Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah's attempt to normalize its liquor laws could take a significant step back under a proposal that would require restaurants to pour alcoholic drinks behind 10 foot walls and make it illegal for someone to show any signs of being drunk.
Sen. John Valentine, R-Orem, introduced a bill Tuesday that's intended to eliminate any semblance of a bar from restaurants and create a new definition of what it means to be intoxicated in Utah.
The bill runs counter to efforts by Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman to liberalize Utah's notoriously quirky liquor laws in an effort to boost tourism and send a message to the rest of the world that the state is welcoming to those who don't shun alcohol.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
