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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR

Robinson

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

HB

SHORT TITLE

Sunday Liquor Sales at 11:00 am

SB 866

ANALYST C. Sanchez

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

REVENUE (dollars in thousands)

Estimated Revenue

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY07

FY08

FY09

$0.1

$0.1 Recurring General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Department of Public Safety (DPS)

Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 866 would amend the Liquor Control Act to allow the on-premise consumption of

alcoholic beverages to begin at 11:00 am on Sundays instead of the current legal start time of

12:00 noon, in those local option districts that have elected to permit Sunday Sales by the drink.

The bill also increases the annual permit fee from $100.00 to $150.00.

Senate Bill 866 – Page

2

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

SB 866 would increase revenue received from Sunday Sales by the Drink permits. The bill

allows for an increase of $50.00 per permit. The total revenue received from the increase is

unknown, as it depends on the number of licensees who apply in any given year.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The bill does not amend subsection H of the statute which references package sales on Sundays.

Legal times for package sales would remain from 12:00 noon to 12:00 midnight. Enforcement

would be more complicated and confusion among the industry is likely to occur.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The change would require the Alcohol and Gaming Division staff to amend all renewal forms

and to monitor the payment of correct fees.

WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL

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Licensees will not be allowed to sell alcoholic beverages on Sunday until 12:00 p.m.

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Patrons will have to wait till 12:00 p.m. on Sunday before they can purchase alcohol.

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