Assembly Bill No. 125–Assemblymen Manendo, Anderson, Price, Williams, Chowning, Angle, Berman, Brower, Carpenter, Cegavske, Claborn, de Braga, Freeman, Gibbons, Gustavson, Koivisto, Leslie, McClain, Neighbors, Oceguera, Parks, Parnell and Von Tobel

 

February 13, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

SUMMARY—Prohibits business from employing, allowing or using person less than 21 years of age to distribute promotional materials that include offer for alcoholic beverages. (BDR 15‑131)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: Yes.

                                    Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to crimes; prohibiting a business from employing, using or allowing a person who is less than 21 years of age to distribute promotional materials that include an offer for alcoholic beverages; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1. Chapter 202 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-2  new section to read as follows:

1-3    1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, it is unlawful for a

1-4  person to employ, allow or use a person who is less than 21 years of age

1-5  to distribute promotional materials that include an offer for alcoholic

1-6  beverages for a business, including, without limitation, a gaming

1-7  establishment, a saloon, a resort or a restaurant.

1-8    2.  This section does not prohibit the employment of a person who is

1-9  less than 21 years of age to distribute a publication that includes an

1-10  advertisement for the sale of alcoholic beverages which is incident to the

1-11  publication.

1-12    3.  A person who violates subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

1-13    Sec. 2.  NRS 202.015 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-14    202.015  For the purposes of NRS 202.020 to 202.065, inclusive, and

1-15  section 1 of this act, “alcoholic beverage” means:

2-1    1.  Beer, ale, porter, stout and other similar fermented beverages,

2-2  including sake and similar products, of any name or description containing

2-3  one-half of 1 percent or more alcohol by volume, brewed or produced from

2-4  malt, wholly or in part, or from any substitute therefor.

2-5    2.  Any beverage obtained by the fermentation of the natural content of

2-6  fruits or other agricultural products containing sugar, of not less than one-

2-7  half of 1 percent of alcohol by volume.

2-8    3.  Any distilled spirits commonly referred to as ethyl alcohol, ethanol

2-9  or spirits of wine in any form, including all dilutions and mixtures thereof

2-10  from whatever process produced.

2-11    Sec. 3.  The amendatory provisions of this act do not apply to offenses

2-12  committed before October 1, 2001.

 

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