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§72.  Permit for light wine; restaurants and cafeterias

A.  Before the operator of any restaurant and cafeteria where food or drink is legally sold, in which light wine is legally sold for consumption on the premises in connection with the consumption of food, shall engage in the business of handling such light wine, he shall obtain annually from the commissioner, before commencing such business, a permit to conduct such retail business, and shall pay for each permit the sum of thirty dollars.  

B.  Nothing in this Section is to be construed to take the place of any license or permit now or to be hereafter issued by any municipality or parish governing authority nor any fee or fees collected therefor.  

C.  As used in this Section, "light wine" means any non-effervescent alcoholic beverage, known as still wine, derived from the juice of any fruit or synthesis thereof, of an alcoholic content of not more than fourteen percent by volume.  

D.  The provisions of this Section shall apply only to restaurants holding "R" permits as provided in this Title.  

Acts 1987, No. 696, §1.