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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Restaurant owners have won House backing of a measure making sure they can offer drink specials and live entertainment without running afoul of state alcohol permits.
The bill, approved 63-29 Monday, arose from disputes between restaurants and state alcohol Commissioner Murphy Painter.
Painter has fined businesses with restaurant licenses, claiming they operate as bars because they have drink specials or shut down their kitchens and have live music with only liquor served.
The bill by Sen. Lydia Jackson, D-Shreveport, bill would allow such establishements to keep their restaurant licenses if they meet requirements that include drawing at least half their income from the sale of food and non-alcoholic drinks. It still needs Senate passage of some House language changes.
Opponents included members of the New Orleans delegation who said they feared the bill would open the door to nighborhood restaurants operating as bars with live entertainment, causing noise and parking problems in residential areas.
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