Senate Bill No. 136
(By Senators Unger and Snyder)
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[Introduced January 10, 2002; 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 two
, 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 two
, shall participate in the TEAM program or other
similar program provided or approved by the commissioner before
the first day of July, two thousand three, 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 two
, 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 two
, shall participate in the TEAM program or other
similar program provided or approved by the commissioner before
the first day of July, two thousand three
, 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.
§60-3A-3a §60-7-9 are new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.