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Senate backs repeal of DABC bottle stickers, sponsor cites barcode enforcement and near-$1M savings
Summary
Senators approved a substitute to remove manual bottle stickers used by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, with sponsor Senator McCoy demonstrating a labeled bottle on the floor and citing roughly $950,000 in annual stickering costs that could be saved.
The Senate took up First Substitute Senate Bill 106 on March 5, 2009, a measure aimed at modernizing enforcement for the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (DABC) by eliminating the current statutory requirement that the DABC place a paper sticker on every bottle it distributes.
Sponsor's case: Senator McCoy explained and demonstrated the point on the floor: modern barcodes and electronic scanning currently record every case and bottle in…
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