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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act and related provisions to address
10 various issues concerning the regulation of alcoholic products.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . modifies definition provisions;
14 . provides that certain retail licenses are exempt from limitations on the number of
15 retail licenses that may be issued at any time;
16 . addresses the relationship between the number of alcohol-related enforcement
17 officers and the issuance of licenses;
18 . modifies the calculation of the ratio of revenue from food as compared to revenue
19 from alcoholic products;
20 . requires taverns to comply with electronic verification requirements for proof of
21 age;
22 . provides for the governor to appoint the chair of the Alcoholic Beverage Control
23 Commission;
24 . provides for the issuance of certificates of approval for out-of-state importers and
25 suppliers of beer, heavy beer, and flavored malt beverages;
26 . provides for the commission with the approval of the governor and with the consent
27 of the Senate to appoint the director of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage
28 Control;
29 . addresses prohibited interests, relationships, and actions;
30 . creates the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act Enforcement Fund and directs how
31 money in the fund is to be expended;
32 . consolidates language regarding warning signs required to be posted in retail
33 settings, including event permits;
34 . addresses the size of containers of heavy beer that can be sold;
35 . modifies fees;
36 . permits the sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product by room service
37 in other than a sealed container;
38 . prohibits consumption of an alcoholic product on licensed premises after a specified
39 time;
40 . removes existing restrictions on transferring licenses or locations of licenses and
41 replaces the provisions with the Transfer of Retail License Act;
42 . addresses the discounting of an alcoholic product;
43 . changes the numbers used to determine the number of retail licenses that may be
44 issued at any one time;
45 . modifies requirements related to the location in restaurants of dispensing, storage,
46 and related instruments or equipment;
47 . modifies provisions related to dining club licenses;
48 . modifies hours of sale;
49 . addresses the limit on the number of airport lounge licenses;
50 . eliminates outdated language regarding grandfathered facilities for on-premise
51 banquet licenses;
52 . enacts a new reception center license, including:
53 . addressing the commission's power to issue;
54 . addressing specific licensing requirements; and
55 . addressing specific operational requirements;
56 . enacts a new beer-only restaurant license, including:
57 . addressing the commission's power to issue;
58 . addressing specific licensing requirements; and
59 . addressing specific operational requirements;
60 . imposes additional requirements on on-premise beer retailers;
61 . extends certain grandfathering for restaurant sublicenses;
62 . prohibits event permittees from selling, offering for sale, or furnishing an indefinite
63 or unlimited number of alcoholic products during a set period for a fixed price
64 unless certain conditions are met;
65 . clarifies provisions related to the number of drinks a patron may have before them
66 at an event;
67 . requires agreements to create exclusive sales territories for beer wholesaler
68 licensees;
69 . clarifies penalties related to obtaining a beer wholesaling license;
70 . addresses when meetings of the commission may be closed;
71 . addresses alcohol training and education seminars;
72 . requires the governor to comply with certain requirements under the Budgetary
73 Procedures Act; and
74 . makes technical and conforming amendments.
75 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
76 This bill appropriates:
77 . to the Department of Public Safety - Programs and Operations, as ongoing and one
78 time appropriations:
79 . from the General Fund, one time, $83,600; and
80 . from the General Fund, ongoing, ($2,642,900).
81 Other Special Clauses:
82 This bill provides an effective date.
83 Utah Code Sections Affected:
84 AMENDS:
85 32B-1-102 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
86 32B-1-201 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
87 32B-1-402 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
88 32B-1-407 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
89 32B-1-602 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
90 32B-1-605 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
91 32B-2-201 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
92 32B-2-202 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
93 32B-2-205 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
94 32B-2-503 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
95 32B-2-504 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
96 32B-2-602 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
97 32B-2-605 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
98 32B-2-606 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
99 32B-4-203 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
100 32B-4-206 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
101 32B-4-208 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
102 32B-4-406 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
103 32B-4-420 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
104 32B-4-705 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
105 32B-5-301 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
106 32B-5-304 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
107 32B-5-305 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
108 32B-5-307 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
109 32B-5-309 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
110 32B-6-102 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
111 32B-6-202 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
112 32B-6-203 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
113 32B-6-204 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
114 32B-6-205 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
115 32B-6-302 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
116 32B-6-303 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
117 32B-6-304 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
118 32B-6-305 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
119 32B-6-403 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
120 32B-6-404 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
121 32B-6-405 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
122 32B-6-406 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
123 32B-6-502 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
124 32B-6-503 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
125 32B-6-504 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
126 32B-6-603 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
127 32B-6-604 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
128 32B-6-605 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
129 32B-6-702 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
130 32B-6-703 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
131 32B-6-705 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
132 32B-6-706 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
133 32B-8-202 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
134 32B-8-204 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
135 32B-8-304 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
136 32B-8-401 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
137 32B-8-402 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
138 32B-9-204 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
139 32B-9-304 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
140 32B-9-305 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
141 32B-9-405 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
142 32B-10-303 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
143 32B-10-304 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
144 32B-10-403 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
145 32B-10-404 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
146 32B-10-503 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
147 32B-10-603 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
148 32B-11-201 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
149 32B-11-203 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
150 32B-11-204 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
151 32B-11-503 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
152 32B-11-604 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
153 32B-11-605 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
154 32B-11-608 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
155 32B-12-202 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
156 32B-12-203 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
157 32B-13-201 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
158 32B-13-202 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
159 32B-13-203 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
160 32B-13-301 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
161 52-4-205, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapters 35, 60, and 239
162 62A-15-401 (Effective 07/01/11), as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
163 63J-1-201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 415
164 ENACTS:
165 32B-1-206, Utah Code Annotated 1953
166 32B-2-209, Utah Code Annotated 1953
167 32B-2-305, Utah Code Annotated 1953
168 32B-6-409, Utah Code Annotated 1953
169 32B-6-801, Utah Code Annotated 1953
170 32B-6-802, Utah Code Annotated 1953
171 32B-6-803, Utah Code Annotated 1953
172 32B-6-804, Utah Code Annotated 1953
173 32B-6-805, Utah Code Annotated 1953
174 32B-6-901, Utah Code Annotated 1953
175 32B-6-902, Utah Code Annotated 1953
176 32B-6-903, Utah Code Annotated 1953
177 32B-6-904, Utah Code Annotated 1953
178 32B-6-905, Utah Code Annotated 1953
179 32B-8a-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
180 32B-8a-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
181 32B-8a-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
182 32B-8a-202, Utah Code Annotated 1953
183 32B-8a-203, Utah Code Annotated 1953
184 32B-8a-301, Utah Code Annotated 1953
185 32B-8a-302, Utah Code Annotated 1953
186 32B-8a-303, Utah Code Annotated 1953
187 32B-8a-401, Utah Code Annotated 1953
188 32B-8a-402, Utah Code Annotated 1953
189 32B-8a-403, Utah Code Annotated 1953
190 32B-8a-404, Utah Code Annotated 1953
191 32B-8a-501, Utah Code Annotated 1953
192 32B-8a-502, Utah Code Annotated 1953
193 REPEALS:
194 26-7-6 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Coordination Clause, Laws of Utah 2010,
195 Chapter 136
196 32B-4-506 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
197 32B-4-507 (Effective 07/01/11), as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 276
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199 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
200 Section 1. Section 32B-1-102 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
201 32B-1-102 (Effective 07/01/11). Definitions.
202 As used in this title:
203 (1) "Airport lounge" means a business location:
204 (a) at which an alcoholic product is sold at retail for consumption on the premises; and
205 (b) that is located at an international airport with a United States Customs office on the
206 premises of the international airport.
207 (2) "Airport lounge license" means a license issued in accordance with Chapter 5,
208 Retail License Act, and Chapter 6, Part 5, Airport Lounge License.
209 (3) "Alcoholic beverage" means the following:
210 (a) beer; or
211 (b) liquor.
212 (4) (a) "Alcoholic product" means a product that:
213 (i) contains at least .5% of alcohol by volume; and
214 (ii) is obtained by fermentation, infusion, decoction, brewing, distillation, or other
215 process that uses liquid or combinations of liquids, whether drinkable or not, to create alcohol
216 in an amount equal to or greater than .5% of alcohol by volume.
217 (b) "Alcoholic product" includes an alcoholic beverage.
218 (c) "Alcoholic product" does not include any of the following common items that
219 otherwise come within the definition of an alcoholic product:
220 (i) except as provided in Subsection (4)(d), an extract;
221 (ii) vinegar;
222 (iii) cider;
223 (iv) essence;
224 (v) tincture;
225 (vi) food preparation; or
226 (vii) an over-the-counter medicine.
