Intoxication of Persons Under the Age of TwentyOne

(a)No person twenty-one

(21)years or older shall knowingly give or otherwise make available any alcoholic beverage or cannabis to a person under the age of twenty-one

(21)years. A person violates this Section who gives or otherwise makes available an alcoholic beverage or cannabis to a person under the age of twenty-one

(21)with the knowledge that the person to whom the alcoholic beverage or cannabis is made available will violate this § 70.53.

(b)A person violates this Section who owns, occupies, or controls premises on which alcoholic beverages or cannabis are consumed by any person under twenty-one

(21)years of age, and who knows of alcohol or cannabis consumption by persons under twenty-one

(21)years of age on such premises, and who reasonably could have prohibited or prevented such alcohol or cannabis consumption.

(c)Any person who violates this Section:

(1)shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) or by imprisonment for not more than one

(1)year or both; and

(2)in addition to the sentence referenced in Subsection (c)(1) the court may require the violator to make restitution for any damages to property or a person caused by a violation of this § 70.53, and may require participation in volunteer service to a community service agency.

(d)The prohibitions of this Section apply only to a person who is present and in control of the location at the time the consumption occurs. The prohibitions of this Section do not apply to the owner of rental property, or the agent of an owner of rental COL11/30/2022 CH. 70 MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES property, unless the consumption occurs in the individual unit in which the owner or agent resides.

(e)This Section shall not apply to any religious practice, observance, or ceremony.

(f)The violations of this Section and the resulting penalties prescribed herein, supra, are in addition to other violations of public law related to alcoholic beverages or cannabis.