00 Enrolled SB 128                                                                                                         
01 Relating to licensing common carriers to dispense alcoholic beverages.                                                  
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03    * Section 1.  AS 04.11.180 is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                      
04            Sec. 04.11.180.  Common carrier dispensary license.  (a)  A common carrier                                 
05       dispensary license authorizes the holder to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption                              
06       aboard a vehicle, boat, or train licensed by a state or federal agency for passenger                              
07       travel, or aboard aircraft operated by an airline licensed by a state or federal agency                           
08       for passenger travel.                                                                                             
09            (b)  Except for a common carrier that is an airline, a common carrier shall                                  
10       obtain a license for each vehicle, boat, or train in which alcoholic beverages are                                
11       served.  After obtaining an initial license for the first vehicle, boat, or train, the                            
12       common carrier may obtain additional licenses for additional vehicles, boats, or trains                           
13       upon making a written request identifying the vehicle, boat, or train in the manner                               
14       prescribed by the board, and paying the biennial fee for additional licensed premises                             
15       as required by (c) of this section.                                                                               
01            (c)  Except as provided for airlines under (d) of this section, the biennial fee for                         
02       a common carrier dispensary license is $1,000 for each of the first 10 licenses a                                 
03       common carrier holds and $100 for each additional license issued to the common                                    
04       carrier after the first 10 licenses.                                                                              
05            (d)  The biennial fee for a common carrier dispensary license issued to an                                   
06       airline is the fee specified under (c) of this section for each aircraft in which alcoholic                       
07       beverages are served or $2,000 for each community served by the airline.  An airline                              
08       shall specify the fee applicable to the license at the time of the airline's application for                      
09       issuance or renewal of the license.                                                                               
10            (e)  Upon request of the common carrier and payment of the proportionate                                     
11       prorated applicable fee, the board shall change the license period of a license for a                             
12       vehicle, boat, or train to allow registration to occur in the biennial period of the                              
13       balance of the licensee's common carrier licenses.                                                                
14    * Sec. 2.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
15 read:                                                                                                                   
16       APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to issuance of a new common carrier dispensary                                   
17 license or renewal of a common carrier dispensary license that occurs on or after the effective                         
18 date of this Act.