Bill would make bars, restaurants subject to fines for fights

By Christopher Quinn

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Legislation would make bar and restaurant owners subject to fines of $2,500 if three sexual assaults or violent acts involving knives or guns occurred within 90 days of each other in or near their establishments.

Senate Bill 45, proposed by Sen. Robert Brown, D-Macon, and co-sponsored by Sen. Cecil Staton, R-Macon, says that a fourth act within the 90-day period would bring an additional $2,500 fine. An incident such as a robbery of the establishment would not count toward the total.