(HB 1113)
Retailer defense to charge of selling alcoholic beverage to underage person.
Section
1.
That
§
35-9-1.2
be amended to read as follows:
35-9-1.2.
Any person charged with a violation of
§
35-9-1
, 35-4-78,
or 35-9-1.1 may offer
evidence, as a defense, that
he
the person
made a reasonable attempt to investigate the age of the
person by examining an age-bearing identification document that would have appeared valid to a
reasonable and prudent person.
Signed February 18, 2000.