ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE NO. 0114

ENROLLED ACT NO. 24, SENATE

FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

2001 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to special permits and the sale of
beverages by resort liquor license holders; authorizing
resort liquor license holders to obtain catering permits
under specified conditions; and providing for an effective
date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1. W.S. 12-4-404 and 12-4-502(b) are amended
to read:

12-4-404. Sale of beverages for off-premises
consumption prohibited.

Resort liquor licensees shall not sell alcoholic or malt
beverages for consumption off the premises owned or leased
by the licensee, except pursuant to a catering permit. The
dispensing of alcoholic or malt beverages licensed to be
sold hereunder shall be controlled by W.S. 12-5-201 and if
a catering permit has been issued by W.S. 12-4-502(b).

12-4-502. Twenty-four hour malt beverage permit and
catering permit; restrictions; application procedure; fees.

(b) A catering permit authorizing the sale of
alcoholic and malt beverages may be issued by the
appropriate licensing authority to any person holding a
retail or resort retail liquor license authorizing the off-
premises sale of both alcoholic and malt beverages, for
sales at meetings, conventions, private parties and dinners
or at other similar gatherings not capable of being held
within the licensee's licensed premises. No licensee
holding a catering permit shall sell or permit consumption
of any alcoholic or malt beverage off the premises
described in the permit. Notwithstanding any other

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provision of this subsection, closed-container items sold
at auction for the benefit of a nonprofit organization may
be taken off-premises.

Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2001.

(END)

Speaker of the House President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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