Senate Bill No. 35
(By Senators Unger and Foster)
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[Introduced February 11, 2009; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §60-3A-3a
; and to
amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated
§60-7-9
, all relating to requiring employees of licensed
private clubs and retail outlets selling alcoholic beverages
to take the techniques for education and alcohol management
course or other similar alcohol awareness education course
provided or approved by the Alcohol Beverage Control
Commissioner.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §60-3A-3a; and that
said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated
§60-7-9
, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3A. SALES BY RETAIL LIQUOR LICENSEES.
§60-3A-3a. Mandatory TEAM training for retail outlet employees.
Any employee of a retail outlet licensed pursuant to the
provisions of this article who is hired on or after July 1, 2009,
shall participate in the techniques for education and alcohol
management program (TEAM), or other similar alcohol awareness
education program provided or approved by the commissioner, within
sixty days of commencing employment and every three years
thereafter. Any employee whose employment commences prior to July
1, 2009, shall participate in the TEAM program or other similar
program provided or approved by the commissioner before July 1,
2010, and every three years thereafter. The commissioner shall
propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the
provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to
implement the provisions of this section.
ARTICLE 7. LICENSES TO PRIVATE CLUBS.
§60-7-9. Mandatory TEAM training for private club employees.
Any employee of a private club licensed pursuant to the
provisions of this article who is hired on or after July 1, 2009,
shall participate in the techniques for education and alcohol
management program (TEAM), or other similar alcohol awareness
education program provided or approved by the commissioner, within
sixty days of commencing employment and every three years
thereafter. Any employee whose employment commences prior to July
1, 2009, shall participate in the TEAM program or other similar program provided or approved by the commissioner before July 1,
2010, and every three years thereafter. The commissioner shall
propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the
provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to
implement the provisions of this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require all employees of
licensed private clubs and retail outlets selling alcoholic
beverages to take the Techniques for Education and Alcohol
Management (TEAM) course provided by the Alcoholic Beverage
Commission.
These sections are new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.