CHAPTER 75
HOUSE BILL NO. 1184
(Representatives Louser, Becker, Lefor, Richter, Schatz)
(Senators Meyer, Vedaa)
AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 5-02-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibitions for an individual under twenty-one years of age; and to provide a penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
34 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 3 of section 5-02-06 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and reenacted as follows:
3. a. At the discretion of the owner of the licensed premises, an individual under twenty-one years of age may be permitted to enter and remain in a restaurant where alcoholic beverages are being sold and in the area of the restaurant designated for the opening or mixing of alcoholic beverages if the individual:
(1) Is accompanied by a parent or guardian;
(2) Is not seated at or within three feet [0.91 meters] of the bar counter; and
(3) Does not enter or remain in the designated area after ten p.m.
b. An individual under twenty-one years of age may notbe permitted to remain in a restaurant where alcoholic beverages are being sold except if the restaurant is separated from the roomdesignated area in which alcoholic beverages are opened or mixed and gross sales of food are at least equal to gross sales of alcoholic beverages which are consumed in the dining area, or if the individual is employed by the restaurant as a food waiter, food waitress, busboy, or busgirl under the direct supervision of an individual twenty-one or more years of age or older and is not engaged in the sale, dispensing, delivery, or consumption of alcoholic beverages.
Approved March 17, 2021
Filed March 18, 2021
34 Section 5-02-06 was also amended by section 2 of House Bill No. 1284, chapter 74.
