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SENATE BILL NO. 1269 – Alcohol, sell to minor, penalties

SENATE BILL NO. 1269

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S1269......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
ALCOHOL - MINORS - Amends and adds to existing law relating to violations
of laws governing alcohol beverages to provide a felony punishment for a
second conviction of providing alcohol to a minor; and to provide that
purchase, consumption or possession of an alcohol beverage by a minor shall
be a misdemeanor.

03/09    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/10    Rpt prt - to St Aff
03/11    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/12    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/15    3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-1-1
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
      Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
      Stennett, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler
      NAYS--Whitworth
      Absent and excused--Parry
    Floor Sponsor - Riggs
    Title apvd - to House
03/16    House intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/18    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/19    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
    Rules susp - PASSED - 33-25-12
      AYES -- Bell, Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Crow, Denney, Ellsworth,
      Field(13), Field(20), Geddes, Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23), Henbest,
      Hornbeck, Jaquet, Kempton, Kendell, Lake, Loertscher, Mader, Marley,
      Meyer(Duncan), Montgomery, Moyle, Robison, Sali, Smylie, Stevenson,
      Tippets, Watson, Wheeler, Wood
      NAYS -- Barraclough, Bieter, Black, Chase, Cuddy, Deal, Gagner,
      Hansen(29), Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kunz, Limbaugh, McKague, Pischner,
      Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Sellman, Smith, Stoicheff, Stone,
      Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      Absent and excused -- Alltus, Barrett, Campbell, Clark, Gould,
      Linford, Mortensen, Schaefer, Taylor, Tilman, Trail, Williams
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/22    To enrol - rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/23    To Governor
03/29    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 397
         Effective: 07/01/99

Bill Text


S1269


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                                   SENATE BILL NO. 1269

                                BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO VIOLATIONS OF LAWS GOVERNING ALCOHOL BEVERAGES;  AMENDING  SECTION
 3        23-603,  IDAHO CODE, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 3, SENATE BILL 1123, AS ENACTED
 4        BY THE FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FIFTH IDAHO LEGISLATURE, TO PRO-
 5        VIDE THAT A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE SHALL CONSTITUTE  A  FELONY;  AND
 6        AMENDING CHAPTER 6, TITLE 23, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION
 7        23-604, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT PURCHASE, CONSUMPTION OR POSSESSION OF
 8        AN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE BY A MINOR SHALL BE A MISDEMEANOR.

 9    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

10        SECTION 1.  That Section 23-603, Idaho Code, as amended by Section 3, Sen-
11    ate  Bill  1123,  as  enacted  by the First Regular Session of the Fifty-fifth
12    Idaho Legislature be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

13        23-603.  DISPENSING TO MINOR. Any person who shall sell, give, or furnish,
14    or cause to be sold, given, or furnished, alcohol beverage, including any dis-
15    tilled spirits, beer or wine, to a person under the  age  of  twenty-one  (21)
16    years shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.  A second or subsequent violation
17    of  this  section by the same defendant shall constitute a felony.  Upon
18    conviction of any person for a violation of the provisions  of  this  section,
19    the  court shall notify the director of the department of law enforcement. The
20    director shall review the circumstances of the conviction, and if the dispens-
21    ing took place at a licensed establishment or other retailer  or  distributor,
22    the  director  may take administrative action he considers appropriate against
23    the licensee or business including suspension of the license for not to exceed
24    six (6) months, a fine, or both such suspension and fine.

25        SECTION 2.  That Chapter 6, Title 23, Idaho Code,  be,  and  the  same  is
26    hereby  amended  by  the addition thereto of a  NEW SECTION , to be
27    known and designated as Section 23-604, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:

28        23-604.  MINORS -- PURCHASE, CONSUMPTION  OR  POSSESSION  PROHIBITED.  Any
29    person  under twenty-one (21) years of age who shall purchase, attempt to pur-
30    chase, or otherwise consume or possess any  alcohol  beverage,  including  any
31    distilled spirits, beer or wine, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
32    punished according to the schedule set out in section 18-1502, Idaho Code.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                     STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                           RS 09198

This is a trailer bill to S1123. Two sentences were
inadvertently deleted. This was not the intent. This bill
would reinstate those two sentences.







                         FISCAL NOTE









CONTACT:  Senator Jack Riggs
          332-1341
          

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE      S1269