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Committee advances bill giving ATC short suspension power, shortens hearing deadline to 3 business days
Summary
The House Public Policy Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 5 as amended, giving the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission authority to impose short suspensions on alcoholic beverage retail permits when specified offenses occur on licensed premises and requiring a hearing within three business days; sponsors framed it as a public-safety tool and the amendment was adopted by consent.
Chair Representative Ethan Manning opened the committee hearing and introduced Senate Bill 5, presented by Senator Alting, saying the bill would give the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission (ATC) a mechanism to immediately suspend an alcoholic beverage retail permit when certain offenses occur repeatedly on the premises.
"What this bill basically does is a public safety bill that gives the ATC the authority to suspend an alcoholic beverage retail permit up to 5 days," Senator Alting said in his…
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