HB0203 - Special event liquor permit.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0497

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0203

 

 

Special event liquor permit.

 

Sponsored by:  Representative(s) Johnson, W.

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; authorizing the
 2  issuance of a special event liquor permit for rodeos
 3  operated by nongovernmental entities; specifying conditions
 4  and limitations; imposing annual fee requirement; and
 5  providing for an effective date.

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

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 9         Section 1.  W.S. 12-4-507 is created to read:

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11         12-4-507.  Special event liquor permit for rodeos
12  operated by nongovernmental entities.

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14         (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this title
15  and subject to subsection (d) of this section, the
16  appropriate licensing authority may upon application, issue
17  a special event liquor permit for the sale of alcoholic and

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 1  malt beverages to the board of directors of a
 2  nongovernmental entity operating a rodeo event within the
 3  jurisdiction of the licensing authority. Restrictions
 4  imposed under the retail liquor license population formula
 5  pursuant to W.S. 12-4-201 shall not apply to a special
 6  event liquor permit issued under this section. Any entity
 7  licensed under this section shall not be issued and is not
 8  eligible for a twenty-four (24) hour malt beverage permit
 9  or catering permit authorized under W.S. 12-4-502.

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11         (b)  The special event liquor permit issued under
12  subsection (a) of this section shall not authorize the sale
13  of alcoholic liquor or malt beverages for consumption off
14  the premises owned or leased by the permittee.

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16         (c)  The annual fee for the special event liquor
17  permit authorized under this section shall not exceed one
18  thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00), payable in
19  advance.

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21         (d)  The local licensing authority issuing the permit
22  shall by rule and regulation establish the following
23  conditions and limitations for the special event liquor
24  permit issued under this section which, to the extent

 

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 1  applicable, are not less stringent than relevant
 2  requirements and provisions of this title:

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 4              (i)  The location of dispensing rooms;

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 6              (ii)  The furnishings and other features of the
 7  dispensing rooms;

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 9              (iii)  The location of areas where alcoholic
10  liquor and malt beverages may be consumed on the premises
11  owned or leased by the permittee;

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13              (iv)  The hours and days of operation of the
14  dispensing room;

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16              (v)  A uniform procedure of age identification
17  for employees working within the dispensing rooms and for
18  all purchasers of alcoholic liquor and malt beverages;

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20              (vi)  With the exception of areas designated as
21  "sponsor and guest only" located on the premises owned or
22  leased by the permittee, alcoholic liquor and malt
23  beverages shall not be served as part of the permittee's
24  daily operations;

 

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 2              (vii)  Alcoholic liquor and malt beverages shall
 3  only be served in conjunction with the permittee's catered
 4  events or sponsored special events;

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 6              (viii)  If alcoholic liquor and malt beverages
 7  are being served for a catered or sponsored special event
 8  during the permittee's normal operating hours, the site,
 9  area or property where the alcoholic liquor and malt
10  beverages are being served shall be restricted from the
11  general public and the perimeter of the event secured so
12  that alcoholic liquor and malt beverages are not carried
13  into other areas or properties of the permittee where
14  members of the general public who are not participating in
15  the catered or special event are present;

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17              (ix)  Other rules and regulations the licensing
18  authority determines necessary to carry out this section.

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20         Section 2.  W.S. 12-4-502(c) is amended to read:

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22         12-4-502.  Twenty-four hour malt beverage permit and
23  catering permit; restrictions; application procedure; fees.

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 1         (c)  The permits authorized by this section shall be
 2  issued for one (1) twenty-four (24) hour period, subject to
 3  the schedule of operating hours provided by W.S. 12-5-101.
 4  No person or organization shall receive more than a total
 5  of twelve (12) malt beverage and catering permits for sales
 6  at the same premises in any one (1) year, except that this
 7  limitation shall not be applicable to malt beverage permits
 8  issued for sales at any fair, rodeo, pari-mutuel event or
 9  other similar public event conducted by a public entity
10  upon public premises. No person or organization issued a
11  special event liquor permit under W.S. 12-5-507 is eligible
12  to receive, nor shall the licensing authority issue to such
13  person or organization, a malt beverage and catering permit
14  under this section.

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16         Section 3.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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18                         (END)

 

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