UTC SECURITY-GRAM
       CAMPUS LAWENFORCEMENT
  DALE "MAC" McNEELY-DIRECTOR                                       LARRY C.
LOCKMILLER-OPERATIONS 


              ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE POLICY

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA SEEKS TO ENCOURAGE AND SUSTAIN AN
ACADEMIC ENVIROMENT THAT RESPECTS INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS AND PROMOTES THE
HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF ITS STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF.  IN KEEPING
WITH THESE OBJECTIVES, THE UNIVERSITY HAS ESTABLISHED GUIDLINES AND POLICIES
GOVERNING THE POSSESSION AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON
UNIVERSITY PROPERTY.

BOTH THE UTC STUDENT CONDUCT CODE AND THE UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES MANUAL SPECIFICALLY PROHIBIIT THE POSSESSION AND/OR USE OF
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON UNIVERSITY OWNED PROPERTY  (UTC STUDENT HANDBOOK P.
33 SECTION 9- UTC PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL SECTION 500 PART
580.# 19.

THERE ARE ALSO TWO STATE LAWS THAT APPLY TO THIS POLICY --- THEY ARE
DRINKING UNDER AGE AND CONTRIBUTING.

# 1.     ATTEMPT TO  PURCHASE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES BY A MINOR TCA 57-5-301
SECTION D-
            IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY MINOR TO PURCHASE OR ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE
ANY
           ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE.
 # 2.    MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT OR PRESENTING A FALSE I.D. BY ANYONE UNDER
(21)

.         TCA 57-5-301 SECTION E.----ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY ONE
(21) YEARS OF
           AGE WHO KNOWINGLY MAKES A FALSE STATEMENT OR EXHIBITS FALSE
IDENTIFICATION
           TO THE EFFECT THAT HE OR SHE IS TWENTY ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE OR
OLDER TO ANY
           PERSON ENGAGED IN THE SALE OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR THE
PURPOSE OF 
           PURCHASING OR OBTAINING THE SAME IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR.
# 3.     POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BY ANYONE UNDER TWENTY ONE (21)
          TCA 57-5-301.---IT IS ALSO UNLAWFUL FOR  A PERSON UNDER TWENTY ONE
(21)
          TO HAVE IN HIS OR HER POSSESSION, ANY ALCHOLIC BEVERAGE THIS IS A
CLASS "A"
         . MISDEMEANOR.
# 4.     BUYING OR FURNISHING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO A MINOR TCA 39-15-404
            IT IS A CLASS "A" MISDEMEANOR FOR A PERSON TO BUY OR FURNISH 
            INTOXICATING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR ANY ONE UNDER TWENTY ONE
(21).
            

***FOR A CLASS "A" MISDEMEANOR YOU CAN SERVE UP TO ELEVEN (11) MONTHS AND
      TWENTY NINE (29) DAYS IN JAIL AND HAVE A MAXIMUM FINE OF TWO THOUSAND
AND
      FIVE HUNDRED  DOLLARS  ($2,500.00).***

FOR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SECURITY GRAM OR ANY OTHER POLICY CONTACT
THE UTC POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 425-4357 (425-HELP)

***VIOLATIONS OF THESE GUIDLINES AND STATE LAWS WILL SUBJECT THE INDIVIDUAL
TO UNIVERSITY  SANCTIONS, AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION!!