HB 382-RECORKING WINE SERVED WITH A MEAL                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CON BUNDE announced HB 382 to be up for consideration.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JIM  POUND, staff  to Representative  Jay Ramras,  sponsor of  HB                                                               
392, said  it is aimed at  lowering the blood alcohol  content of                                                               
individuals  who would  enjoy having  a bottled  wine with  their                                                               
meal. It accomplishes  this by eliminating the  desire to consume                                                               
the entire  bottle of wine  while at the restaurant.  Now, either                                                               
the entire  bottle must be  drunk or left behind  partially full.                                                               
The later choice seldom happens.  HB 382 would allow the customer                                                               
to ask that  the bottle be recorded  or sealed so that  it may be                                                               
transported home. The  cork must be replaced so  that a corkscrew                                                               
is  required to  open it  again or  sealed as  determined by  the                                                               
Alcohol Beverage Control Board (ABC).                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
He said that HB 382 is  a solution to an acceptable practice that                                                               
already exists -  having wine with a meal. Its  goal is to assure                                                               
that it's not too much wine.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
2:55:24 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BUNDE asked if there was any opposition.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
MR. POUND replied he had heard of none.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
2:55:38 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  SEEKINS  moved HB  382  from  committee with  individual                                                               
recommendations  and attached  fiscal note(s).  Senators Seekins,                                                               
Ben  Stevens and  Chair Bunde  voted yea;  so HB  382 moved  from                                                               
committee.