Bill proposes county-by-county vote on Sunday liquor sales
A bill that would let counties vote on Sunday sales at liquor stores and another that would raise excise taxes on beer, wine and spirits are among the flurry of alcohol related measures under consideration at the Oklahoma Legislature this year.
Senate Bill 211, authored by Sen. Stephanie Bice, R-Oklahoma City, would allow counties to vote on whether liquor stores can open between noon and midnight on Sundays, beginning in 2018.
The bill would allow county commissioners to set the elections, or residents could start petition efforts to get a measure on the ballot.
Liquor stores had initially hoped that Sunday sales would be part of an overhaul of Oklahoma's alcohol laws that Bice helped lead last year, but the language didn't make it into the final version of the bill.
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