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sb571 intr Senate Bill No. 571
(By Senator Unger)
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[Introduced March 17, 2005; referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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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 the first day of July, two thousand five, 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 the first day of July, two thousand five, shall participate in the TEAM program or other similar program provided or approved by the Commissioner before the first day of July, two thousand six, 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 the first day of July, two thousand four, 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 the first day of July, two thousand four, shall participate in the TEAM program or other similar program provided or approved by the Commissioner before the first day of July, two thousand six, 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.