O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 3-7-2 (2019)

Applicability of chapter to private clubs

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a bona fide private club at which the sale of distilled spirits or other alcoholic beverages by the drink for consumption only on the premises where sold is otherwise authorized pursuant to this chapter is authorized to sell those same distilled spirits and other alcoholic beverages by the drink at any time on Sundays.

History

Code 1981, § 3-7-2, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 830, § 1A; Ga. L. 1999, p. 1225, § 2.

Annotations

Cross references. - Service of alcohol at technical institute, § 3-8-6.

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Exemption from local regulation. - O.C.G.A. § 3-7-2 exempts bona fide private clubs from regulation by local counties and municipalities regarding hours of sale of distilled spirits by the drink for consumption on Sundays. 1996 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U96-23.

Sale of alcohol by the drink. - O.C.G.A. § 3-7-2 does not apply to private clubs conducting sales of alcoholic beverages by the drink where the sales are authorized under a provision of law other than O.C.G.A. Ch. 7, T. 3. 2002 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U2002-4.

ARTICLE 2 STATE AUTHORIZATION AND REGULATION