§ 6-102. Prohibited acts of licensees
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 37A. Alcoholic BeveragesEffective: November 1, 2022 to June 6, 2023
Effective: November 1, 2022 to June 6, 2023
37A Okl.St.Ann. § 6-102
§ 6-102. Prohibited acts of licensees
a. a mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public event, special event, bottle club, retail wine or retail beer licensee may employ servers or sales clerks who are at least eighteen (18) years of age, except persons under twenty-one (21) years of age may not serve in designated bar or lounge areas, and
b. a mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public event, special event or bottle club licensee may employ or hire musical bands who have musicians who are under eighteen (18) years of age if each such musician is either accompanied by a parent or legal guardian or has on their person, to be made available for inspection upon demand by any employee of the ABLE Commission or law enforcement officer, a written, notarized affidavit from the parent or legal guardian giving the underage musician permission to perform in designated bar or lounge areas;
b. sell or offer to sell to any person or group of persons any drinks at a price that is less than six percent (6%) below the markup of the cost to the mixed beverage licensee; provided, a mixed beverage licensee shall be permitted to offer these drink specials on any particular hour of any particular day and shall not be required to offer these drink specials for an entire calendar week or from open to close, and shall not be required to offer such drink specials at all venues operating under the same mixed beverage license; provided, a mixed beverage licensee selling wine, beer, or cocktails to-go shall be permitted to offer these to-go drinks at a different price than on-premises drinks,
Provided, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not prohibit the advertising or offering of food, entertainment or bottle service in licensed establishments;
5. Permit or allow any patron or person to exit the licensed premises with an open container of any alcoholic beverage. Provided, this prohibition shall not be applicable to closed original containers of alcoholic beverages which are carried from the licensed premises of a bottle club by a patron, closed original wine containers removed from the premises of restaurants, hotels and motels, or to closed original containers of alcoholic beverages transported to and from the place of business of a licensed caterer by the caterer or an employee of the caterer;
a. the licensee monitors and has the ability to control the dispensing of such beer or wine, or both, from the automated devices. “Automated device” shall mean any mechanized device capable of dispensing wine or beer, or both, directly to a patron in exchange for compensation that a licensee has received directly from the patron, and
b. each licensee offering a patron self-pour service of wine or beer, or both, from any automated device shall provide constant video monitoring of the automated device at all times during which the licensee is open to the public. The licensee shall keep recorded footage from the video monitoring for at least sixty (60) days, and shall provide the footage, upon request, to any agent of the Director of the ABLE Commission or other authorized law enforcement agent.
B. 1. The compensation required by subparagraph a of paragraph 8 of subsection A of this section shall be in the form of a radio frequency identification (RFID) device, mobile application or any other technology approved by the ABLE Commission containing a fixed amount of volume of thirty-two (32) ounces for beer and ten (10) ounces for wine that may be directly exchanged for beer or wine dispensed from the automated device:
2. In order to obtain an RFID device from a licensee, each patron shall produce a valid driver license, identification card or other government-issued document that contains a photograph of the individual and demonstrates that the individual is at least twenty-one (21) years of age. Each RFID device shall be programmed to require the production of the patron's valid identification before the RFID device can be used for the first time during any business day or for any subsequent reactivation.
b. any patron in possession of an inactive RFID device may, upon production of the patron's valid identification to the licensee or licensee's employee, have the RFID device reactivated to allow the dispensing of an additional ten (10) ounces of wine or thirty-two (32) ounces of beer from an automated device.
Paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this subsection shall not apply to wine or beer that is dispensed directly to the licensee or the licensee's agent or employee.
3. The patron remains on the connected, physical property of the licensee or in a public area adjacent to the physical property of the licensee with prior municipal approval; provided that written notice of the use of the connected, physical property of the licensee or public area shall be provided to the ABLE Commission at least five (5) days prior to such use.
Credits
Laws 2016, c. 366, § 142, eff. Oct. 1, 2018; Laws 2019, c. 421, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019; Laws 2020, c. 161, § 20, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020; Laws 2021, c. 185, § 1, emerg. eff. April 23, 2021; Laws 2021, c. 462, § 3, emerg. eff. May 10, 2021; Laws 2022, c. 300, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.
37A Okl. St. Ann. § 6-102, OK ST T. 37A § 6-102
Current with legislation of the First Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) and the First Extraordinary Session of the 59th Legislature (2023). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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