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Senate advances bill letting small counties permit 'brown-bag' alcohol service
Summary
After extensive floor debate, the Utah Senate amended and moved Senate Bill 4 — allowing residents in counties under 15,000 people to bring and consume some alcoholic beverages on restaurant premises if the county governing board approves — to the third-reading calendar 17–8.
Senators on Jan. 17 advanced Senate Bill 4, a measure that would let counties with fewer than 15,000 residents permit patrons to bring and consume their own alcoholic beverages in restaurants and private events, if the county governing board approves.
Sponsor Chuck Peterson said the bill is intended to give small, rural establishments a local option after what he described as an unintended consequence of earlier liquor-law changes. "It simply says that in counties with less than 15,000 population can use the brown bag system," Peterson said, and offered an amendment to make…
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