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Senate committee approves restaurant relief bill after stripping delivery‑fee cap
Summary
The City, County & Local Affairs Committee amended and approved legislation to help restaurants by easing outdoor‑dining rules and allowing quarterly sales‑tax remittance; a proposed temporary cap on third‑party delivery fees was removed after debate and testimony.
Sponsor introduced SB 479 as pandemic relief for restaurants, saying the bill "does 3 things": ease outdoor‑dining expansions, temporarily cap third‑party delivery charges, and let restaurants remit sales taxes quarterly.
The bill’s sponsor (introduced in the transcript as "Senator Tucker") told the committee the outdoor‑dining change would let restaurants expand seating without needing a new ABC permit if their alcohol‑permit type did not change, though they still must notify ABC and comply with local permitting. He described the delivery‑fee cap as a temporary 15 percent limit that would apply while the…
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