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Senate committee approves permit allowing alcohol sales on excursion trains

CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE · January 19, 2021
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Summary

The Senate City, County & Local Affairs Committee advanced Sen. Lance Eads’s bill to create a retail permit allowing excursion trains to sell and serve alcohol only while located in territory that permits sales; ABC director said existing age and overservice rules will apply.

Sen. Lance Eads presented legislation to establish a retail permit for excursion trains that would let operators sell and serve alcoholic beverages while the train is located within territory that authorizes alcohol sales. "This bill is a bill to establish a retail permit for an excursion train," Eads said, citing an example excursion service in Springdale.

The bill would limit service to times when the train is in counties that permit alcoholic-beverage sales, and…

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