Senate Bill No. 509

(By Senators Unger, Edgell and McCabe)

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[Introduced February 16, 2000; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to amend article three-a, chapter sixty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section three-a; and to amend article seven of said chapter by adding thereto a new section, designated section nine, all relating to requiring employees of licensed private clubs and retail outlets selling alcoholic beverages to take the techniques for education and alcohol management (TEAM) 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 article three-a, chapter sixty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section three-a; and that article seven of said chapter be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section nine, 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, 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, shall participate in the TEAM program or other similar program provided or approved by the commissioner before the first day of July, two thousand two, 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, 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, shall participate in the TEAM program or other similar program provided or approved by the commissioner before the first day of July, two thousand two, 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.