227 (d) "Alcoholic product" includes an extract containing alcohol obtained by distillation
228 when it is used as a flavoring in the manufacturing of an alcoholic product.
229 (5) "Alcohol training and education seminar" means a seminar that is:
230 (a) required by Chapter 5, Part 4, Alcohol Training and Education Act; and
231 (b) described in Section 62A-15-401 .
232 (6) "Banquet" means an event:
233 (a) that is held at one or more designated locations approved by the commission in or
234 on the premises of a:
235 (i) hotel;
236 (ii) resort facility;
237 (iii) sports center; or
238 (iv) convention center;
239 (b) for which there is a contract:
240 (i) between a person operating a facility listed in Subsection (6)(a) and another person;
241 and
242 (ii) under which the person operating a facility listed in Subsection (6)(a) is required to
243 provide an alcoholic product at the event; and
244 (c) at which food and alcoholic products may be sold, offered for sale, or furnished.
245 (7) (a) [
246 structure:
247 (i) at which an alcoholic product is:
248 (A) stored; or
249 (B) dispensed; or
250 (ii) from which an alcoholic product is served.
251 (b) [
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253 licensed premises if on or at any place of the surface or structure an alcoholic product is:
254 (i) stored; or
255 (ii) dispensed.
256 (8) (a) Subject to Subsection (8)(d), "beer" means a product that:
257 (i) contains at least .5% of alcohol by volume, but not more than 4% of alcohol by
258 volume or 3.2% by weight; and
259 (ii) is obtained by fermentation, infusion, or decoction of malted grain.
260 (b) "Beer" may or may not contain hops or other vegetable products.
261 (c) "Beer" includes a product that:
262 (i) contains alcohol in the percentages described in Subsection (8)(a); and
263 (ii) is referred to as:
264 (A) beer;
265 (B) ale;
266 (C) porter;
267 (D) stout;
268 (E) lager; or
269 (F) a malt or malted beverage.
270 (d) "Beer" does not include a flavored malt beverage.
271 (9) "Beer-only restaurant license" means a license issued in accordance with Chapter 5,
272 Retail License Act, and Chapter 6, Part 9, Beer-only Restaurant License.
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274 (a) that is engaged, primarily or incidentally, in the retail sale of beer to a patron,
275 whether for consumption on or off the business premises; and
276 (b) to whom a license is issued:
277 (i) for an off-premise beer retailer, in accordance with Chapter 7, Part 2, Off-premise
278 Beer Retailer Local Authority; or
279 (ii) for an on-premise beer retailer, in accordance with Chapter 5, Retail License Act,
280 and Chapter 6, Part 7, On-premise Beer Retailer License.
281 [
282 (a) issued in accordance with Chapter 13, Beer Wholesaling License Act; and
283 (b) to import for sale, or sell beer in wholesale or jobbing quantities to one or more
284 retail licensees or off-premise beer retailers.
285 [
286 (a) a light device;
287 (b) a painting;
288 (c) a drawing;
289 (d) a poster;
290 (e) a sign;
291 (f) a signboard; or
292 (g) a scoreboard.
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294 (a) beer;
295 (b) heavy beer; or
296 (c) a flavored malt beverage.
297 [
298 Chapter 11, Part 5, Brewery Manufacturing License.
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300 department under [
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302 provided by a bus company to a group of persons pursuant to a common purpose:
303 (a) under a single contract;
304 (b) at a fixed charge in accordance with the bus company's tariff; and
305 (c) to give the group of persons the exclusive use of the passenger bus, coach, or other
306 motor vehicle, and a driver to travel together to one or more specified destinations.
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308 (a) set apart for worship;
309 (b) in which religious services are held;
310 (c) with which clergy is associated; and
311 (d) that is tax exempt under the laws of this state.
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313 Retail License Act, and Chapter 6, Part 4, Club License.
314 (b) "Club license" includes:
315 (i) a dining club license;
316 (ii) an equity club license;
317 (iii) a fraternal club license; or
318 (iv) a social club license.
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320 in Section 32B-2-201 .
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322 [
323 (a) a public or private school;
324 (b) a church;
325 (c) a public library;
326 (d) a public playground; or
327 (e) a public park.
328 [
329 (a) the governing body of the community location; or
330 (b) if the commission does not know who is the governing body of a community
331 location, a person who appears to the commission to have been given on behalf of the
332 community location the authority to prohibit an activity at the community location.
333 (23) "Container" means a receptacle that contains an alcoholic product, including:
334 (a) a bottle;
335 (b) a vessel; or
336 (c) a similar item.
337 [
338 (a) in total at least 30,000 square feet; and
339 (b) otherwise defined as a "convention center" by the commission by rule.
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341
342 [
343 (25) (a) Subject to Subsection (25)(b), "counter" means a surface or structure in a
344 dining area of a [
345 of food[
346 (b) "Counter" does not include a surface or structure if on or at any point of the surface
347 or structure an alcoholic product is:
348 (i) stored; or
349 (ii) dispensed.
350 [
351 in Section 32B-2-203 .
352 [
353 (a) an auditor or inspector; and
354 (b) employed by the department.
355 [
356 department for testing, analysis, and sampling.
357 [
358 Retail License Act, and Chapter 6, Part 4, Club License, that is designated by the commission
359 as a dining club license.
360 [
361 department.
362 [
363 under this title:
364 (a) against a person subject to administrative action; and
365 (b) that is brought on the basis of a violation of this title.
366 [
367
368 (32) (a) Subject to Subsection (32)(b), "dispense" means:
369 [
370 [
371 [
372 32B-6-805 (15)(b)(ii), or 32B-6-905 (12)(b)(ii); and
373 [
374 premises of the [
375 furnished to a patron of the [
376 (b) The definition of "dispense" in this Subsection (32) applies only to:
377 (i) a full-service restaurant license;
378 (ii) a limited-service restaurant license;
379 (iii) a reception center license; and
380 (iv) a beer-only restaurant license.
381 [
382 with Chapter 11, Part 4, Distillery Manufacturing License.
383 [
384 the department that is saleable, but for some reason is unappealing to the public.
385 [
386 (a) a nursery school;
387 (b) an infant day care center; and
388 (c) a trade and technical school.
389 [
390 Retail License Act, and Chapter 6, Part 4, Club License, that is designated by the commission
391 as an equity club license.
392 [
393 (a) a single event permit; or
394 (b) a temporary beer event permit.
395 (38) "Exempt license" means a license exempt under Section 32B-1-201 from being
396 considered in determining the total number of a retail license that the commission may issue at
397 any time.
398 [
399 (i) that contains at least .5% alcohol by volume;
400 (ii) that is treated by processing, filtration, or another method of manufacture that is not
401 generally recognized as a traditional process in the production of a beer as described in 27
402 C.F.R. Sec. 25.55;
403 (iii) to which is added a flavor or other ingredient containing alcohol, except for a hop
404 extract; and
405 (iv) (A) for which the producer is required to file a formula for approval with the
406 federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau pursuant to 27 C.F.R. Sec. 25.55; or
407 (B) that is not exempt under Subdivision (f) of 27 C.F.R. Sec. 25.55.
408 (b) "Flavored malt beverage" is considered liquor for purposes of this title.
409 [
410 5, Retail License Act, and Chapter 6, Part 4, Club License, that is designated by the
411 commission as a fraternal club license.
412 [
413 Chapter 5, Retail License Act, and Chapter 6, Part 2, Full-service Restaurant License.
414 [
415 individual an alcoholic product, by sale or otherwise.
416 (b) "Furnish" includes to:
417 (i) serve;
418 (ii) deliver; or
419 (iii) otherwise make available.
420 [
421 32B-6-407 (9).
422 [
423 (a) a podiatrist licensed under Title 58, Chapter 5a, Podiatric Physician Licensing Act;
424 (b) an optometrist licensed under Title 58, Chapter 16a, Utah Optometry Practice Act;
425 (c) a pharmacist licensed under Title 58, Chapter 17b, Pharmacy Practice Act;
426 (d) a physical therapist licensed under Title 58, Chapter 24b, Physical [
427 Therapy Practice Act;
428 (e) a nurse or advanced practice registered nurse licensed under Title 58, Chapter 31b,
429 Nurse Practice Act;
430 (f) a recreational therapist licensed under Title 58, Chapter 40, Recreational Therapy
431 Practice Act;
432 (g) an occupational therapist licensed under Title 58, Chapter 42a, Occupational
433 Therapy Practice Act;
434 (h) a nurse midwife licensed under Title 58, Chapter 44a, Nurse Midwife Practice Act;
435 (i) a mental health professional licensed under Title 58, Chapter 60, Mental Health
436 Professional Practice Act;
437 (j) a physician licensed under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act;
438 (k) an osteopath licensed under Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical
439 Practice Act;
440 (l) a dentist or dental hygienist licensed under Title 58, Chapter 69, Dentist and Dental
441 Hygienist Practice Act; and
442 (m) a physician assistant licensed under Title 58, Chapter 70a, Physician Assistant Act.
