AB375

Existing law authorizes certain establishments to sell alcoholic beverages by the drink for consumption on the premises of the establishment. (NRS 369.090, 369.620) Existing law also authorizes a retail liquor store, or a delivery support service acting on behalf of a retail liquor store, to deliver liquor, in its original package, to a consumer in connection with a retail sale of such liquor under certain circumstances. (NRS 369.489) Section 1 of this bill defines “covered food establishment” to mean, in general, a food establishment that prepares and serves food on the premises and which is licensed to sell at retail alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises. Section 1 authorizes the board of county commissioners of a county or the governing body of an incorporated city to enact an ordinance authorizing, under such conditions as may be imposed by the ordinance, a covered food establishment to sell at retail an alcoholic beverage in a container sealed by the establishment for consumption off the premises of the establishment. Section 1 also authorizes the ordinance to authorize a covered food establishment, or a delivery support service acting on behalf of such an establishment, to deliver alcoholic beverages in a container sealed by the establishment to a consumer in connection with the retail sale of such an alcoholic beverage. Sections 1 and 2 of this bill exempt such deliveries from certain provisions of law governing the transport of liquor. Existing law requi