Senate Bill 1452 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 57-3-106, specifically addressing the local option for municipalities to permit the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. The bill modifies the existing legal language by deleting the previous subdivision and replacing it with a new provision that allows municipalities incorporated for five years or longer to hold a local option election to permit these activities. However, this provision excludes counties with populations between 65,000 and 70,000 based on the 1970 federal census or any subsequent census.

The bill stipulates that if a municipality votes in favor of permitting alcoholic beverages, such activities will be lawful regardless of the county's voting outcome on the matter. This law will remain in effect until the municipality's voters decide to prohibit it through a majority vote in a subsequent local option election. The act is set to take effect immediately upon becoming law, emphasizing the public welfare aspect of the legislation.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 57-3-106(b)(1), 57-3-106