What will I find in the section of the APIS Web site titled APIS Policy Topics?
This section of the APIS Web site provides in-depth comparisons of State policies on selected alcohol-related topics. The following information is provided on each alcohol policy topic: • a brief narrative description; • a list of definitions (if necessary); • a summary of relevant Federal law (if any); • tables comparing State policies on that topic (as of a particular date and/or over a period of time specified by the user); • a brief explanation of variables used in creating these tables; • notes explaining the limitations of the information provided; • maps and charts; • relevant statutory and regulatory citations; and • references to selected Federal publications. The tables present variables that reflect the state of the law in each jurisdiction based on an extensive search of statutes and regulations. The comparison tables also provide citations to the legal sources that support the coding of the variables. They also provide links to information on legal citation generally as we
