monday, february 4, 1980
page 8
daily nebraskan
Kelly plans to launch
battle on another front
11 &
Ralph KeUy
Daily Nebraskan Photo
The following is the vote to advance
LB221 from select file to final reading. The
vote, on Jan. 29, was the second the bill
must face before it becomes law.
Vote onlB221
District Name Hometown
39 Barrett Lexington
28 Beutler
30 Burrows
2 Carsten
11 Chambers
18 Chronister
47 Clark .
36 Cope
49 Cullan
40 DeCamp
22 Dworak
14 Fitzgerald
27 Fowler
16 George
20 Goodrich
Lincoln
Adams
Avoca
Omaha
Schuyler :
Sidney
Kearney
Hemingford
Neligh
Columbus
'Omaha
Lincoln
Blair
Omaha
44 Haberman Imperial
19 Hefner
6 Hoagland
' 8 Johnson
37 Kahle
35 Kelly
21 Kennedy
.Coleridge
Omaha
!Omaha
Kearney
Grand Island
Newman Grove
Vote
yes
yes
yes
yes
no vote
no vote
yes
no vote
no
no vote
no
no vote
no
yes
yes
yes
y .,
no
no
yes
yes
yes
3
12
34
5
43
46
45
32
29
33
1
17
13
48
10
9
15
42
23
24
31
4
7
38
41
25
26
Keyes
Koch
Kremer
Labedz
Lamb
Landis
Lewis
Maresh
Marsh
Marvel
Merz
Murphy
He well
"Nichol
Pirsch
Powers
Reutzel
Rumery
Schmit
Sieck .
Simon
Stoney
Venditte
Vickers
' Wagner
Warner
Wesely
Springfield
Ralston
Aurora
Omaha
Anselmo
Lincoln
Bellevue
Milligan
Lincoln
Hastings
Falls City ,
So. Sioux City
Omaha
Scottsbluff
Omaha y
Omaha
Fremont
North Platte
Bellwood
Pleasant Dale
Omaha
Omaha
Omaha
Farnam
Ord
Waverly .
Lincoln J:
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of
Fine American Beers.
no
no
yes -yes,
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yes
no vote
no vote
yes ;
no
yes :
yes
yes
no
yes -yes
yes
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no
yes
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yes
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By Julie Bird
Don't think Ralph Kelly is giving up his
battle against teenage alcoholism now that
the Legislature apparently will pass an
amended version of LB221. Kelly is load
ing both barrels with an all-encompassing
liquor bill aimed at slowing the illegal flow
of alcohol to minors to a trickle.
Kelly's Alcohol Reform Bill, LB970,
attacks the problem of minors obtaining
alcohol from several angles. It increases
penalties for minors, persons buying
alcohol for them and businesses that sell to
minors. It also clarifies some definitions,
enacts a dram shop law and provides a hot
line to the Department of Motor Vehicles
to check the validity of driver's licenses.
LB970 is set for public hearing Monday,
Feb. 11, before the Miscellaneous Subjects
committee. Kelly is not optimistic about
the bill's chances of being voted out of
committee, although he said it addresses
most of the alternatives suggested by ,
opponents of LB221.
"The liquor lobby will oppose all of
these suggestions, even though they're their
-suggestions," Kelly said. "Just try to get
any one .thing passed that upsets the liquor
lobby and see what happens." :( ,
" Dram shop law M
He said that if the bill could get out; of
committee , the Legislature would probably
pass most of the provisions. The proposal
which would draw the most opposition
would most likely be the dram shop law,
which makes a liquor license holder civilly
responsible for damages done by someone
who becomes intoxicated while at the
licensee's establishment and after the per
son leaves the bar. l
Under this bill more of the responsibil
ity for determining if someone is a minor
would fall on liquor licensees. Licensees
would be required to have a breath tester,
and could issue citations without police
being present if someone tries to misrepre
sent his age, Kelly said. Bars would have an
easier time determining age with the hot
line tQ the Motor Vehicles Dept., he said.
Penalties for violation of liquor laws
would be stiffer for retail licensees, he said.
The state liquor commission could require
a retailer found guilty during a hearing of
selling alcohol to minors to close for a few
days instead of paying a fine.
"Now, with the option of a fine, the
guilty party decides the punishment,"
Kelly said. "If a place has to close, there's
the local stigma of signalling to customers
that you've violated the law."
Stiffer fines
Adults who give alcohol to minors
would face a fine of up to $500, compared
with the present $250. The same fines
pertain to minors possessing or consuming
alcohol. Larger fines would make the law
unenforceable, Kelly said, because judges
are reluctant to slap such still penalties on
people.
LB970 would prohibit minors from
being in a licensed establishment if more
than 40 percent of the total gross sales are
in alcohol, he said, adding this was suggest
ed by bar owners. :
Minors convicted of. alcohol violations
would be required to disclose where they
got the alcohol at the request of the
county attorney, Kelly said. If he refused,
the minor could face a fine of $500.
The Alcohol Reform Bill is an attempt
to get a public hearing on the problem of
teenage alcoholism, Kelly said.
"The idea is that now people who say
raising the drinking age is incorrect can
have their very own pill," Kelly said.
"Those people told me this is the type of
legislation "they wanted, and now they can
support it if they want. They had the
choice of helping teenage drinking or stop
ping it, and they chose to help it, although
perhaps not intentionally. These are things
to fight for,"
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