HB 2057

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
  [TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]
  HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  HOUSE BILL NO. 2057
  103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 3896H.03T  2026
  AN ACT
 To amend chapter 311, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the establishment
  of certain entertainment districts.
 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
  Section A. Chapter 311, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 311.083, to read as follows:
  311.083. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
2(1) "Common area", any public area within an entertainment district and any
3 area of a public right-of-way that is within the entertainment district. "Common area"
4 shall not include areas open to the public that are located within an establishment
5 licensed under this chapter;
6(2) "Entertainment district", any area in any county that:
7(a) a. Borders on or that contains part of a lake with no less than one thousand
8 miles of shoreline and that is located in any city with more than four thousand four
9 hundred but fewer than four thousand nine hundred inhabitants and partially located
10 in a county with more than forty thousand but fewer than fifty thousand inhabitants; or
11b. Borders the Missouri river, and that is located in any city with more than
12 forty-six thousand but fewer than fifty-one thousand inhabitants;
13(b) Contains a combination of entertainment venues, bars, nightclubs,
14 restaurants, and other licensed establishments and common areas; and
15(c) Is designated as such by an ordinance of the governing body of the city;
 EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
 intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
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16(3) "Portable bar", any bar, table, kiosk, cart, or stand that is not a permanent
17 fixture and can be moved from place to place.
182. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, any
19 person who possesses the qualifications required under this chapter, and who meets the
20 requirements of and complies with the provisions of this chapter, may apply for, and the
21 supervisor of alcohol and tobacco control may issue, an entertainment district special
22 license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink for retail for consumption dispensed from
23 one or more licensed establishments including, but not limited to, portable bars within
24 the entertainment district, until 1:30 a.m. on Mondays through Saturdays and from 6:00
25 a.m. on Sundays and until 1:30 a.m. on Mondays.
263. An applicant granted an entertainment district special license under this
27 section shall pay a license fee of three hundred dollars per year.
284. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, on such
29 days and at such times during the hours a licensee is allowed under this chapter to sell
30 alcoholic beverages, licensed establishments holding an entertainment district special
31 license under this section, may allow persons to leave the licensed premises located in
32 portions of the entertainment district with an alcoholic beverage and enter upon and
33 consume the alcoholic beverage within other licensed establishments and common areas
34 located in portions of the entertainment district. No person shall take any alcoholic
35 beverage or alcoholic beverages outside the boundaries of the entertainment district.
365. Every licensee within the entertainment district shall serve alcoholic
37 beverages in containers that display and contain the licensee's trade name or logo or
38 some other mark that is unique to that license and licensee.
396. The holder of an entertainment district special license is solely responsible for
40 alcohol violations occurring on its premises, including any portable bar, and in any
41 common area.
427. The governing body of the city in which the entertainment district is located
43 shall be authorized to adopt by ordinance procedures for approval or rejection of such
44 entertainment districts as well as rules and regulations for conduct and enforcement
45 thereof consistent with this section.
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