permitted (Sub. H.B. No. 47). Cities that have created these districts include Canton, Delaware, Hamilton, Lancaster, Lorain, Middletown and Toledo. The city of Mobile, Alabama allows open plastic containers with a commercially printed name or logo of a designated licensee. The city of Tampa, Florida allows up to two drinks in plastic containers per person on the Tampa Riverwalk, purchased from one of the licensed facilities along it, between 11am and 1am. In 2020, New Jersey made public drinking allowed in tourist spots such as the beach and boardwalk of Atlantic City, while Michigan allowed cities to grant social district permits for the open consumption of alcohol. Vehicles To comply with the TEA-21 rules of the federal Department of Transportation, a state's motor vehicle open container laws must: Prohibit both possession of any open alcoholic beverage container and consumption of any alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle; Cover the passenger area of any motor vehicle, including unlocked glove compartments and any other areas of the vehicle that are readily accessible to the driver or passengers while in their seats; Apply to all open alcoholic beverage containers and all alcoholic beverages, including beer, wine, and spirits that contain one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume; Apply to all vehicle occupants except for passengers of vehicles designed, maintained or used primarily for the transportation of people for compensation (such as buses, taxi cabs, and limousines) or the living quarters of motor homes; Apply to all vehicles on a public highway or the right-of-way (i.e. on the shoulder) of a public highway; Require primary enforcement of the law, rather than requiring probable cause that another violation had been committed before allowing enforcement of the open container law. Currently, 39 states and the District of Columbia are in compliance. Alaska, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Wyoming have similar limits on the possession of open containers in vehicles, but not to the level of TEA-21 compliance. See also Alcohol laws of the United States by state Alcohol laws of Kansas Alcohol laws of Missouri Alcohol laws of New York Alcohol laws of Oklahoma Alcohol laws of Tennessee References External links NIH Alcohol Policy Information System U.S. state criminal law Alcohol law in the United States