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Have a Senate bill sixty six representative Michael and then you're recognized for it please state your name for the record then you may begin. Represented many macalin House District ten. Thank you thank you committee thanks for having me back at this time I'm here just for a quick amendment representative Collins asked me to clarify a couple of words in this bill just to make it a little bit tighter and so I made that amendment yesterday on the floor it is engrossed and I would just ask for a good vote on it. Are there any questions. Seeing no questions there's no one signed up to speak for or against the bill what is the will of the committee motion to pass all in favor say aye opposed no congratulations you passed remitted thank you chairman thank you Committee. Next up we have. House Bill no wait a second yeah House Bill fourteen ninety eight. Representative brown you're recognized. Please state your name for the record and then you may begin. Thank you madam chair I met brown District fifty five Conway colleagues said house bill fourteen ninety eight is a I think in a way kind of a cleanup bill this involves microbrewery private club microbrewery restaurant in dry counties the bill does four things the first thing the bill does is in the case of a private club microbrewery restaurant it would amend the law to allow such restaurants to be able to sell beer wine and liquor and the reason for that changes under in our dry county such as far County a private club restaurant may sell beer wine liquor a private club microbrewery restaurant can only sell beer wine and the region statute and so we're simply amending that. Simply to make it Perry what we want to be able to compete with Chiles across history is what it is This bill doing so I think this supports our our local brewer homegrown business versus a corporate chain gone right down the street. Second thing this bill does is it changes some language in the existing statute which provides that in the event of a violation of the law the law is currently read says that the permit shall be revoked this changes this to a may be revoked in order to give the ABC limited discretion in addressing permit violations the reason for that is we can have a very technical violation or very minor violation of the law is written your permits gone whereas in case like private clubs and stuff the ABC has some discretion to look at the violation into an appropriate sanction which may be up to and including revocation but may also be a fine or maybe a warning or caution and I think that if anything by doing this we will make probably lead to better enforcement when it comes to microbreweries because right now inspector could very well be reluctant to write you up on a very technical violation because they know the penalty for that is you just lost your tire permit verses I mean rights of this violation because the penalty is a hundred dollar fine don't do it again kind of thing. the third thing this bill does is some cleanup language you may recall we had a bill earlier in the session where an issue came up with if you can observe someone drinking a beverage through a window is that advertising we pass a law that says that's not advertising well this doesn't clean up on our entertainment districts and provides that if a microbrewery restaurant is located in a legally established entertainment district then it can participate entertainment districts as well just like the private club across the street again and finally some more clean up for the bill of existing law is under existing law a microbrewery cannot advertise in terms of promoting the consumption of alcoholic beverages and this is a clean a provision which would provide that a microbrewery if it advertises just using the name of its restaurant that is not considered advertise promote the use of beverages I think example might be there is if you had advertisement the said come drink some beer at Bob's cafe still illegal but if you wanted to sponsor something in your name is listed name your business listing or program you know sponsored by local businesses such as Bob's cafe was clarifying that that's not consider promoting the consumption of alcoholic beverages it would be permitted in the statute currently we believe that there are three permittee's of this would actually affecting the state's microbreweries are so new we have worked with the ABC mystery injured before she left A. B. C. to get some language from them their blessing my understanding is I think all the groups now are good with the build some changes we made and I don't think there's any known opposition and with that I'd be glad to take any questions. Are there any questions. No questions we have done that holds who is here to speak for the bill. For any questions. Just introduce yourself for the record of the record my name is John and those of. Of. A representative G. as my representative and representative Matt brown is the representative of the other business partners. Are there any questions from Mister not hold. Seeing none we're glad that you're here today would you like to close for your bill thank you madam chair a committee I appreciate your indulgence and alcohol going to be a a tricky subject in this part the reason we have these laws are kind of as we as we change things over the years you know we would create some loopholes out there I think unintentionally this bill really just trying to trying to clean up some those loopholes essentially for those of us in dry counties allow our small business that has private club license to be able to compete with the Chiles in the outback down the road I'd greatly appreciate a good vote. Will of the committee what's the will of committee motion do pass. All in favor say aye. Opposed no congratulations your bill is passed thank you next we have. Senate bill sorry. Senate bill two eighty Senator Dismang you're recognized for senate bill just state your name for the. Record and then you may begin. Hi and I think I was talking so I think you're talking about me Jonathan Dismang in this is Senate bill two eighty this is a a pack brought to us by the ethics commission majority of it is clean up. And we have a president. Are there any questions. Thing no questions there's no one signed up to speak for against the bill would someone like to speak for the bill against the bill saying none with the will of the committee. I'm I'm happy to explain a little bit for his benefit. I'm I'm afraid we're going to get represented by the floor is going well I can't say that so if I can just just quickly the things that this bill does number one the way that works for their campaign contribution limits right now that is the dollar amount is actually set in statute that we've authorized or told the commission they have to adjust that for inflation every two years so it takes not just a rule change within a law change which could depend on where we are in the cycle you know delay the ability for that amount to be increased or decreased whatever happens with the question the second part of there's a number of the sections just clean up where they're putting their The statues that are already in the underneath ethics commission commissions your did jurisdiction sorry delicious statues are set forth in its enabling legislation and that's what sections two three four and five do the last not the last but there's that was setting Instone is already there the this is for the campaign signs at the capitol on cars it just stipulates here that that fine for that is a hundred fifty dollars I encourage each of you or whoever wants to repeal that probably not constitutional but again that's not what they were doing that's not for them just policy but they do need to put that in this particular section and one last Louis what is going to do is It It ties independent your campaign committees to have the same problem requirements as a candidate so that's for your you know end of quarter end of you know lection it's going to tight so that you can actually tell what's going to happen with those so it's going to tie those and I was kidding when I said lastly and the other just has to be if you bring a A complaint against someone based on being guilt found guilty of a a a public press crime you have to present some evidence of that when you're making your complaint I with that then I think I'd be happy to take any questions feel represent. Right will get you Senate. Representative Jane you're recognized the manager Senate is my. The bill stated you know the twenty seven hundred dollars but I think it was twenty eight hundred last cycle. Was twenty nine so the ethics commission will establish at maximum every election cycle by rule like I said right right now we requiring them to do it but we don't put it inside but in that requires a change to the law which of course then there could be a delay this kind of limits that issue okay thank you. Are there any other questions. Okay seeing no other questions what is the will of the committee. Motion to pass all in favor say aye. Does no congratulations your bill is passed. And with that. We're adjourned.