443 [
444 (i) contains more than 4% alcohol by volume; and
445 (ii) is obtained by fermentation, infusion, or decoction of malted grain.
446 (b) "Heavy beer" is considered liquor for the purposes of this title.
447 [
448 [
449 Chapter 3, Part 8, Identification Card Act.
450 [
451 salary, commission, or other means for representing and selling an alcoholic product of a
452 manufacturer, supplier, or importer of liquor.
453 [
454 possession of the department for testing, analysis, and sampling by a local industry
455 representative on the premises of the department to educate the local industry representative of
456 the quality and characteristics of the product.
457 [
458 furnishing of an alcoholic product is prohibited by:
459 (a) law; or
460 (b) court order.
461 [
462 (a) is significantly impaired as to the person's mental or physical functions as a result of
463 the use of:
464 (i) an alcoholic product;
465 (ii) a controlled substance;
466 (iii) a substance having the property of releasing toxic vapors; or
467 (iv) a combination of Subsections [
468 (b) exhibits plain and easily observed outward manifestations of behavior or physical
469 signs produced by the over consumption of an alcoholic product.
470 [
471 (a) a department compliance officer; or
472 (b) a nondepartment enforcement officer.
473 [
474 [
475 (a) a retail license;
476 (b) a license issued in accordance with Chapter 11, Manufacturing and Related
477 Licenses Act;
478 (c) a license issued in accordance with Chapter 12, Liquor Warehousing License Act;
479 or
480 (d) a license issued in accordance with Chapter 13, Beer Wholesaling License Act.
481 [
482 [
483 with Chapter 5, Retail License Act, and Chapter 6, Part 3, Limited-service Restaurant License.
484 [
485 authority, other than a bus or taxicab:
486 (a) in which the driver and a passenger are separated by a partition, glass, or other
487 barrier;
488 (b) that is provided by a business entity to one or more individuals at a fixed charge in
489 accordance with the business entity's tariff; and
490 (c) to give the one or more individuals the exclusive use of the limousine and a driver
491 to travel to one or more specified destinations.
492 [
493 (A) is:
494 (I) alcohol;
495 (II) an alcoholic, spirituous, vinous, fermented, malt, or other liquid;
496 (III) a combination of liquids a part of which is spirituous, vinous, or fermented; or
497 (IV) other drink or drinkable liquid; and
498 (B) (I) contains at least .5% alcohol by volume; and
499 (II) is suitable to use for beverage purposes.
500 (ii) "Liquor" includes:
501 (A) heavy beer;
502 (B) wine; and
503 (C) a flavored malt beverage.
504 (b) "Liquor" does not include beer.
505 [
506 32B-2-301 .
507 [
508 (a) in accordance with Chapter 12, Liquor Warehousing License Act; and
509 (b) to a person, other than a licensed manufacturer, who engages in the importation for
510 storage, sale, or distribution of liquor regardless of amount.
511 [
512 (a) for premises that are located in an unincorporated area of a county, the governing
513 body of a county; or
514 (b) for premises that are located in an incorporated city or a town, the governing body
515 of the city or town.
516 [
517 (63) "Opaque" means impenetrable to sight.
518 [
519 ferment, or otherwise make an alcoholic product for personal use or for sale or distribution to
520 others.
521 [
522 privileges in an equity club licensee or fraternal club licensee.
523 [
524 center, or homeport facility for a ship:
525 (i) (A) under the control of the United States Department of Defense; or
526 (B) of the National Guard;
527 (ii) that is located within the state; and
528 (iii) including a leased facility.
529 (b) "Military installation" does not include a facility used primarily for:
530 (i) civil works;
531 (ii) a rivers and harbors project; or
532 (iii) a flood control project.
533 [
534 [
535 (a) (i) is a state agency other than the department; or
536 (ii) is an agency of a county, city, or town; and
537 (b) has a responsibility to enforce one or more provisions of this title.
538 [
539 (a) a peace officer, examiner, or investigator; and
540 (b) employed by a nondepartment enforcement agency.
541 [
542 (i) licensed in accordance with Chapter 7, Part 2, Off-premise Beer Retailer Local
543 Authority; and
544 (ii) engaged in the retail sale of beer to a patron for consumption off the beer retailer's
545 premises.
546 (b) "Off-premise beer retailer" does not include an on-premise beer retailer.
547 [
548 Chapter 5, Retail License Act, and Chapter 6, Part 6, On-premise Banquet License.
549 [
550 (a) authorized to sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer under a license issued in
551 accordance with Chapter 5, Retail License Act, and Chapter 6, Part 7, On-premise Beer
552 Retailer License; and
553 (b) engaged in the sale of beer to a patron for consumption on the beer retailer's
554 premises[
555 (i) regardless of whether the beer retailer sells beer for consumption off the licensed
556 premises[
557 [
558 [
559 [
560 [
561 [
562 (ii) on and after March 1, 2012, operating:
563 (A) as a tavern; or
564 (B) in a manner that meets the recreational amenity requirements of Subsection
565 32B-6-703 (2)(e).
566 [
567 (a) under an agreement with the department; and
568 (b) by a person:
569 (i) other than the state; and
570 (ii) who is authorized by the commission in accordance with Chapter 2, Part 6, Package
571 Agency, to sell packaged liquor for consumption off the premises of the package agency.
572 [
573 [
574 offered for sale, or furnished, or who consumes an alcoholic product including:
575 (a) a customer;
576 (b) a member;
577 (c) a guest;
578 (d) an attendee of a banquet or event;
579 (e) an individual who receives room service;
580 (f) a resident of a resort;
581 (g) a public customer under a resort spa sublicense, as defined in Section 32B-8-102 ;
582 or
583 (h) an invitee.
584 [
585 (a) Chapter 9, Event Permit Act; or
586 (b) Chapter 10, Special Use Permit Act.
587 [
588 (a) a licensee;
589 (b) a permittee;
590 (c) a manufacturer;
591 (d) a supplier;
592 (e) an importer;
593 (f) [
594 (i) an out-of-state brewer;
595 (ii) an out-of-state importer of beer, heavy beer, or flavored malt beverages; or
596 (iii) an out-of-state supplier of beer, heavy beer, or flavored malt beverages; or
597 (g) staff of:
598 (i) a person listed in Subsections [
599 (ii) a package agent.
600 [
601 the storage, sale, furnishing, consumption, manufacture, or distribution, of an alcoholic
602 product, unless otherwise defined in this title or rules made by the commission.
603 [
604 (a) the health care practitioner is licensed under Title 58, Occupations and Professions,
605 to prescribe a controlled substance, other drug, or device for medicinal purposes;
606 (b) the order is made in the course of that health care practitioner's professional
607 practice; and
608 (c) the order is made for obtaining an alcoholic product for medicinal purposes only.
609 [
610 (i) for which an entire room, area, or hall is leased or rented in advance by an identified
611 group; and
612 (ii) that is limited in attendance to people who are specifically designated and their
613 guests.
614 (b) "Private event" does not include an event to which the general public is invited,
615 whether for an admission fee or not.
616 [
617 (i) an identification card;
618 (ii) an identification that:
619 (A) is substantially similar to an identification card;
620 (B) is issued in accordance with the laws of a state other than Utah in which the
621 identification is issued;
622 (C) includes date of birth; and
623 (D) has a picture affixed;
624 (iii) a valid driver license certificate that:
625 (A) includes date of birth;
626 (B) has a picture affixed; and
627 (C) is issued:
628 (I) under Title 53, Chapter 3, Uniform Driver License Act; or
629 (II) in accordance with the laws of the state in which it is issued;
630 (iv) a military identification card that:
631 (A) includes date of birth; and
632 (B) has a picture affixed; or
633 (v) a valid passport.
634 (b) "Proof of age" does not include a driving privilege card issued in accordance with
635 Section 53-3-207 .
636 [
637 (i) owned or leased by:
638 (A) the state; or
639 (B) a local government entity; and
640 (ii) used for:
641 (A) public education;
642 (B) transacting public business; or
643 (C) regularly conducting government activities.
644 (b) "Public building" does not include a building owned by the state or a local
645 government entity when the building is used by a person, in whole or in part, for a proprietary
646 function.
647 [
648 of the public has access to and a right to use for transportation, including an airline, railroad,
649 bus, boat, or other public conveyance.
