FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
                        FIRST SESSION, 1997             SB 1062/a
  
  
                                                   March 14, 1997
  
  Mr. President:
  
      Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
  
                          SENATE BILL 1062
  
  has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation
  that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
  
      1.  On page 1, line 12, after the first semicolon insert
  "DEFINING RESALE DISPENSER;".
  
      2.  On page 1, line 13, after "AMENDING" insert "AND ENACTING".
  
      3.  On page 6, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following new
  subsection:
  
          "S.  "resale dispenser" means a retailer licensed pursuant
  to the provisions of the Liquor Control Act who purchases alcoholic
  beverages from a licensed wholesaler for resale to another
  retailer;".
  
      4.  Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.
  
      5.  On page 8, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following
  new section:
  
      "Section 3.  A new section of the Liquor Control Act is enacted
  to read:
      "[NEW MATERIAL]  RESALE DISPENSER--PERMITS--CERTAIN SALES
  PROHIBITED.--
  
          A.  A resale dispenser shall apply for and display on the
  licensed retail premises a resale permit approved by the department. 
  The resale dispenser shall not solicit sales of alcoholic beverages
  from other retailers.  A resale dispenser shall purchase alcoholic
  beverages only from a licensed wholesaler.                                
      
  
  
  
  
          B.  A resale dispenser shall not resell more than five
  hundred dollars ($500) worth of alcoholic beverages per year per
  retailer.
  
          C.  A retailer shall not purchase alcoholic beverages from
  a resale dispenser to avoid the credit extension prohibition
  provided in Section 60-7A-9 NMSA 1978."
  
      Section 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
  provisions of this act is January 1, 1998.".
  
                               Respectfully submitted,
  
  
  
                               __________________________________
                               Shannon Robinson, Chairman 
  
  
  
  Adopted_______________________   Not Adopted_______________________
            (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
  
  
                    Date ________________________
  
  
  The roll call vote was  5  For  0  Against
          Yes:    5
          No:     0
               Excused:     Garcia, Ingle, Rodarte, Smith
          Absent: None
  
  
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