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Committee releases amended bill permitting municipal issuance of community-theater liquor licenses
Summary
The committee approved amended A5125 (and S39442R), which creates eligibility criteria and limited hours for liquor sales at qualifying community theaters and prevents those new licenses from counting against municipal license caps. The bill was supported by Hopewell Theater and released unanimously.
The Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Regulations Committee voted to amend and release A5125 and the matching Senate bill S39442R, which would allow municipal governing bodies, with approval from the director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, to issue plenary retail consumption licenses to eligible community theaters.
Committee amendments revised qualifying criteria, including increasing the required number of movie screens for eligibility from three to five, and specified that alcohol may be sold only during the hour immediately preceding a performance, during the performance and during intermission. The bill also specifies that licenses issued under this provision will not count toward the municipal cap on retail consumption licenses.
A written slip of support was filed by Matt Palpin of Hopewell Theater; no oral testimony was recorded. The committee moved and seconded the measure and approved the amended bills on a unanimous roll-call vote. The committee announced the bills were released as amended.