650 (84) "Reception center" means a business that:
651 (a) operates facilities that are at least 5,000 square feet; and
652 (b) has as its primary purpose the leasing of the facilities described in Subsection
653 (84)(a) to a third party for the third party's event.
654 (85) "Reception center license" means a license issued in accordance with Chapter 5,
655 Retail License Act, and Chapter 6, Part 8, Reception Center License.
656 [
657 (i) inscribed on a tangible medium; or
658 (ii) stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form.
659 (b) "Record" includes:
660 (i) a book;
661 (ii) a book of account;
662 (iii) a paper;
663 (iv) a contract;
664 (v) an agreement;
665 (vi) a document; or
666 (vii) a recording in any medium.
667 [
668 [
669 [
670 [
671 [
672 Retail License Act, and Chapter 8, Resort License Act.
673 [
674 (a) at which a variety of foods are prepared;
675 (b) at which complete meals are served to the general public; and
676 (c) that is engaged primarily in serving meals to the general public.
677 [
678 (a) a full-service restaurant license;
679 (b) a limited-service restaurant license;
680 (c) a club license;
681 (d) an airport lounge license;
682 (e) an on-premise banquet license; [
683 (f) an on-premise beer license[
684 (g) a reception center license; or
685 (h) a beer-only restaurant license.
686 [
687 guest room of a:
688 (a) hotel; or
689 (b) resort facility.
690 [
691 [
692 minors.
693 (b) "School" does not include an educational facility.
694 [
695 for consideration, an alcoholic product is either directly or indirectly transferred, solicited,
696 ordered, delivered for value, or by a means or under a pretext is promised or obtained, whether
697 done by a person as a principal, proprietor, or as staff, unless otherwise defined in this title or
698 the rules made by the commission.
699 [
700 seminudity appears at or performs:
701 (a) for the entertainment of one or more patrons;
702 (b) on the premises of:
703 (i) a social club licensee; or
704 (ii) a tavern;
705 (c) on behalf of or at the request of the licensee described in Subsection [
706 (d) on a contractual or voluntary basis; and
707 (e) whether or not the person is designated as:
708 (i) an employee;
709 (ii) an independent contractor;
710 (iii) an agent of the licensee; or
711 (iv) a different type of classification.
712 [
713 Part 3, Single Event Permit.
714 [
715 of beer, heavy beer, and flavored malt beverages per year.
716 [
717 Retail License Act, and Chapter 6, Part 4, Club License, that is designated by the commission
718 as a social club license.
719 [
720 Special Use Permit Act.
721 [
722 (b) "Spirituous liquor" includes an alcoholic product defined as a "distilled spirit" by
723 27 U.S.C. Sec. 211 and 27 C.F.R. Sec. 5.11 through 5.23.
724 [
725 [
726 title:
727 (i) on behalf of a business, including a package agent, licensee, permittee, or certificate
728 holder;
729 (ii) at the request of the business, including a package agent, licensee, permittee, or
730 certificate holder; or
731 (iii) under the authority of the business, including a package agent, licensee, permittee,
732 or certificate holder.
733 (b) "Staff" includes:
734 (i) an officer;
735 (ii) a director;
736 (iii) an employee;
737 (iv) personnel management;
738 (v) an agent of the licensee, including a managing agent;
739 (vi) an operator; or
740 (vii) a representative.
741 [
742 (a) the appearance of:
743 (i) the nipple or areola of a female human breast;
744 (ii) a human genital;
745 (iii) a human pubic area; or
746 (iv) a human anus; or
747 (b) a state of dress that fails to opaquely cover:
748 (i) the nipple or areola of a female human breast;
749 (ii) a human genital;
750 (iii) a human pubic area; or
751 (iv) a human anus.
752 [
753 covers no more than:
754 (a) the nipple and areola of the female human breast in a shape and color other than the
755 natural shape and color of the nipple and areola; and
756 (b) the human genitals, pubic area, and anus:
757 (i) with no less than the following at its widest point:
758 (A) four inches coverage width in the front of the human body; and
759 (B) five inches coverage width in the back of the human body; and
760 (ii) with coverage that does not taper to less than one inch wide at the narrowest point.
761 [
762 (i) located on premises owned or leased by the state; and
763 (ii) operated by a state employee.
764 (b) "State store" does not include:
765 (i) a package agency;
766 (ii) a licensee; or
767 (iii) a permittee.
768 [
769
770 (109) (a) "Storage area" means an area on licensed premises where the licensee stores
771 an alcoholic product.
772 (b) "Store" means to place or maintain in a location an alcoholic product from which a
773 person draws to prepare an alcoholic product to be furnished to a patron [
774 except as provided in Subsection 32B-6-205 (12)(b)(ii) [
775 32B-6-805 (15)(b)(ii), or 32B-6-905 (12)(b)(ii).
776 [
777 [
778 department.
779 [
780 (a) issued a license by the commission in accordance with Chapter 5, Retail License
781 Act, and Chapter 6, Part 7, On-premise Beer Retailer License; and
782 (b) designated by the commission as a tavern in accordance with Chapter 6, Part 7,
783 On-premise Beer Retailer License.
784 [
785 Chapter 9, Part 4, Temporary Beer Event Permit.
786 [
787 a person who does not have a present intention to continue residency within Utah permanently
788 or indefinitely.
789 (115) "Translucent" means a substance that allows light to pass through, but does not
790 allow an object or person to be seen through the substance.
791 [
792 (a) is unsaleable because the [
793 (i) unlabeled;
794 (ii) leaky;
795 (iii) damaged;
796 (iv) difficult to open; or
797 (v) partly filled;
798 (b) (i) has faded labels or defective caps or corks;
799 (ii) has contents that are:
800 (A) cloudy;
801 (B) spoiled; or
802 (C) chemically determined to be impure; or
803 (iii) contains:
804 (A) sediment; or
805 (B) a foreign substance; or
806 (c) is otherwise considered by the department as unfit for sale.
807 [
808 the natural sugar content of fruits, plants, honey, or milk, or other like substance, whether or
809 not another ingredient is added.
810 (b) "Wine" is considered liquor for purposes of this title, except as otherwise provided
811 in this title.
812 [
813 with Chapter 11, Part 3, Winery Manufacturing License.
814 Section 2. Section 32B-1-201 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
815 32B-1-201 (Effective 07/01/11). Restrictions on number of retail licenses that may
816 be issued -- Determining population -- Exempt licenses.
817 (1) As used in this section:
818 (a) "Alcohol-related law enforcement officer" means a law enforcement officer
819 employed by the Department of Public Safety that has as a primary responsibility:
820 (i) the enforcement of this title; or
821 (ii) the enforcement of Title 41, Chapter 6a, Part 5, Driving Under the Influence and
822 Reckless Driving.
823 (b) "Enforcement ratio" is the number calculated as follows:
824 (i) determine the quotient equal to the total number of quota retail licenses available
825 divided by the total number of alcohol-related law enforcement officers; and
826 (ii) round the number determined in accordance with Subsection (1)(b)(ii) up to the
827 nearest whole number.
828 (c) "Quota retail license" means:
829 (i) a full-service restaurant license;
830 (ii) a limited-service restaurant license;
831 (iii) a club license;
832 (iv) an on-premise banquet license;
833 (v) an on-premise beer retailer operating as a tavern; and
834 (vi) a reception center license.
835 (d) "Total number of alcohol-related law enforcement officers" means the total number
836 of positions designated as alcohol-related law enforcement officers that are funded as of a
837 specified date as certified by the Department of Public Safety to the department.
838 (e) "Total number of quota retail licenses available" means the number calculated by:
839 (i) determining as of a specified date for each quota retail license the number of
840 licenses that the commission may not exceed calculated by dividing the population of the state
841 by the number specified in the relevant provision for the quota retail license; and
842 (ii) adding together the numbers determined under Subsection (1)(d)(i).
843 (2) (a) Beginning on July 1, 2012, the department shall annually determine the
844 enforcement ratio as of July 1 of that year.
845 (b) If, beginning on July 1, 2012, the enforcement ratio is greater than 52, the
846 commission may not issue a quota retail license for the 12-month period beginning on the July
847 1 for which the enforcement ratio is greater than 52.
848 (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(b), the commission may issue a quota retail license
849 during the 12-month period described in Subsection (2)(b) beginning on the day on which a
850 sufficient number of alcohol-related law enforcement officers are employed so that if the
851 enforcement ratio is calculated, the enforcement ratio would be equal to or less than 52.
852 (d) Once the Department of Public Safety certifies under Subsection (1)(d) the total
853 number of positions designated as alcohol-related law enforcement officers that are funded as
854 of July 1, the Department of Public Safety may not use the funding for the designated
855 alcohol-related law enforcement officers for a purpose other than funding those positions.
