Existing law authorizes certain establishments to sell alcoholic beverages by the drink for consumption on the premises of the establishment. (NRS 369.090, 369.620) Existing law also authorizes a retail liquor store, or a delivery support service acting on behalf of a retail liquor store, to deliver liquor, in its original package, to a consumer in connection with a retail sale of such liquor under certain circumstances. (NRS 369.489) Section 1 of this bill defines “covered food establishment” to mean, in general, a food establishment that prepares and serves food on the premises and which is licensed to sell at retail alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises. Section 1 authorizes the board of county commissioners of a county or the governing body of an incorporated city to enact an ordinance authorizing, under such conditions as may be imposed by the ordinance, a covered food establishment to sell at retail an alcoholic beverage in a container sealed by the manufacturer or the establishment for consumption off the premises of the establishment. Section 1 also authorizes the ordinance to authorize a covered food establishment, or a delivery support service acting on behalf of such an establishment, to deliver alcoholic beverages in a container sealed by the manufacturer or the establishment to a consumer in connection with the retail sale of such an alcoholic beverage. Sections 1 and 2 of this bill exempt such deliveries from certain provisions of law governing the transport of liquor. Existing law requires the Director of the Department of Public Safety to establish the Ignition Interlock Program. Existing law creates the Account for the Ignition Interlock Program. Permissible uses of money in the Account include treatment assistance, outreach programs, educational programs and training and enforcement activities relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or a prohibited substance. (NRS 484C.454) Section 5.5 of this bill changes the name of the Program to the Ignition Interlock and DUI Reduction Program and expands the purposes for which money in the Account may be used. Section 1 requires the Department of Taxation to adopt regulations that provide for the imposition and collection of a surcharge, not to exceed 50 cents for each retail sale of an alcoholic beverage pursuant to section 1, which must be used for the purposes for which the money in the Account is used. Existing law establishes various symbols of the State of Nevada. (NRS 235.020-235.140) Section 5 of this bill designates the traditional Basque drink known as the Picon Punch as the official state drink of the State of Nevada.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 369.490, 369.620, 369.625
Reprint 1: 369.490, 484C.454
BDR: 369.490, 369.620, 369.625