S527 - ABC Omnibus 2023-24. (SL 2024-41)

Overview: Section 36 of S.L. 2024-41 clarifies that the ABC Commission cannot consider whether a cigar bar may allow smoking indoors in deciding whether to issue an ABC permit to the cigar bar. Additionally, this section revises where cigar bars can be located as follows:

• A cigar bar that serves prepared food must be in a freestanding structure occupied solely by the cigar bar and smoke from the cigar bar does not migrate into an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited.
• A cigar bar that does not serve prepared food is not required to be in a freestanding structure occupied solely by the cigar bar, provided smoke from the cigar bar does not migrate into an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited, whether or not located in the same structure.

This section became effective July 8, 2024.