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