LB 178 — Require mandatory server training under the Nebraska Liquor Control Act

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General Affairs A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the Nebraska Liquor Control Act;

to amend section 53-117.03, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, and sections 53-101, 53-103, and 53-117.06, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024;

to define a term;

to provide for issuance of certificates related to mandatory server alcohol training as prescribed;

to require employment of certified personnel;

to harmonize provisions;

and to repeal the original sections.

Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska, -1- LB178 LB178 2025 Section 1.

Section 53-101, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024, is amended to read:

53-101 Sections 53-101 to 53-1,122 and sections 3 and 6 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Liquor Control Act.

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Section 53-117.03, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is amended to read:

53-117.03 (1) The On or before January 1, 2007, the commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations governing programs which provide training for persons employed in the sale and service of alcoholic liquor and management of licensed premises, including mandatory server alcohol training.

Such rules and regulations may include, but need not be limited to:

(a) Minimum standards governing training of beverage servers or individuals required to complete mandatory server alcohol training, including standards and requirements governing curriculum, program trainers, and certification requirements;

(b) Minimum standards governing training in management of licensed -2- LB178 LB178 2025 premises, including standards and requirements governing curriculum, program trainers, and certification requirements;

(c) Minimum standards governing the methods allowed for training programs which may include the Internet, interactive video, live training in various locations across the state, and other means deemed appropriate by the commission;

(d) Methods for approving beverage-server training organizations and programs, including mandatory server alcohol training programs.

All such beverage-server training programs approved by the commission shall issue a certificate of completion to all persons who successfully complete the program and shall provide the names of all persons completing the program to the commission;

(e) Enrollment fees in an amount determined by the commission to be necessary to cover the administrative costs, including salary and benefits, of enrolling in a training program offered by the commission pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, but not to exceed thirty dollars;

and (f) Procedures and fees for certification, which fees shall be in an amount determined by the commission to be sufficient to defray the administrative costs, including salary and benefits, associated with maintaining a list of persons certified under this section and issuing proof of certification to eligible individuals but shall not exceed twenty dollars.

(2)(a) (2) The commission may create a program to provide training for persons employed in the sale and service of alcoholic liquor and management of licensed premises.

The program shall include training on the issues of sales and service of alcoholic liquor to minors and to visibly inebriated purchasers.

The commission may charge each person enrolling in the program an enrollment fee as provided in the rules and regulations, but such fee shall not exceed thirty dollars.

All such fees shall be collected by the commission and remitted to the State Treasurer -3- LB178 LB178 2025 for credit to the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission Rule and Regulation Cash Fund.

(b) The commission shall create a program to provide mandatory server alcohol training under section 6 of this act.

The commission may charge each person enrolling in the program an enrollment fee as provided in the rules and regulations, but such fee shall not exceed thirty dollars.

All such fees shall be collected by the commission and remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission Rule and Regulation Cash Fund.

(3) A person who has completed a training program which complies with the commission's rules and regulations, whether such program is offered by the commission or by another organization, may become certified by the commission upon the commission receiving evidence that he or she has completed such program and the person seeking certification paying the certification fee established under this section.

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