Connecticut § 30-62a - Consumer bars and consumer service bars.

§ 30-62a. Consumer bars and consumer service bars.

Sec. 30-62a. Consumer bars and consumer service bars. (a) The Department of Consumer Protection, subject to such regulations as said department may adopt, may permit more than one consumer bar in any premises for which a permit has been issued under this part for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on such premises. A consumer bar is a counter, with or without seats, at which a patron may purchase and consume or purchase alcoholic liquor. The fee for each additional consumer bar shall be one hundred ninety dollars per annum.

(b) The Department of Consumer Protection, subject to such regulations as said department may adopt, may permit more than one consumer service bar in any premises for which a permit has been issued under this part for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on such premises. A consumer service bar is a counter, without seats, at which a patron may purchase alcoholic liquor, but for which the primary function is to facilitate the purchase of food. Alcoholic liquor may be served to a patron across the consumer service bar, but no patron shall sit or consume alcoholic liquor or food at the consumer service bar. Minors may stand at a consumer service bar for the purpose of ordering and receiving food. No premises shall have both a self-pour endorsement and a consumer service bar endorsement.

(P.A. 78-292, S. 1–3; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 196, 345, 348; P.A. 93-139, S. 56; P.A. 95-195, S. 65, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 366; P.A. 24-142, S. 70.)

History: P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 93-139 defined a consumer bar and added a provision to allow consumer bars in any permit premises; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $150 to $190; P.A. 24-142 designated existing provisions re consumer bars as Subsec. (a), substituted “may” for “shall” and made a technical change, and added Subsec. (b) re consumer service bars, effective June 6, 2024.