(A) A minor shall not purchase or attempt to purchase alcoholic liquor, consume or attempt to consume alcoholic liquor, possess or attempt to possess alcoholic liquor, or have any bodily alcohol content, except as provided in this section.
(B) This section does not prohibit a minor from possessing alcoholic liquor during regular working hours and in the course of his or her employment if employed by a person licensed by this act, by the Commission, or by an agent of the Commission, if the alcoholic liquor is not possessed for his or her personal consumption.
(C) The consumption of alcoholic liquor by a minor who is enrolled in a course offered by an accredited postsecondary educational institution in an academic building of the institution under the supervision of a faculty member is not prohibited by this act if the purpose of the consumption is solely educational and is a requirement of the course.
(D) The consumption by a minor of sacramental wine in connection with religious services at a church, synagogue, or temple is not prohibited by this act.
(E) Division (A) does not apply to a minor who participates in either or both of the following:
(1) An undercover operation in which the minor purchases or receives alcoholic liquor under the direction of the person's employer and with the prior approval of the local prosecutor's office as part of an employer-sponsored internal enforcement action;
(2) An undercover operation in which the minor purchases or receives alcoholic liquor under the direction of the State Police, the Commission, or a local police agency as part of an enforcement action unless the initial or contemporaneous purchase of receipt of alcoholic liquor by the minor was not under the direction of the State Police, the Commission, or the local police agency and was not part of the undercover operation.
(Ord. 396-10-95, passed 10-2-95; Am. Ord. 568-06-06, passed 6-5-06; Am. Ord. 712-10-17, passed 10-2-17; Am. Ord. 713-10-17, passed 10-16-17) Penalty, see § 131.99