As used in this title, the term:
(2.1) “Bar” means any premises at which a retailer licensed pursuant to this title to sell alcoholic beverages derives 75 percent or more total annual gross revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises.
(10.1) “Hard cider” means an alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation of the juice of apples, containing not more than 6 percent alcohol by volume, including, but not limited to, flavored or carbonated cider. For purposes of this title, hard cider shall be deemed a malt beverage. The term does not include “sweet cider.”
(19.1) “Retail package liquor store” means a retail business establishment owned by an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other business entity:
History. Code 1933, § 5A-102, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1573, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1269, §§ 2-4; Ga. L. 1994, p. 553, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 734, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1581, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 584, § 1; Ga. L. 2006, p. 206, § 1/HB 1248; Ga. L. 2012, p. 680, § 1/HB 472; Ga. L. 2013, p. 767, § 2/HB 124; Ga. L. 2014, p. 366, § 1/SB 286; Ga. L. 2015, p. 317, § 1/SB 63; Ga. L. 2015, p. 578, § 1/HB 152; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1112, § 3/SB 365.
Editor’s notes.
For application of this statute in 2020 and 2021, see Executive Orders 03.23.20.01, 04.23.20.02, 05.12.20.02, 05.28.20.02, 06.11.20.01, 06.29.20.02, 07.15.20.01, 07.31.20.02, 08.15.20.01, 08.31.20.02, 09.15.20.01, 09.30.20.02, 10.15.20.01, 10.30.20.02, 11.13.20.01, 11.30.20.02, 12.08.20.01, 12.30.20.02, 1.15.21.01, 1.29.21.02, 02.15.21.01, 02.26.21.02, 03.12.21.01, 3.31.21.03, and 04.30.21.01.
A listing of Executive Orders issued in 2020 and 2021 can be found at https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders.
The 2018 amendment, effective May 8, 2018, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised punctuation in the first sentence of paragraph (10.1).
Cross references.
General powers and duties of commissioner, § 48-2-7 .
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1995, paragraphs (22) and (23) were redesignated as paragraphs (23) and (22), respectively.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1998, a minor punctuation change was made at the end of paragraph (10.1).