LRB-3918/1
PEN:skg:ks
1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE
June 26, 1995 - Introduced by Representatives Morris-Tatum, Wasserman, R.
Young, Schneiders, Urban, La Fave, Carpenter, Coggs and L. Young,
cosponsored by Senator Burke. Referred to Committee on State Affairs.
AB460,1,2
1An Act to amend 134.77 (4); and
to create 134.77 (3m) of the statutes;
relating
2to: the permitted size of malt liquor containers and providing a penalty.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits the sale and offering for sale in this state of containers of malt
liquor that contain more than a quart of that beverage. A person who violates that
prohibition is liable for a forfeiture of not more than $500 for a first offense, for a
forfeiture of not more than $1,000 for a 2nd offense and for revocation of the person's
license to sell alcohol beverages for a 3rd offense.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB460, s. 1
3Section
1. 134.77 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
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134.77
(3m) Malt liquor containers. No person may sell or offer to sell at
5retail in this state any container of malt liquor that contains more than a quart of
6that beverage, if the town, city or village in which the sale or offer occurs has enacted
7an ordinance that forbids such a sale or offer.
AB460, s. 2
8Section
2. 134.77 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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134.77
(4) Penalty. Any person who violates sub. (2) or (3) shall forfeit not more
10than $500 for each violation. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
11Any person who violates sub. (3m) shall forfeit not more than $500 for a first offense,
1not more than $1,000 for a 2nd offense and shall be subject to revocation of that
2person's license to sell alcohol beverages for a 3rd offense.
AB460,2,54
(1)
This act takes effect on the first day of the 6th month beginning after
5publication.
