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Card Old Man?
Filed Under (General Beer News) by admin on 26-06-2007

Tennessee is set to become the first state in the nation to require proof of age from anyone, no matter the age, who buys beer for off-premises consumption.

The Tennessee Responsible Vendor Act, designed to curb underage drinking, takes effect July 1. It will expire after one year to give lawmakers and vendors a chance to review its effectiveness. The legislation does not apply to the sale of wine and liquor purchases or to beer sales at restaurants and bars.

Jarron Springer, president of the Tennessee Grocers and Convenience Store Association, has embraced the law, saying it will make Tennessee a national leader on the issue of underage drinking. Older customers who are obviously of legal age to buy beer could be put out by the requirement, but Springer hopes they will cooperate with clerks.

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MyOwnALe on July 2nd, 2007 at 9:43 pm #

I live in tennessee, and the only real problem is for underage kids. Then again, what stops them from getting a bum to get them beer for one dollar. They’d do it.

So maybe the ones really effected are illegal immigrants that dont have state issued id’s. ahhh, the real underlying reason.

alex on August 25th, 2007 at 7:18 pm #

i’m pretty sure hawaii has been doing this for a bit over a year now. I was in maui last summer (06) and they always carded both of my nearly 60 year-old parents. There was also an article in the paper about an 80 year-old woman who couldn’t buy booze cause she didn’t have an i.d.

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