SB645: Alcoholic beverage control; prohibited practice by retail wine and beer licensees, penalty.

SENATE BILL NO. 645
Offered January 20, 2012
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 4.1-324.1, relating to alcoholic beverage control; prohibited practice by retail wine and beer licensees; penalty.
Patron-- McEachin

Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 4.1-324.1 as follows:

§ 4.1-324.1. Illegal sale by retail off-premises wine and beer licensees; self-scanning cash registers; penalty.

No retail off-premises wine and beer licensee shall sell any alcoholic beverage by means of a self-scanning cash register or other point-of-sale system.

As used in this section, "point-of-sale system" means an electronic cash register capable of recovering stored information related to the sale price of individual retail items and operated on a self-service basis by a consumer.

Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.