FIFTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION

March 4, 2021

 

SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT number __4__ to  HOUSE TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 255, as amended

Amendment sponsored by Senator George K. Munoz

    1. On page 22, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following new sections:

    "SECTION 10. Section 60-6A-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981, Chapter 39, Section 19) is amended to read:

    "60-6A-2. RETAILER'S LICENSE.--

         A. In any local option district, a person qualified under the provisions of the Liquor Control Act may apply for and be issued a retailer's license for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages.

         B. A retailer's license, when issued, shall only be used by the person to whom the license is issued and shall only be used within the licensed premises, pursuant to provisions of the Liquor Control Act.

         C. In any local option district within a class B county having a population of between fifty-six thousand and fifty-seven thousand according to the 1980 federal decennial census, a person with a retailer's of dispenser’s license that sells retail gasoline on the premises shall not sell alcoholic beverages other than beer with less than ten percent alcohol by volume."

    SECTION 11. Section 60-6A-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981, Chapter 39, Section 20) is amended to read:

    "60-6A-3. DISPENSER'S LICENSE.--

         A. In any local option district, a person qualified under the provisions of the Liquor Control Act may apply for and be issued a dispenser's license for the sale of alcoholic beverages.

         B. A dispenser's license, when issued, shall only be used by the person to whom the license is issued and shall only be used within the licensed premises, pursuant to provisions of the Liquor Control Act.

         C. In any local option district within a class B county having a population of between fifty-six thousand and fifty-seven thousand according to the 1980 federal decennial census, a person with a dispenser's license that sells retail gasoline on the premises shall not sell alcoholic beverages other than beer with less than ten percent alcohol by volume."".

    2. Renumber the succeeding sections accordingly.

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                                    George K. Munoz

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          (Chief Clerk)                (Chief Clerk)

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