Modifies provisions relating to the establishment of certain entertainment districts, the official text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                  [TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]

                      HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

               HOUSE BILL NO. 2057

               103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

    3896H.03T                   2026

                                           AN ACT

    To amend chapter 311, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the establishment
             of certain entertainment districts.

    Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

    Section A. Chapter 311, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be

2 known as section 311.083, to read as follows:

    311.083. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:

2   (1) "Common area", any public area within an entertainment district and any

3 area of a public right-of-way that is within the entertainment district. "Common area"

4 shall not include areas open to the public that are located within an establishment

5 licensed under this chapter;

6   (2) "Entertainment district", any area in any county that:

7   (a) a. Borders on or that contains part of a lake with no less than one thousand

8 miles of shoreline and that is located in any city with more than four thousand four

9 hundred but fewer than four thousand nine hundred inhabitants and partially located

10 in a county with more than forty thousand but fewer than fifty thousand inhabitants; or

11  b. Borders the Missouri river, and that is located in any city with more than

12 forty-six thousand but fewer than fifty-one thousand inhabitants;

13  (b) Contains a combination of entertainment venues, bars, nightclubs,

14 restaurants, and other licensed establishments and common areas; and

15  (c) Is designated as such by an ordinance of the governing body of the city;

    EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
    intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
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16  (3) "Portable bar", any bar, table, kiosk, cart, or stand that is not a permanent

17 fixture and can be moved from place to place.

18  2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, any

19 person who possesses the qualifications required under this chapter, and who meets the

20 requirements of and complies with the provisions of this chapter, may apply for, and the

21 supervisor of alcohol and tobacco control may issue, an entertainment district special

22 license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink for retail for consumption dispensed from

23 one or more licensed establishments including, but not limited to, portable bars within

24 the entertainment district, until 1:30 a.m. on Mondays through Saturdays and from 6:00

25 a.m. on Sundays and until 1:30 a.m. on Mondays.

26  3. An applicant granted an entertainment district special license under this

27 section shall pay a license fee of three hundred dollars per year.

28  4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, on such

29 days and at such times during the hours a licensee is allowed under this chapter to sell

30 alcoholic beverages, licensed establishments holding an entertainment district special

31 license under this section, may allow persons to leave the licensed premises located in

32 portions of the entertainment district with an alcoholic beverage and enter upon and

33 consume the alcoholic beverage within other licensed establishments and common areas

34 located in portions of the entertainment district. No person shall take any alcoholic

35 beverage or alcoholic beverages outside the boundaries of the entertainment district.

36  5. Every licensee within the entertainment district shall serve alcoholic

37 beverages in containers that display and contain the licensee's trade name or logo or

38 some other mark that is unique to that license and licensee.

39  6. The holder of an entertainment district special license is solely responsible for

40 alcohol violations occurring on its premises, including any portable bar, and in any

41 common area.

42  7. The governing body of the city in which the entertainment district is located

43 shall be authorized to adopt by ordinance procedures for approval or rejection of such

44 entertainment districts as well as rules and regulations for conduct and enforcement

45 thereof consistent with this section.

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