Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (6) of section 30-47 and section 30-51, a permittee of premises operating under a grocery store beer permit may lease up to fifty per cent of the total square footage of the premises to any person for lawful purposes. The Department of Consumer Protection shall not issue a permit allowing the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquor on any such leased premises and the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquor, as defined in subdivision (3) of section 30-1, shall be unlawful on any such leased premises.
(P.A. 04-42, S. 1.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 2005, a reference to “Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Consumer Protection” to reflect the repeal of the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection by P.A. 04-189).