856 (3) For purposes of determining the number of state stores that the commission may
857 establish or the number of package agencies or retail licenses that the commission may issue,
858 the commission shall determine population by:
859 [
860 [
861 governments.
862 (4) The commission may not consider a retail license that meets the following
863 conditions in determining the total number of licenses available for that type of retail license
864 that the commission may issue at any time:
865 (a) the retail license was issued to a club licensee designated as a dining club as of July
866 1, 2011; and
867 (b) the dining club license is converted to another type of retail license in accordance
868 with Section 32B-6-709 .
869 Section 3. Section 32B-1-206 is enacted to read:
870 32B-1-206. Calculation of ratio of gross receipts of food to alcoholic product.
871 In calculating the annual gross receipts of a retail license or sublicense for purposes of
872 determining the percentage of gross receipts from the sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of food
873 or an alcoholic product, a retail licensee may not include in the calculation the money from the
874 sale of a bottle of wine by the retail licensee or under a sublicense that is in excess of $250.
875 Section 4. Section 32B-1-402 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
876 32B-1-402 (Effective 07/01/11). Definitions.
877 As used in this part:
878 [
879 [
880 [
881 [
882 handle an alcoholic product.
883 [
884 consumed, but where under this title a minor is not permitted.
885 [
886 verifying the age of the person signing the statement.
887 Section 5. Section 32B-1-407 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
888 32B-1-407 (Effective 07/01/11). Verification of proof of age by applicable
889 licensees.
890 (1) As used in this section, "applicable licensee" means:
891 (a) a dining club;
892 (b) a social club; or
893 (c) a tavern.
894 [
895 require that an authorized person [
896 provided in this section.
897 [
898 before an individual who appears to be 35 years of age or younger:
899 (a) gains admittance to the premises of a social club licensee or tavern; or
900 (b) procures an alcoholic product on the premises of a dining club licensee.
901 [
902 (a) request the individual present proof of age; and
903 (b) (i) verify the validity of the proof of age electronically under the verification
904 program created in Subsection [
905 (ii) if the proof of age cannot be electronically verified as provided in Subsection [
906 (4)(b)(i), request that the individual comply with a process established by the commission by
907 rule.
908 [
909 includes the following:
910 (a) the specifications for the technology used by the applicable licensee to
911 electronically verify proof of age, including that the technology display to the person described
912 in Subsection [
913 age:
914 (i) the name;
915 (ii) the age;
916 (iii) the number assigned to the individual's proof of age by the issuing authority;
917 (iv) the birth date;
918 (v) the gender; and
919 (vi) the status and expiration date of the individual's proof of age; and
920 (b) the security measures that must be used by an applicable licensee to ensure that
921 information obtained under this section is:
922 (i) used by the applicable licensee only for purposes of verifying proof of age in
923 accordance with this section; and
924 (ii) retained by the applicable licensee for seven days after the day on which the
925 applicable licensee obtains the information.
926 [
927 section except as provided under this title.
928 (b) Information obtained under this section is considered a record for any purpose
929 under Chapter 5, Part 3, Retail Licensee Operational Requirements.
930 Section 6. Section 32B-1-602 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
931 32B-1-602 (Effective 07/01/11). Definitions.
932 As used in this part:
933 (1) "Malted beverage" means:
934 (a) beer;
935 (b) a flavored malt beverage; and
936 (c) heavy beer.
937 (2) "Packaging" means the outer packaging that is visible to a consumer such as a
938 carton, case, or other wrapper of a [
939 Section 7. Section 32B-1-605 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
940 32B-1-605 (Effective 07/01/11). General procedure for approval.
941 (1) To obtain approval of the label and packaging of a malted beverage, the
942 manufacturer of the malted beverage shall submit an application to the department for
943 approval.
944 (2) The application described in Subsection (1) shall be on a form approved by the
945 department and include the following:
946 (a) a copy of a federal certificate of label approval from the Department of Treasury,
947 Tax and Trade Bureau, for each brand and label for which the manufacturer is seeking
948 approval;
949 (b) a complete set of original labels for each size of [
950 beverage;
951 (c) a description of the size of the [
952 (d) a description of each type of [
953 (e) a description of any packaging for the malted beverage.
954 (3) The department may assess a reasonable fee for reviewing a label and packaging for
955 approval.
956 (4) (a) The department shall notify a manufacturer within 30 days after the day on
957 which the manufacturer submits an application whether the label and packaging is approved or
958 denied.
959 (b) If the department determines that an unusual circumstance requires additional time,
960 the department may extend the time period described in Subsection (4)(a).
961 (5) A manufacturer shall obtain the approval of the department of a revision of a
962 previously approved label and packaging before a malted beverage using the revised label and
963 packaging may be distributed or sold in this state.
964 (6) (a) The department may revoke a label and packaging previously approved upon a
965 finding that the label and packaging is not in compliance with this title or rules of the
966 commission.
967 (b) The department shall notify the person who applies for the approval of a label and
968 packaging at least five business days before the day on which a label and packaging approval is
969 considered revoked.
970 (c) After receiving notice under Subsection (6)(b), a manufacturer may present written
971 argument or evidence to the department on why the revocation should not occur.
972 (7) A manufacturer that applies for approval of a label and packaging may appeal a
973 denial or revocation of a label and packaging approval to the commission.
974 Section 8. Section 32B-2-201 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
975 32B-2-201 (Effective 07/01/11). Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission created.
976 (1) There is created the "Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission." The commission is
977 the governing board over the department.
978 (2) (a) The commission is composed of five part-time commissioners appointed by the
979 governor with the consent of the Senate.
980 (b) No more than three commissioners may be of the same political party.
981 (3) (a) Except as required by Subsection (3)(b), as terms of commissioners expire, the
982 governor shall appoint each new commissioner or reappointed commissioner to a four-year
983 term.
984 (b) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (3)(a), the governor shall, at the
985 time of appointment or reappointment, adjust the length of terms to ensure that the terms of no
986 more than two commissioners expire in a fiscal year.
987 (4) (a) When a vacancy occurs on the commission for any reason, the governor shall
988 appoint a replacement for the unexpired term with the consent of the Senate.
989 (b) Unless removed in accordance with Subsection (6), a commissioner shall remain on
990 the commission after the expiration of a term until a successor is appointed by the governor,
991 with the consent of the Senate.
992 (5) A commissioner shall take the oath of office.
993 (6) (a) The governor may remove a commissioner from the commission for cause after
994 a public hearing conducted by:
995 (i) the governor; or
996 (ii) an impartial hearing examiner appointed by the governor to conduct the hearing.
997 (b) At least 10 days before the hearing described in Subsection (6)(a), the governor
998 shall provide the commissioner notice of:
999 (i) the date, time, and place of the hearing; and
1000 (ii) the alleged grounds for the removal.
1001 (c) The commissioner shall have an opportunity to:
1002 (i) attend the hearing;
1003 (ii) present witnesses and other evidence; and
1004 (iii) confront and cross examine witnesses.
1005 (d) After a hearing under this Subsection (6):
1006 (i) the person conducting the hearing shall prepare written findings of fact and
1007 conclusions of law; and
1008 (ii) the governor shall serve a copy of the prepared findings and conclusions upon the
1009 commissioner.
1010 (e) If a hearing under this Subsection (6) is held before a hearing examiner, the hearing
1011 examiner shall issue a written recommendation to the governor in addition to complying with
1012 Subsection (6)(d).
1013 (f) A commissioner has five days from the day on which the commissioner receives the
1014 findings and conclusions described in Subsection (6)(d) to file written objections to the
1015 recommendation before the governor issues a final order.
1016 (g) The governor shall:
1017 (i) issue the final order under this Subsection (6) in writing; and
1018 (ii) serve the final order upon the commissioner.
1019 (7) (a) A commissioner may not receive compensation or benefits for the
1020 commissioner's service, but may receive per diem and expenses incurred in the performance of
1021 the commissioner's official duties at the rates established by the Division of Finance under
1022 Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107 .
1023 (b) A commissioner may decline to receive per diem and expenses for the
1024 commissioner's service.
1025 [
1026 [
1027 (8) (a) The governor shall annually appoint the chair of the commission. A
1028 commissioner serves as chair to the commission at the pleasure of the governor.
1029 (b) The commission shall elect:
1030 [
1031 [
1032 [
1033 which the commissioner is elected [
1034 commission.
1035 [
1036 in attendance at a commission meeting.
1037 [
1038 [
1039 commission to act.
1040 [
1041 at times and places as scheduled by:
1042 (i) the commission;
1043 (ii) the chair; or
1044 (iii) three commissioners upon filing a written request for a meeting with the chair.
