SENATE BILL 10

44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

INTRODUCED BY

John Arthur Smith

AN ACT

RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITIES; ALLOWING MINORS NINETEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN RESTAURANTS AND CLUBS.

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

Section 1. Section 60-7B-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981, Chapter 39, Section 91, as amended) is amended to read:

"60-7B-11. EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS.--

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, it [~~shall be~~] is a violation of the Liquor Control Act for any person licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Liquor Control Act or for any employee, agent or lessee of that person knowingly to employ or use the service of any minor in the sale and service of alcoholic beverages.

B. A person holding a dispenser's, restaurant or club license may employ persons nineteen years of age or older to serve alcoholic beverages that will be consumed with meals on the premises."

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