Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday January 25 2003 Utah A5 1 ' ' ! 'v' " A j ' - i Liquor laws on verge of change? SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lawmakers are poised for a major overhaul of the state's complex liquor laws this legislative session' “This is the most compremuch-malign- Utah Legislature ed hensive changes to liquor code since I’ve been up here” said Sen John Valentine Sen Ron Allen D4Slans-bur- y Park will be according to a copyright story in Friday's Deseret News Mormon church officials have met with regulators and legislative leaden about the proposed changes “Because of the church's interest in ' alcohol policy it was asked by the chairman of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission and by alcohol industry representatives to review proposed changes in the law" said Dale Bills spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints “So long as all elements of the proposal remain iniact the church has indicated it will not oppose the legislation" he said Nearly SO percent of the 104 part-tim- e legislators are members of the LDS Church which historically has taken an interest in liquor control in the state The church teaches abstinence from alcohol ed Lawmakers are to consider the bill as early as Wednesday Nicholas Hales chairman of the Alcoholic Beverage Con- trofCommission said Friday the 260-pag- e bill is still being tweaked and modified but should be ready for public release next week “Our overall concern and the driving motivation behind these changes is to address the issues of overconsumption and abuse of alcohol by minors" he said Ken Wynn director of department of Alcoholic Bev- erageCdntrol called the bill-massive undertaking going back 10 to 2 years And it still doesn't settle all issues the commission would like to address The legislation will address everything from license fees to the profit margin on liquor and the sie of the drinks that are served to the makeup of private clubs In the last overhaul in WO Utah lawmakers banned in favor of metered drinks prohibited beer-ke- g sales and did away w ith happy hours 1 1 mini-bottl- es ' Ti- But consumer frustration and confusion persisted The arcane laws came in for repeated drubbing by the intematiqnal press during the 2002 Winter Games “There are some things that will be loosened up and there are probably some things people are not going to like” Wynn said “It's a little bit of give and take on both sides” Steve Barth who represents the Utah hospitality industry said Utah restaurants and bars are comfortable with the changes He agreed the revisions are significant Highlights of the proposal include: New “limited" restaurant licenses allowing beer and wine only Limit on taverns to one per 225(H) population No sponsorship required at private dubs visitors pay $4 for three-wee- k membership Markup on liquor to increase from 61 percent to 63 percent Alcohol advertising amended to comply with recent higher court rulings Tougher laws on the sale of alcohol to a minor to class B and A misdemeanor Friday & SaturdayQnly Sale! vr "t ' JlltfrSsifc Half tilltn It H tat Wtrn Family Shasta Befnd lCrt Soda Pop till Dnorlta - Lays : Potato (hips charges The beer tax increase has not vet been determined ES j33£4 1 £r AP photo Beau Santino Maestas 19 is lead into the courtroom for an extradition hearing in Nephi Utah on Friday sister refused extradition to Nevada where they During separate hearings Maestas and his sister paraare wanted in a butcher knife rampage that left a girl dead and her a lyzed in Mesquite NV The Maestas were arrested Wednesday on Interstate 15 near the A state lines court date was set for February Utah-Arizon- Suspects in child’s fatal It WftbmFmlyUH stabbing fight extradition Two murder teenage suspects arc fighting extradition from Utah to Nevada where they arc wanted in a butcher knife ramgirl page that left a sisdead and her ter paralyzed Beau Santino Maestas I1) and his sister Monique Maestas refused extradition during separate hearings Friday in Nephi Utah where they have been held since their arrest Wednesday Maestas confessed to police and said the stabhings in Mesquite were in retaliation for a drug rip-oThe victims' mother and her boyfriend denied that the stah-binWednesday had anything to do with drugs and called on prosecutors to seek the death penalty Nevada Gov Kenny Guinn will ask Utah Gov Mike LAN VEGAS (AIM ff gs Ix'avitt for an order to return Beau and Monique Maestas to face charges including murder and attempted murder said Keith Muiiro Guinn's general counsel in Carson City “We don’t have any doubt that they will Iv returned" Munro said adding that it could lake 30 days Security in the courtroom1 was tight with both suspects wearing bulletproof vests over orange jail jump suits and Hanked by court officers Judge Donald Eyre ordered them held in the Juab County jail but suggested Monique Maestas lv taken to a juvenile detention facility in Provo Utah The two who have family in Salt Lake City were arrested on Interstate 15 about 260 miles northeast of Mesquite a Nevada desert town about KO miles from Las Vegas near the Utah-Arion- in Cottonwood Wash near Bluff Charges were first filed the following year The charges included desecration of a corpse a felony Three times district judges dismissed charges but they were reinstated by appeals courts Last November Jeanne Redd 44 pleaded no contest to a reduced misdemeanor count of attempted abuse or desecration of a body She entered an Alford plea meaning she Instant White Rice (mil M&M's Candies stale lines a A third teen in the car Sab- rina Bantam IS of Salt Lake City was questioned and released without being charged Clark County District Attorney David Roger said the case might qualify lor the death penalty because of the circum- stances "He thought he was buying $ 25 worth of ( methampheta-mine)- " JfJM Wntfn rangy Pork & ' ttln WntffnFangy “ cll't? 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