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Show 1 1 ; ..! . . . h-. , v,. .. 4. T 1 1 : - y, . V,5 rjfj .vi J k fjld Irvine, a member of it's new three-member I Control Commission, cjined functions of the I liquor Commissioners, Law Officers '.i Moab to Explain New Laws trials of the Utah Liquor ::j1 Commission and its irreement officers met r: residents of Grand, Sa.i ;i and Emery . counties Way, September 15, in the b City Council .Chamb-e .Chamb-e tf the courthouse. 'M forty people repre-!'.ng repre-!'.ng city officers,, county . r'-.sentatives, . police ot- -i, tavern owners and J Misled citizens met to ' r a member of the Liquor rrol Commission, Gerald . ' discuss the hew liquor "rol act passed by - the j session of the Utah leg-rare. leg-rare. Earlier Law Reviewed Irvine began the mee'.-I mee'.-I ith a summary of the law and a review of legislation. Prior to the lament of the new law, j -rJents of the state were f 1 stled to join locker 5 which were non-profit -(rations and these clubs , ' "( not required to pay a 't licensing. Under for-': for-': statutes, a club was 'a license to operate as r club after they had "' articles of incorpora-;w'lli incorpora-;w'lli the state. They no fee except a small required for filing "r incorporation artic- new liquor law ifr a full house gathered in the Moab City Council chambers Monday. Also speaking was Utah's les. In addition to this, . the club had to present a bond of $5000 to insure that the club would abide by the liquor li-quor laws of the state. . No law .enforcement by the state was ' "possible and it was left to the cities and counties to. regulate clubs within their boundaries. Some counties were quite restrictive restrict-ive in deciding which clubs were to be licensed and which were not. In other counties enforcement was negligable and liquor by the drink was not hard to come - by, Mr. Irvine said. In any case, all enforcement was left to the cities and counties. coun-ties. Brown Bag Law The same statute that provided pro-vided for licenses of private clubs also brought about the brown bag law and permitted permit-ted people to bring their own liquor into a club or restaurant restaur-ant and pour their own drink. This portion of the law is unchanged and anyone is still permitted to bring their own bottle into a club if they so desire, unless the management objects. This, Mr. Irvine stated, has be come a real part of the liquor liqu-or law business and a part of every county in the state. Director of Public Safety, Raymond Jackson. Local government gov-ernment leaders were (also in attendance. Van Winkle Liquor Bill After the unsuccessful attempt at-tempt of those preferring liquor-by-the- drink, Richard Van Winkle, the man who had solicited funds to kill the by-the-drink law on the last ballot, organized a committee com-mittee to assist in the formation forma-tion of new laws to protect people against the "evils of liquor by the drink." Mr. Van Winkle and his committee carried with them the support sup-port of a great many of the people who had voted against again-st the liquor proposal last November. After a great deal of study, stu-dy, the committee drafted a new law calling for the sale of mini-bottles in toe state. This law was subjected subject-ed to many public hearings and debates and was changed chang-ed by many people involved in the measure and finally passed by the 1969 session of the state legislature. Two New Outlets This new law provides for two outlets of the mini bottles bot-tles in addition to the regular reg-ular state stores now in operation. op-eration. These outlets will be able to sell bottles of not more than 2 ozs. of "hard liquor" or more than a one pint bottle of wine. The new outlets will be in the locker clubs and in restaurants. This law brought about the creation of a liquor commission commis-sion with three full time paid members and an enforcement en-forcement division of 15 men headed by Mr. Bob Carver, which will aid local officers in enforcement of the new law. There is also a citizens committee which will be the eyes and ears of the commission, commis-sion, will meet with the commission at least four times a year, and will oversee over-see the enforcement of the new law. This committee will also have the authority io conduct investigations into in-to violations and prosecute if they feel it is necessary. Under the new law, to be licensed, a club would have to file a new application within 60 days from the day the law became effective, May 15. If their application was judged acceptable by the commission which is now the licensing agency, the club would be required to abide by the new laws. Non-Profif Locker Clubs A file fee of $500 would be assessed' against the filing club with annual license fees of $500. In addition, the club would have to post a $7500 