1045 (b) Notice of the time and place of a commission meeting shall be given to each
1046 commissioner, and to the public in compliance with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public
1047 Meetings Act. A commission meeting is open to the public, except for a commission meeting
1048 or portion of a commission meeting that is closed by the commission as authorized by Sections
1049 52-4-204 and 52-4-205 .
1050 Section 9. Section 32B-2-202 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
1051 32B-2-202 (Effective 07/01/11). Powers and duties of the commission.
1052 (1) The commission shall:
1053 (a) act as a general policymaking body on the subject of alcoholic product control;
1054 (b) adopt and issue policies, rules, and procedures;
1055 (c) set policy by written rules that establish criteria and procedures for:
1056 (i) issuing, denying, not renewing, suspending, or revoking a package agency, license,
1057 permit, or certificate of approval; and
1058 (ii) determining the location of a state store, package agency, or retail licensee;
1059 (d) decide within the limits, and under the conditions imposed by this title, the number
1060 and location of state stores, package agencies, and retail licensees in the state;
1061 (e) issue, deny, suspend, revoke, or not renew the following package agencies, licenses,
1062 permits, or certificates of approval for the purchase, storage, sale, offer for sale, furnishing,
1063 consumption, manufacture, and distribution of an alcoholic product:
1064 (i) a package agency;
1065 (ii) a full-service restaurant license;
1066 (iii) a limited-service restaurant license;
1067 (iv) a club license;
1068 (v) an airport lounge license;
1069 (vi) an on-premise banquet license;
1070 (vii) a resort license, under which four or more sublicenses may be included;
1071 (viii) an on-premise beer retailer license;
1072 (ix) a reception center license;
1073 (x) a beer-only restaurant license;
1074 [
1075 [
1076 [
1077 [
1078 [
1079 [
1080 [
1081 (xvii) one of the following that holds a certificate of approval[
1082 (A) an out-of-state brewer;
1083 (B) an out-of-state importer of beer, heavy beer, or flavored malt beverages; and
1084 (C) an out-of-state supplier of beer, heavy beer, or flavored malt beverages;
1085 (f) in accordance with Section 32B-5-205 , issue, deny, suspend, or revoke one of the
1086 following conditional licenses for the purchase, storage, sale, furnishing, consumption,
1087 manufacture, and distribution of an alcoholic product:
1088 (i) a conditional full-service restaurant license; or
1089 (ii) a conditional limited-service restaurant license;
1090 (g) prescribe the duties of the department in assisting the commission in issuing a
1091 package agency, license, permit, or certificate of approval under this title;
1092 (h) to the extent a fee is not specified in this title, establish a fee allowed under this title
1093 in accordance with Section 63J-1-504 ;
1094 (i) fix prices at which liquor is sold that are the same at all state stores, package
1095 agencies, and retail licensees;
1096 (j) issue and distribute price lists showing the price to be paid by a purchaser for each
1097 class, variety, or brand of liquor kept for sale by the department;
1098 (k) (i) require the director to follow sound management principles; and
1099 (ii) require periodic reporting from the director to ensure that:
1100 (A) sound management principles are being followed; and
1101 (B) policies established by the commission are being observed;
1102 (l) (i) receive, consider, and act in a timely manner upon the reports, recommendations,
1103 and matters submitted by the director to the commission; and
1104 (ii) do the things necessary to support the department in properly performing the
1105 department's duties;
1106 (m) obtain temporarily and for special purposes the services of an expert or person
1107 engaged in the practice of a profession, or a person who possesses a needed skill if:
1108 (i) considered expedient; and
1109 (ii) approved by the governor;
1110 (n) prescribe the conduct, management, and equipment of premises upon which an
1111 alcoholic product may be stored, sold, offered for sale, furnished, or consumed;
1112 (o) make rules governing the credit terms of beer sales within the state to retail
1113 licensees; and
1114 (p) in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and Enforcement Act, take
1115 disciplinary action against a person subject to administrative action.
1116 (2) The power of the commission to do the following is plenary, except as otherwise
1117 provided by this title, and not subject to review:
1118 (a) establish a state store;
1119 (b) issue authority to act as a package agent or operate a package agency; and
1120 (c) issue or deny a license, permit, or certificate of approval.
1121 (3) If the commission is authorized or required to make a rule under this title, the
1122 commission shall make the rule in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative
1123 Rulemaking Act.
1124 Section 10. Section 32B-2-205 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
1125 32B-2-205 (Effective 07/01/11). Director of alcoholic beverage control.
1126 (1) (a) The commission by a vote of four of the five commissioners, [
1127 approval of the governor, and with the consent of the Senate, shall appoint a director of
1128 alcoholic beverage control who is the administrative head of the department.
1129 (b) The director serves at the pleasure of the commission, except that the director may
1130 only be removed from office by a vote of four commissioners.
1131 (c) The director may not be a commissioner.
1132 (d) The director shall:
1133 (i) be qualified in administration;
1134 (ii) be knowledgeable by experience and training in the field of business management;
1135 and
1136 (iii) possess any other qualification prescribed by the commission.
1137 (2) The governor shall establish the director's compensation within the salary range
1138 fixed by the Legislature in Title 67, Chapter 22, State Officer Compensation.
1139 (3) The director shall:
1140 (a) carry out the policies of the commission;
1141 (b) carry out the policies of the department;
1142 (c) fully inform the commission of the operations and administrative activities of the
1143 department; and
1144 (d) assist the commission in the proper discharge of the commission's duties.
1145 Section 11. Section 32B-2-209 is enacted to read:
1146 32B-2-209. Prohibited interests, relationships, and actions.
1147 (1) As used in this section:
1148 (a) "Applicable department employee" means a department employee who is:
1149 (i) designated as a deputy or assistant director;
1150 (ii) a chief administrative officer of a division within the department;
1151 (iii) a department compliance officer; or
1152 (iv) an employee directly performing licensing or compliance functions of the
1153 department.
1154 (b) "Immediate family" means an individual's:
1155 (i) spouse; or
1156 (ii) child who is younger than 18 years of age.
1157 (2) In addition to being subject to Title 67, Chapter 16, Utah Public Officers' and
1158 Employees' Ethics Act, an individual who is a commissioner, the director, or an applicable
1159 department employee may not:
1160 (a) have a pecuniary interest, whether as the holder of stock or other securities other
1161 than a mutual fund, in a person who applies for or holds a package agency, license, permit, or
1162 certificate under this title;
1163 (b) otherwise have a conflict of interest with a person who applies for or holds a
1164 package agency, license, permit, or certificate under this title;
1165 (c) have an office, position, or relationship, or be engaged in a business or avocation
1166 that interferes or is incompatible with the effective and objective fulfillment of the duties of
1167 office or employment;
1168 (d) have a direct business relationship with a person subject to administrative action
1169 under this title;
1170 (e) accept a gift, gratuity, emolument, or employment from:
1171 (i) a person who applies for or holds a package agency, license, permit, or certificate
1172 under this title; or
1173 (ii) an officer, agent, or employee of a person who applies for or holds a package
1174 agency, license, permit, or certificate under this title, except that a commissioner, the director,
1175 or an applicable department employee may accept a gift from an officer, agent, or employee if
1176 the gift is equal to or less than $50; or
1177 (f) solicit, suggest, request, or recommend, directly or indirectly, the appointment of
1178 any person to any office or employment with a person who applies for or holds a package
1179 agency, license, permit, or certificate under this title.
1180 (3) An immediate family member of a commissioner, the director, or an applicable
1181 department employee may not:
1182 (a) have a pecuniary interest, whether as the holder of stock or other securities other
1183 than a mutual fund, in a person who applies for or holds a package agency, license, permit, or
1184 certificate under this title;
1185 (b) otherwise have a conflict of interest with a person who applies for or holds a
1186 package agency, license, permit, or certificate under this title;
1187 (c) have an office, position, or relationship, or be engaged in a business or avocation
1188 that interferes or is incompatible with the effective and objective fulfillment of the duties of
1189 office or employment of the commissioner, director, or applicable department employee for
1190 whom the person is immediate family;
1191 (d) accept a gift, gratuity, emolument, or employment from:
1192 (i) a person who applies for or holds a package agency, license, permit, or certificate
1193 under this title; or
1194 (ii) an officer, agent, or employee of a person who applies for or holds a package
1195 agency, license, permit, or certificate under this title, except that an immediate family member
1196 may accept a gift from an officer, agent, or employee if the gift is equal to or less than $50; or
1197 (e) solicit, suggest, request, or recommend, directly or indirectly, the appointment of
1198 any person to any office or employment with a person who applies for or holds a package
1199 agency, license, permit, or certificate under this title.
