CHAPTER 313
HB 1227 - FINAL VERSION
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2016 SESSION
16-2024
10/09
HOUSE BILL 1227
AN ACT repealing provisions of law regulating Sunday business activities and relative to the consumption of liquor at sports complexes.
SPONSORS: Rep. Schleien, Hills. 37; Rep. Horrigan, Straf. 6; Rep. Osborne, Rock. 4; Rep. K. Rice, Hills. 37; Rep. Zaricki, Hills. 6; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill repeals the law prohibiting Sunday business activities and removes differing Sunday hours for bingo and games of chance. This bill also permits liquor and beverage sales and consumption in stadium or skybox seating at intercollegiate events at licensed sports/entertainment complexes.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10Mar2016... 0812h
04/28/2016 1609s
1June2016... 2068CofC
1June2016... 2154EBA
16-2024 10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT repealing provisions of law regulating Sunday business activities and relative to the consumption of liquor at sports complexes.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
313:1 Repeal. RSA 332-D, relative to Sunday business activities, is repealed.
313:2 Games of Chance; Sunday Hours. Amend RSA 287-D:14, VII to read as follows:
VII. Games of chance may be conducted [Monday through Saturday] between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. the following day[, and on Sunday between the hours of noon and 1:00 a.m. Monday].
313:3 Bingo; Sunday Hours. Amend RSA 287-E:7, IV to read as follows:
IV. No bingo games shall be conducted prior to 11:00 a.m. [on a Saturday or a weekday, prior to noon on a Sunday,] or after 11:00 p.m. on any day.
313:4 Children's Bingo at Private Hotels and Campgrounds; Sunday Hours. RSA 287-E:13, I is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
I. No games shall be conducted prior to 11:00 a.m. and all games shall be finished by 8:30 p.m. on any day.
313:5 Cocktail Lounge Licenses; Sports/Entertainment Complex. Amend RSA 178:22, V(u)(1) to read as follows:
(1) The commission may issue a cocktail lounge license to the owner of a sports/entertainment complex, or any operator or designee contracting with the owner of the complex. Such license shall allow the sale or service of liquor and beverage in any clearly defined areas approved by the commission. Liquor and beverage shall be sold only at such times as a fee is charged for admission to an event at the sports/entertainment complex. Liquor and beverage shall not be sold or consumed in stadium or skybox seating at any [intercollegiate or] interscholastic event. The provisions of RSA 178:22, II shall not apply to this license.
313:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 24, 2016
Effective Date: August 23, 2016