HB 340 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0368
08/06
HOUSE BILL 340
AN ACT permitting the designation of an open container area for the consumption of
alcoholic beverages.
SPONSORS: Rep. Vann, Hills. 24; Rep. Conley, Straf. 13
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows a municipality to designate an outdoor area as an open container area for the
consumption of alcoholic beverages.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 340 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0368
08/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT permitting the designation of an open container area for the consumption of
alcoholic beverages.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 New Section; Designated Open Container Area. Amend RSA 178 by inserting after section 27-
2 a the following new section:
3 178:27-b Designated Open Container Area. A municipality may establish an outdoor area on
4 municipally-owned property where containers of alcoholic beverages that have been purchased
5 legally may be opened and consumed.
6 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.