WEST virginia Legislature

2017 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2096

By Delegate Hamrick

[Introduced February 8, 2017; Referred
to the Committee on Industry and Labor then the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-16-30; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §60-4-24, all relating to exempting commercial airlines from obtaining licenses to serve liquor, beer or wine on flights.

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 §11-16-30; and that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §60-4-24, all to read as follows:

CHAPTER 11.  TAXATION.

ARTICLE 16.  NONINTOXICATING BEER.

§11-16-30.  Exemption for Commercial Airlines.

Any commercial airline, as defined by 14 CFR Parts 121 and 135, and by section two, article six-h, chapter eleven of this code, that operates in the state is exempt from the licensing requirements of this chapter. 

CHAPTER 60.  STATE CONTROL OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.

ARTICLE 4.  Licenses.

§60-4-24. Exemption for Commercial Airlines.

Any commercial airline, as defined by 14 CFR Parts 121 and 135, and by section two, article six-h, chapter eleven of this code, that operates in the state is exempt from the licensing requirements of this chapter.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt commercial airlines from the licensing requirements of the state to serve liquor, beer or wine on flights.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.