By Associated Press | Posted - Feb. 19, 2011 at 10:52 a.m.

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A proposed overhaul of Utah's liquor laws would reduce the hours for beer service across the state.

Republican Sen. John Valentine of Orem unveiled a bill today that emphasizes the Legislature's goal of encouraging eating with alcohol consumption.

Senate Bill 314 seeks to allow all liquor service to begin at 11:30 a.m. Current law allows beer sales starting at 10 a.m. but bans wine and liquor service before noon.

Under the bill, restaurants with a liquor license would need to have 70 percent of their revenues from food service instead of 50 percent.

The bill also bans beer containers larger than two liters. Two Utah microbreweries recently started selling miniature beer kegs with about five liters of beer.

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