The amendment proposed that the legislature may prohibit liquor in certain areas; the legislature may regulate, license and tax the manufacture and sale of liquor in addition to the possession and transportation of liquor; and the sale of individual drinks in public places is prohibited except where the legislature may permit, regulate, license and tax the sale of liquor by the drink in a county where the majority vote has approved such a measure.

The limitations of the sale of individual drinks is limited to: 1) public places where gross receipts from the sale of food on the premises constitute not less than 30 percent of the gross sales of food and beverages on the premises, or 2) public places for which a temporary permit has been issued as authorized by law.