(A) This section does not prohibit a person less than 21 years of age 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.
(B) The consumption of alcoholic liquor by a person less than 21 years of age who is enrolled in a course offered by an accredited post-secondary 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 necessary ingredient of the course.
(C) The consumption by a person less than 21 years of age of sacramental wine in connection with religious services at a church, synagogue, or temple is not prohibited by this chapter.
(D) Section 132.03(A) does not apply to a person less than 21 years of age who participates in either or both of the following:
(1) An undercover operation in which the person less than 21 years of age 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; or
(2) An undercover operation in which the person less than 21 years of age 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; except that any initial or contemporaneous purchase or receipt of alcoholic liquor by the person less than 21 years of age is under the direction of the state police, the Commission, or the local police agency and is part of the undercover operation.
(Ord. 99-02, passed 10-4-1999)