HOUSE BILL NO. 1023

By Representatives Buck, Ulysses Jones

Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1210

By Senator Kyle

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57, Chapter 5, relative to the sale of certain types of alcoholic beverages.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 57-5-109, is amended by inserting the word "residence" in the first sentence between the word and punctuation "school," and the word "church".

SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57, Chapter 5, is amended by adding the following as a new section to be appropriately designated:

Section ___. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 57-6-104 or any other provision of law to the contrary, a wholesaler or retailer may distribute beer in a container of any size.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.