97 Relating to: closing hours for certain alcohol beverage retailers.

Date of enactment: December 7, 2011
2011 Assembly Bill 63 Date of publication*: December 20, 2011

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2009-10 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2011 WISCONSIN ACT 97

An Act to amend 125.32 (3) (b) and 125.68 (4) (b) of the statutes; relating to: closing hours for certain alcohol beverage retailers.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1 . 125.32 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

125.32 (3) (b) Class "A" premises may remain open for the conduct of their regular business but may not sell fermented malt beverages between 12 midnight and 8 6 a.m. Subsection (2) does not apply to Class "A" premises between 12 midnight and 8 6 a.m. or at any other time during which the sale of fermented malt beverages is prohibited by a municipal ordinance adopted under par. (d).

Section 2 . 125.68 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

125.68 (4) (b) "Class A" retailers. No premises for which a "Class A" license or permit has been issued may remain open for the sale of intoxicating liquor between the hours of 9 p.m. and 8 6 a.m. A municipality may, by ordinance, impose more restrictive hours than those provided in this paragraph.