2021 Montana Legislature
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INTRODUCED
BY _________________________________________________
By Request of the ****
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING ALCOHOL LAWS RELATING TO HOURLY RESTRICTIONS ON certain OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION SALES; removing the restriction on retail off-premises sales between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. relating to the sale of beer, table wine, or both in the original package; AND AMENDING SECTION 16-3-304, MCA."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 16-3-304, MCA, is amended to read:
"16-3-304. Closing
hours for licensed retail establishments. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) and 16-3-305, all licensed establishments wherein in which
alcoholic beverages are sold, offered for sale, or given away at retail shall must be
closed each day between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m.; provided, however, that when any
municipal incorporation has by ordinance further restricted the hours of sale
of alcoholic beverages, then the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited
within the limits of any such city or town during the time such sale is
prohibited by this code and in addition thereto during
the hours that it is prohibited by such ordinance. During such hours all
persons except the alcoholic beverage licensee and employees of such the licensed establishment shall must be
excluded from the licensed premises.
(2) The prohibition of retail sales between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. in subsection (1) does not apply to licenses issued under 16-4-115 for the sale of beer, table wine, or both in the original package for off-premises consumption."