bond to insure compliance with the law. A floor plan of the club would have to be submitted to the state with the location of lockers for club members. Each member mem-ber who keeps a bottle at the club would be required to place this bottle in a locker lock-er with his name and number num-ber on both the bottle and locker. In addition, the person per-son in charge of the club would be responsible for insuring in-suring that each bottle placed plac-ed in a locker was purchased purchas-ed in the state of Utah. The locker must be kept locked' at all times when not in use. A copy of the articles of incorporation of the club would have to be submited to the state with a copy of the by-laws to show how a club operates and how it is considered to be non-profit. A certificate showing that the club is exempt from federal fed-eral income tax will also have to be submitted. A locker lo-cker club will also be required re-quired to file a copy of audit au-dit before the license is issued is-sued and finally the club will have to be approved by local loc-al authorities (police). In all cases the local authorities will have the final right of permission in the granting of a license. For $25 extra, a club may apply for a state liquor store to be established in their building. The space for the store would be rented to the State for $25 per month and would be run by a state agent who would be paid by the club. Before the commission com-mission can establish a store on private property they must have the permission of the local authorities. These stores within the locker club would sell any liquor and would not be limited to mini bottles. Restauranh Sales In- order for a restaurant to become a mini-bottle outlet, out-let, they must file an application appli-cation accompanied by a fee of $25 for establishing a state liquor store. A floor plan of the restaurant must also be submitted along with the plan for the proposed pro-posed location of the liquor store. This must be approved approv-ed by the commission. The restaurant would be allowed to stock only mini-bottles of liquor and pints of wine. The store would be open for sale of these beverages after four p.m. on week days and after af-ter 12 noon on Sundays. The liquor store would be required re-quired to close at 12 midnight mid-night each night. Only patrons pa-trons of the restaurant w ill toe allowed to buy bottles from the store on the premises. prem-ises. The restaurant owner would put up a bond of $1000 to assure compliance win the law. The liquor store within the restaurant will be required to be open during the hours mentioned earlier although the restaurant itself it-self could be open longer. The restaurant will be required re-quired to make an accounting account-ing to the state for all beverages bev-erages it buys or sells. Periodic Per-iodic checks will be made by state officials to assure that the restaurant or club is obeying the new law. Stale Moneys Used The $1 million formerly appropriated by the staia from liquor revenues to t'.ie cities will still be appropriated appropria-ted but with some new stipulations. stipu-lations. The money allotted to each city must be spent in the enforcement of the new statute. In addition to this the city must add 25 per cent of what they get to the money from the state for enforcement or programs leading to enforcement of the new law. Sheriff Has Power The County Sheriff will have the authority to enforce the laws within the city but this will not relieve the city police of their duties of enforcement. en-forcement. The state officers offi-cers will also have the power pow-er to enforce this statute. The enforcement agency under un-der the direction of Mr. Carver Car-ver will aid these officials in any problems they may have, including obtaining evidence ev-idence for arrests. The new liquor law also regulates the whereabouts of the licensed clubs. The association will watch out for the welfare of the general gen-eral public. The control commission began processing claims from businessmen's clubs, fraternal clubs and supper clubs and thus far has issued licenses to 23 organizations, with around 2D others pending pend-ing investigation, including the Monticello Country Club. There have been arresls made on 12 of the major clubs in the Salt Lake area for violations of the new law. Many are presently in court and others are awaiting await-ing action. Mr. Irvine and Raymond iJackson, commissioner of public safety, were very emphatic em-phatic in their wishes to assist as-sist operators with the law so everyone could live within with-in its boundaries. Several Moab men including includ-ing City Councilman John Mullin, felt the law w;ould te hard to enforce in view of the fact that minors would be allowed in the same establishment es-tablishment where liquor was served. |