05/02/2005 10:36 AM Senate FIN

                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 15(L&C) am                                                                                           
     "An  Act  relating   to  outdoor  recreation  lodge   alcoholic                                                            
     beverage  licenses; relating  to transfer  of certain  beverage                                                            
     dispensary  licenses issued before June 6, 1985;  and providing                                                            
     for an effective date."                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
This  was the third  hearing  for this  bill in  the Senate  Finance                                                            
Committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MIKE PAWLOWSKI,  Staff  to Representative  Kevin  Meyer, the  bill's                                                            
sponsor, explained  that this bill  would establish liquor  licenses                                                            
for outdoor  recreation lodges. A  conceptual amendment,  offered by                                                            
Co-Chair Wilken, had been  approved at the previous meeting in order                                                            
to clarify that the business must be a licensed establishment.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Green agreed that that qualifier is important.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Mr. Pawlowski  informed the Committee that the sponsor  also agreed.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Wilken  moved  to  report   the  bill,  as  amended,  from                                                            
committee with  individual recommendations  and accompanying  fiscal                                                            
notes.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
There being  no objection the bill,  SCS CS HB 15(FIN) was  REPORTED                                                            
from Committee  with two previous fiscal notes: zero  fiscal note #1                                                            
dated January  24, 2005  from the  Department of  Fish and Game  and                                                            
zero fiscal  note #2 dated January  24, 2005 from the Department  of                                                            
Public Safety.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
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