1200 (4) An officer, agent, attorney, or employee of a person who applies for or holds a
1201 package agency, license, permit, or certificate under this title may not directly or indirectly
1202 solicit, request, or recommend to the governor, any state senator, the commission, or the
1203 department the appointment of any person:
1204 (a) as a commissioner;
1205 (b) as director of the department; or
1206 (c) to a department staff position.
1207 (5) (a) A commissioner shall disclose during a meeting of the commission a potential
1208 violation of this section, including the existence and nature of a professional, financial,
1209 business, or personal interest with a person who holds, or an applicant for, a license, permit, or
1210 certificate issued under this title that may result in a violation of this section.
1211 (b) After a commissioner makes a disclosure under Subsection (5)(a):
1212 (i) the commission may, by motion, determine whether there is a potential violation of
1213 this section;
1214 (ii) if the commission determines that there is a potential violation of this section:
1215 (A) the commission shall notify the governor; and
1216 (B) the commissioner may not vote on any matter that would result in the potential
1217 violation of this section; and
1218 (iii) if the commission determines that there is not a potential violation of this section,
1219 a commissioner may elect whether to vote on the issue that gives rise to the disclosure under
1220 Subsection (5)(a).
1221 (c) The commission shall record any declaration of a potential violation of this section
1222 in the minutes of the meeting.
1223 Section 12. Section 32B-2-305 is enacted to read:
1224 32B-2-305. Alcoholic Beverage Control Act Enforcement Fund.
1225 (1) As used in this section:
1226 (a) "Alcohol-related law enforcement officer" is as defined in Section 32B-1-201 .
1227 (b) "Enforcement ratio" is as defined in Section 32B-1-201 .
1228 (c) "Fund" means the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act Enforcement Fund created in
1229 this section.
1230 (2) There is created a restricted special revenue fund known as the "Alcoholic
1231 Beverage Control Act Enforcement Fund."
1232 (3) (a) The fund consists of:
1233 (i) deposits made under Subsection (4); and
1234 (ii) interest earned on the fund.
1235 (b) The fund shall earn interest. Interest on the fund shall be deposited into the fund.
1236 (4) After the deposit made under Section 32B-2-304 , the department shall deposit 1%
1237 of the total gross revenue from the sale of liquor with the state treasurer to be credited to the
1238 fund to be used by the Department of Public Safety as provided in Subsection (5).
1239 (5) The Department of Public Safety shall expend money from the fund to supplement
1240 appropriations by the Legislature so that the Department of Public Safety maintains a sufficient
1241 number of alcohol-related law enforcement officers such that beginning on July 1, 2012, each
1242 year the enforcement ratio as of July 1 is equal to or less than the number specified in Section
1243 32B-1-201 .
1244 Section 13. Section 32B-2-503 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
1245 32B-2-503 (Effective 07/01/11). Operational requirements for a state store.
1246 (1) (a) A state store shall display in a prominent place in the store a sign in large letters
1247 [
1248
1249 (i) a header that reads: "WARNING";
1250 (ii) a warning statement that reads: "Drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy
1251 can cause birth defects and permanent brain damage for the child.";
1252 (iii) a statement in smaller font that reads: "Call the Utah Department of Health at
1253 [insert most current toll-free number] with questions or for more information.";
1254 (iv) a header that reads: "WARNING"; and
1255 (v) a warning statement that reads: "Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is a
1256 serious crime that is prosecuted aggressively in Utah."
1257 (b) (i) The text described in Subsections (1)(a)(i) through (iii) shall be in a different
1258 font style than the text described in Subsections (1)(a)(iv) and (v).
1259 (ii) The warning statements in the sign described in Subsection (1)(a) shall be in the
1260 same font size.
1261 (c) The Department of Health shall work with the commission and department to
1262 facilitate consistency in the format of a sign required under this section.
1263 (2) A state store may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish liquor except at a price fixed by
1264 the commission.
1265 (3) A state store may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish liquor to:
1266 (a) a minor;
1267 (b) a person actually, apparently, or obviously intoxicated;
1268 (c) a known interdicted person; or
1269 (d) a known habitual drunkard.
1270 (4) (a) A state store employee may not:
1271 (i) consume an alcoholic product on the premises of a state store; or
1272 (ii) allow any person to consume an alcoholic product on the premises of a state store.
1273 (b) A violation of this Subsection (4) is a class B misdemeanor.
1274 (5) (a) Sale or delivery of liquor may not be made on or from the premises of a state
1275 store, and a state store may not be kept open for the sale of liquor:
1276 (i) on Sunday; or
1277 (ii) on a state or federal legal holiday.
1278 (b) Sale or delivery of liquor may be made on or from the premises of a state store, and
1279 a state store may be open for the sale of liquor, only on a day and during hours that the
1280 commission directs by rule or order.
1281 (6) (a) A minor may not be admitted into, or be on the premises of a state store unless
1282 accompanied by a person who is:
1283 (i) 21 years of age or older; and
1284 (ii) the minor's parent, legal guardian, or spouse.
1285 (b) A state store employee that has reason to believe that a person who is on the
1286 premises of a state store is under the age of 21 and is not accompanied by a person described in
1287 Subsection (6)(a) may:
1288 (i) ask the suspected minor for proof of age;
1289 (ii) ask the person who accompanies the suspected minor for proof of age; and
1290 (iii) ask the suspected minor or the person who accompanies the suspected minor for
1291 proof of parental, guardianship, or spousal relationship.
1292 (c) A state store employee shall refuse to sell liquor to the suspected minor and to the
1293 person who accompanies the suspected minor into the state store if the suspected minor or
1294 person fails to provide information specified in Subsection (6)(b).
1295 (d) A state store employee shall require a suspected minor and the person who
1296 accompanies the suspected minor into the state store to immediately leave the premises of the
1297 state store if the suspected minor or person fails to provide information specified in Subsection
1298 (6)(b).
1299 (7) (a) A state store may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish liquor except in a sealed
1300 [
1301 (b) A person may not open a sealed [
1302 store.
1303 (8) On or after October 1, 2011, a state store may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish
1304 heavy beer in a sealed container that exceeds two liters.
1305 Section 14. Section 32B-2-504 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
1306 32B-2-504 (Effective 07/01/11). Delivery of liquor to state store.
1307 (1) Liquor to be sold from a state store may be transported from a warehouse
1308 authorized by the department to the state store if transported by a person authorized by the
1309 department to transport the liquor to the state store, including a common carrier.
1310 (2) A person, while in or about a vehicle in which liquor is being transported, may not
1311 open, break, or allow to be opened or broken, a [
1312 (3) A person may not drink, use, or allow to be drunk or used, liquor while it is in
1313 transit under this section.
1314 Section 15. Section 32B-2-602 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
1315 32B-2-602 (Effective 07/01/11). Application requirements for a package agency.
1316 (1) Before a person may store, sell, offer for sale, or furnish liquor in a sealed
1317 [
1318 package agency issued by the commission in accordance with this part.
1319 (2) To obtain a package agency, a person seeking to be the package agent under this
1320 part shall submit to the department:
1321 (a) a written application in a form prescribed by the department;
1322 (b) a nonrefundable application fee of [
1323 (c) written consent of the local authority;
1324 (d) evidence of proximity to any community location, with proximity requirements
1325 being governed by Section 32B-1-202 ;
1326 (e) a bond as specified by Section 32B-2-604 ;
1327 (f) a floor plan of the premises, including a description and highlighting of that part of
1328 the premises in which the person proposes that the package agency be located;
1329 (g) evidence that the package agency is carrying public liability insurance in an amount
1330 and form satisfactory to the department;
1331 (h) a signed consent form stating that the package agent permits any authorized
1332 representative of the commission, department, or any law enforcement officer to have
1333 unrestricted right to enter the premises of the package agency;
1334 (i) if the person applying is an entity, verification that a person who signs the package
1335 agency application is authorized to sign on behalf of the entity; and
1336 (j) any other information the commission or department may require.
1337 (3) The commission may not issue a package agency to a person who is disqualified
1338 under Section 32B-1-304 .
1339 (4) The commission may not issue a package agency for premises that do not meet the
1340 proximity requirements of Section 32B-1-202 .
1341 Section 16. Section 32B-2-605 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
1342 32B-2-605 (Effective 07/01/11). Operational requirements for package agency.
1343 (1) (a) A person may not operate a package agency until a package agency agreement is
1344 entered into by the package agent and the department.
1345 (b) A package agency agreement shall state the conditions of operation by which the
1346 package agent and the department are bound.
