SB 418- AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
3/9/00 3641s
2000 SESSION
03/09
SENATE BILL 418
This bill permits the liquor commission to require, as a condition of the issuance, renewal, or reinstatement of any license that the licensee or applicant provide a certificate of insurance for liquor liability of the licensee if the licensee or applicant has violated the prohibition on serving minors or intoxicated persons.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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3/9/00 3641s
00-2664
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to liquor liability insurance coverage.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Alcoholic Beverages; Liquor Licenses and Fees; Insurance for Liquor Liability. Amend RSA 178 by inserting after section 2 the following new section:
178:2-a Insurance for Liquor Liability.
I. If the commission finds that a licensee or applicant has violated RSA 179:5, the commission may require, as a condition of the issuance, renewal, or reinstatement of any license that the licensee or applicant provide a certificate of insurance for liquor liability of the licensee to a limit of not less than $100,000 to any one person and $200,000 to all persons.
II. Effective 60 days after the inception of a liquor liability insurance contract, no notice of intention to terminate the contract or, if the contract is a renewal, no notice of intention not to renew the contract shall be effective unless the insurer at least 60 days prior to the effective date of cancellation or the end of the contract period, as the case may be, mails or delivers to the insured, and to the commission, at the address shown on the policy such notice of intention not to renew, except where cancellation is for nonpayment of premium, or where the insured no longer has a license. If cancellation is for nonpayment of premium pertaining to contracts required pursuant to paragraph I, the insurer shall not cancel such liquor liability insurance except upon 30 days prior written notice to the licensee and the commission.
III. The commission shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to procedures and criteria necessary for a certificate of insurance for liquor liability to be required for the issuance of a liquor license.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.