6. 7. Ministerium of Salem County Concerned Citizens Committee - Pennsville, New Jersey 8. Essex County Dept. of Public Safety Division of County Police 9. Livingstonites for Education about Drug Abuse 10. Madison Thursday Morning Club 11. Northern New Jersey Conference of the United Methodist Church 12. Municipal Investigators Association of Union County SENATE, No. 925 STATE OF NEW JERSEY INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 8, 1982 By Senator LASKIN Referred to Committee on Law, Public Safety and Defense AN ACT concerning the lawful age for selling, purchasing and consuming alcoholic beverages and amending P. L. 1972, c. 81. 1 BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 2 of New Jersey: 1 2 1. Section 1 of P. L. 1972, c. 81 (C. 9:17B-1) is amended to read as follows: 1. The Legislature finds and declares and by this act intends. 3 4 pending the revision and amendment of the many statutory pro5 visions involved, to: 6 a. Extend to persons 18 years of age and older the basic civil 7 and contractual rights and obligations heretofore applicable only to 8 persons 21 years of age or older, including the right to contract, 9 sue, be sued and defend civil actions, apply for and he appointed 10 to public employment, apply for and be granted a license or au11 thority to engage in a business or profession subject to State regu12 lation, serve on juries, marry, adopt children, attend and partici13 pate in horse race meetings and parimutuel betting and other 14 legalized games and gaming, [sell alcoholic beverages,] act as an 15 incorporator, registered agent or director of a corporation, consent 16 to medical and surgical treatment, execute a will, and to inherit, 17 purchase, mortgage or otherwise encumber and convey real and 18 personal property. 19 21 b. Extend to persons [19] 21 years of age and older, heretofore 20 applicable only to persons [18] 19 years of age and older, the right to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages[, except that any one 22 attaining the age of 18 years prior to the effective date of this act 23 shall be able to purchase and consume alcoholic beverages]. Nothing 24 in this act shall preclude any licensee under R. S. 33:1-1 et seq. 25 who obtained his license on or before the effective date of this 26 amendatory act from making purchases in the regular course of his 27 licensed activities. EXPLANATION Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted in the law. |