelman, R-West Fargo, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure grew from problems raised by a downtown Fargo bar owner who said fake identifications and late complaints left the establishment unable to defend itself in licensing proceedings. "These new fake IDs are very, very, very good," Representative Koppelman said, adding that owners often cannot produce video proof after 30 days because routine surveillance overwrites older files.
The bill contains two main provisions: a…
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