HOUSE BILL 952

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Debbie A. Rodella

AN ACT

RELATING TO LICENSING; REQUIRING COMPLETION OF ALCOHOL SERVER TRAINING AND ISSUANCE OF A SERVER PERMIT PRIOR TO EMPLOYMENT AS A SERVER; ESTABLISHING A FEE FOR ISSUANCE OF SERVER PERMITS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 60-6E-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1999, Chapter 277, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:

     "60-6E-4. SERVER TRAINING AND PERMIT REQUIRED--ALCOHOL SERVICE OR SALES.--No person shall be employed as a server on a licensed premises unless that person [obtains within thirty days of employment] has successfully completed alcohol server training and has been issued a server permit by the division pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 60, Article 6E NMSA 1978."

     Section 2. Section 60-6E-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1999, Chapter 277, Section 8) is amended to read:

     "60-6E-7. SERVER PERMITS--ISSUANCE--OWNERSHIP--FEES.--

          A. The [director] division shall issue a server permit to each applicant who obtains a certificate of program completion and provides such other information as may be required by the director. The [director] division may, in the [director's] division's discretion, issue temporary server permits if circumstances warrant such issuance.

          B. Server permits shall not be issued to graduates of programs that are not approved by the [director] division.

          C. A server permit is the property of the server to whom it is issued.

          D. The [director] division may charge [a] an administrative fee not to exceed twenty dollars ($20.00) for the issuance of the server permit to be used by the division to defray the cost of issuing server permits and for the administration of the Alcohol Server Education Article of the Liquor Control Act.

          E. Server permits shall be valid for a period of [five] three years from the date the server permit was issued.

          F. A certificate of completion of an alcohol server education program issued pursuant to previous law shall remain valid until the date of its expiration."

     Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2005.

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