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Committee hears technical cleanup to fix statutory gaps from 2023 alcohol legislation
Summary
House Bill 92 would correct cross‑references, add registrations and reinstate a missing term in Title 16 statutes following the 2023 legislative changes; the department described five narrow fixes and industry backed the cleanup.
Helena — The House Business and Labor Committee considered House Bill 92, a technical bill the Department of Revenue said is necessary to correct a series of cross‑reference and drafting issues that arose after extensive alcohol‑related legislation in 2023.
Representative Ed Buttry introduced the bill as a cleanup measure that addresses five categories of fixes remaining after the 2023 session. Becky Schlau, Alcoholic Beverage Control administrator, outlined the areas: add ‘‘registrations’’ to the list of items the department may grant (to reflect new registration processes for out‑of‑state brewers and…
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