Alcoholic Beverages. Hours Of Sale.

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. HOURS OF SALE. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Current law provides for the licensing of retail stores which sell alcoholic beverages (off-sale licensees), and of bars and restaurants which sell and serve alcoholic beverages (on-sale licensees). This measure changes the hours during which alcoholic beverages may not be sold by such licensees from between two a.m. and six a.m. to between four a.m. to eight a.m. It would be unlawful for such licensee to sell, give, or deliver, or for any person to knowingly purchase any alcoholic beverage during these hours. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: There is a potential impact on state and local enforcement costs, but there is no available data at the present time to confirm or quantify any fiscal impact