FORTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2009

March 18, 2009

Mr. Speaker:

    Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

SENATE BILL 608, as amended

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

1. Strike all senate judiciary committee amendments.

     2. Strike all items in Senate Floor Amendment number 1.

     3. On page 1, line 11, strike "LICENSED" and strike line 12 in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof "RESTAURANT THAT SELLS BEER AND WINE AND DERIVES NO LESS THAN SIXTY PERCENT OF ITS ANNUAL".

     4. On page 2, strike lines 18 through 20 in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof:

                     "(b) a restaurant licensed to sell only beer and wine that derives no less than sixty percent of its annual gross receipts from the sale of food for consumption on the premises, unless the restaurant has a sign posted, in a conspicuous location at each public entrance, prohibiting the carrying of firearms, or the person is verbally instructed by the owner or manager that the carrying of a firearm is not permitted in the restaurant;".,

and thence referred to the JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.