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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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A N A C T

RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- REGULATION OF SALES

     Introduced By: Representatives Winfield, Hull, and Gallison

     Date Introduced: February 27, 2013

     Referred To: House Corporations

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 3-8 of the General Laws entitled "Regulation of Sales" is hereby

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amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     3-8-17. Purchase and consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors in the military.

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-- (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general or public laws to the contrary, any individual

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eighteen (18) years of age, but younger than twenty-one (21) years of age who presents a valid

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and current military identification evidencing that the person is serving in a branch of the

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uniformed military services of the United States may:

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     (1) Enter onto and remain on any premises licensed to sell beverages as defined in this

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title;

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     (2) Purchase or have beverages as defined in this title served or delivered to him or her at

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the licensed premises;

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     (3) Receive beverages as defined in this title at the licensed premises for consumption to

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the extent permitted by the premises license; and

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     (4) Possess beverages as defined in this title on the licensed premises for his or her own

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use to the extent possession is not inconsistent with the premises license.

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     (b) Any person who aids or assists an individual eighteen (18) years of age or older but

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younger than twenty-one (21) years of age who is currently serving in a branch of the uniformed

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military services of the United States in purchasing, obtaining, or possessing beverages as defined

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in this title shall not be in violation of any provision of this chapter.

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     SECTION 2. Section 3-8-6.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-8 entitled "Regulation of

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Sales" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     3-8-6.2. Unlawful use of identification cards. -- (a) It is be unlawful for any person:

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      (1) To display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his or her possession any

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cancelled, revoked, suspended, fictitious, or fraudulently altered official Rhode Island or United

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States Military identification card;

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      (2) To lend his or her Rhode Island or United States Military identification card to any

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other person or knowingly permit the use of the card by another person;

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      (3) To display or represent as one's own the Rhode Island or United States Military

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identification card of another;

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      (4) To fail or refuse to surrender to the division of motor vehicles upon lawful demand

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any Rhode Island or United States Military identification card which has been suspended,

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revoked, or cancelled;

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      (5) To use a false or fictitious name in any application for a Rhode Island or United

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States Military identification card or to knowingly make a false statement or to knowingly

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conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application;

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      (6) To knowingly permit any unlawful use of his or her Rhode Island or United States

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Military identification card; and

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      (7) To aid or assist another to fraudulently obtain a Rhode Island or United States

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Military identification card.

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      (b) Any violation of subdivisions (a)(1) through (a)(7) of this section is punishable as a

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misdemeanor.

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     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- REGULATION OF SALES

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     This act would permit any person over eighteen (18) years of age and under twenty-one

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(21) years of age who is currently serving in the uniformed services of the United States military

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to consume alcoholic beverages.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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