An act TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ALCOHOLIC 10 BEVERAGES, the official text

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.

1 State of Arkansas      A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                            SENATE BILL 635

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5 By: Senator C. Penzo

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8                        For An Act To Be Entitled

9               AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ALCOHOLIC

10              BEVERAGES; TO AUTHORIZE BOTTLE LOCKERS IN CERTAIN

11              RESTAURANTS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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14                       Subtitle

15                       TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ALCOHOLIC

16                       BEVERAGES; AND TO AUTHORIZE BOTTLE

17                       LOCKERS IN CERTAIN RESTAURANTS.

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19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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21         SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 3, Chapter 9, Subchapter 2, is amended

22 to add an additional section to read as follows:

23         3-9-243. Bottle lockers in restaurants -- Definition.

24         (a) As used in this section, "bottle locker" means a storage system,

25 such as an individual locker or cabinet, within a restaurant where the

26 restaurant stores bottles of alcoholic beverages purchased and for

27 consumption by a guest for which the guest pays a storage fee to the

28 restaurant.

29         (b) A restaurant located in a wet territory that has been issued an

30 on-premises consumption permit to sell and serve alcoholic beverages may

31 offer to a guest of the restaurant the option of the use of a bottle locker

32 to store alcoholic beverages for later consumption at the restaurant by the

33 guest.

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