1347 (c) (i) If a package agent or staff of the package agent violates this title, rules under this
1348 title, or the package agency agreement, the department may take any action against the package
1349 agent that is allowed by the package agency agreement.
1350 (ii) An action against a package agent is governed solely by its package agency
1351 agreement and may include suspension or revocation of the package agency.
1352 (iii) Notwithstanding that this part refers to "package agency" or "package agent," staff
1353 of the package agency or package agent is subject to the same requirement or prohibition.
1354 (2) (a) A package agency shall be operated by an individual who is either:
1355 (i) the package agent; or
1356 (ii) an individual designated by the package agent.
1357 (b) An individual who is a designee under this Subsection (2) shall be:
1358 (i) an employee of the package agent; and
1359 (ii) responsible for the operation of the package agency.
1360 (c) The conduct of the designee is attributable to the package agent.
1361 (d) A package agent shall submit the name of the person operating the package agency
1362 to the department for the department's approval.
1363 (e) A package agent shall state the name and title of a designee on the application for a
1364 package agency.
1365 (f) A package agent shall:
1366 (i) inform the department of a proposed change in the individual designated to operate
1367 a package agency; and
1368 (ii) receive prior approval from the department before implementing the change
1369 described in this Subsection (2)(f).
1370 (g) Failure to comply with the requirements of this Subsection (2) may result in the
1371 immediate termination of a package agency agreement.
1372 (3) (a) A package agent shall display in a prominent place in the package agency[
1373 the record issued by the commission that designates the package agency[
1374 (b) A package agent that displays or stores liquor at a location visible to the public
1375 shall display in a prominent place in the package agency a sign in large letters [
1376
1377
1378 (i) a header that reads: "WARNING";
1379 (ii) a warning statement that reads: "Drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy
1380 can cause birth defects and permanent brain damage for the child.";
1381 (iii) a statement in smaller font that reads: "Call the Utah Department of Health at
1382 [insert most current toll-free number] with questions or for more information.";
1383 (iv) a header that reads: "WARNING"; and
1384 (v) a warning statement that reads: "Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is a
1385 serious crime that is prosecuted aggressively in Utah."
1386 (c) (i) The text described in Subsections (3)(b)(i) through (iii) shall be in a different
1387 font style than the text described in Subsections (3)(b)(iv) and (v).
1388 (ii) The warning statements in the sign described in Subsection (3)(b) shall be in the
1389 same font size.
1390 (d) The Department of Health shall work with the commission and department to
1391 facilitate consistency in the format of a sign required under this section.
1392 (4) A package agency may not display liquor or a price list in a window or showcase
1393 that is visible to passersby.
1394 (5) (a) A package agency may not purchase liquor from a person except from the
1395 department.
1396 (b) At the discretion of the department, liquor may be provided by the department to a
1397 package agency for sale on consignment.
1398 (6) A package agency may not store, sell, offer for sale, or furnish liquor in a place
1399 other than as designated in the package agent's application, unless the package agent first
1400 applies for and receives approval from the department for a change of location within the
1401 package agency premises.
1402 (7) A package agency may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish liquor except at a price
1403 fixed by the commission.
1404 (8) A package agency may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish liquor to:
1405 (a) a minor;
1406 (b) a person actually, apparently, or obviously intoxicated;
1407 (c) a known interdicted person; or
1408 (d) a known habitual drunkard.
1409 (9) (a) A package agency may not employ a minor to handle liquor.
1410 (b) (i) Staff of a package agency may not:
1411 (A) consume an alcoholic product on the premises of a package agency; or
1412 (B) allow any person to consume an alcoholic product on the premises of a package
1413 agency.
1414 (ii) Violation of this Subsection (9)(b) is a class B misdemeanor.
1415 (10) (a) A package agency may not close or cease operation for a period longer than 72
1416 hours, unless:
1417 (i) the package agency notifies the department in writing at least seven days before the
1418 closing; and
1419 (ii) the closure or cessation of operation is first approved by the department.
1420 (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (10)(a), in the case of emergency closure, a package
1421 agency shall immediately notify the department by telephone.
1422 (c) (i) The department may authorize a closure or cessation of operation for a period
1423 not to exceed 60 days.
1424 (ii) The department may extend the initial period an additional 30 days upon written
1425 request of the package agency and upon a showing of good cause.
1426 (iii) A closure or cessation of operation may not exceed a total of 90 days without
1427 commission approval.
1428 (d) The notice required by Subsection (10)(a) shall include:
1429 (i) the dates of closure or cessation of operation;
1430 (ii) the reason for the closure or cessation of operation; and
1431 (iii) the date on which the package agency will reopen or resume operation.
1432 (e) Failure of a package agency to provide notice and to obtain department
1433 authorization before closure or cessation of operation results in an automatic termination of the
1434 package agency agreement effective immediately.
1435 (f) Failure of a package agency to reopen or resume operation by the approved date
1436 results in an automatic termination of the package agency agreement effective on that date.
1437 (11) A package agency may not transfer its operations from one location to another
1438 location without prior written approval of the commission.
1439 (12) (a) A person, having been issued a package agency, may not sell, transfer, assign,
1440 exchange, barter, give, or attempt in any way to dispose of the package agency to another
1441 person, whether for monetary gain or not.
1442 (b) A package agency has no monetary value for any type of disposition.
1443 (13) (a) Subject to the other provisions of this Subsection (13):
1444 (i) sale or delivery of liquor may not be made on or from the premises of a package
1445 agency, and a package agency may not be kept open for the sale of liquor:
1446 (A) on Sunday; or
1447 (B) on a state or federal legal holiday.
1448 (ii) Sale or delivery of liquor may be made on or from the premises of a package
1449 agency, and a package agency may be open for the sale of liquor, only on a day and during
1450 hours that the commission directs by rule or order.
1451 [
1452 (b) A package agency located at a manufacturing facility is not subject to Subsection
1453 (13)(a) if:
1454 (i) the package agency is located at a [
1455 accordance with Chapter 11, Manufacturing and Related Licenses Act;
1456 (ii) the [
1457 Manufacturing and Related Licenses Act, holds:
1458 (A) a full-service restaurant license; [
1459 (B) a limited-service restaurant license; or
1460 (C) a beer-only restaurant license;
1461 (iii) the restaurant is located at the [
1462 (iv) the restaurant sells [
1463 manufacturing facility;
1464 (v) the [
1465 (A) owns the restaurant; or
1466 (B) operates the restaurant;
1467 (vi) the package agency only sells [
1468 manufacturing facility; and
1469 (vii) the package agency's days and hours of sale are the same as the days and hours of
1470 sale at the restaurant.
1471 (c) (i) Subsection (13)(a) does not apply to a package agency held by a resort licensee if
1472 the package agent that holds the package agency to sell liquor at the resort does not sell liquor
1473 in a manner similar to a state store.
1474 (ii) The commission may by rule define what constitutes a package agency that sells
1475 liquor "in a manner similar to a state store."
1476 (14) (a) Except to the extent authorized by commission rule, a minor may not be
1477 admitted into, or be on the premises of a package agency unless accompanied by a person who
1478 is:
1479 (i) 21 years of age or older; and
1480 (ii) the minor's parent, legal guardian, or spouse.
1481 (b) A package agent or staff of a package agency that has reason to believe that a
1482 person who is on the premises of a package agency is under the age of 21 and is not
1483 accompanied by a person described in Subsection (14)(a) may:
1484 (i) ask the suspected minor for proof of age;
1485 (ii) ask the person who accompanies the suspected minor for proof of age; and
1486 (iii) ask the suspected minor or the person who accompanies the suspected minor for
1487 proof of parental, guardianship, or spousal relationship.
1488 (c) A package agent or staff of a package agency shall refuse to sell liquor to the
1489 suspected minor and to the person who accompanies the suspected minor into the package
1490 agency if the minor or person fails to provide any information specified in Subsection (14)(b).
1491 (d) A package agent or staff of a package agency shall require the suspected minor and
1492 the person who accompanies the suspected minor into the package agency to immediately leave
1493 the premises of the package agency if the minor or person fails to provide information specified
1494 in Subsection (14)(b).
1495 (15) (a) A package agency [
1496 in a sealed [
1497 (b) A person may not open a sealed [
1498 agency.
1499 (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (15)(a), a package agency may sell, offer for sale, or
1500 furnish liquor in other than a sealed container:
1501 (i) if the package agency is the type of package agency that authorizes the package
1502 agency to sell, offer for sale, or furnish the liquor as part of room service;
1503 (ii) if the liquor is sold, offered for sale, or furnished as part of room service; and
1504 (iii) subject to:
1505 (A) staff of the package agency providing the liquor in person only to an adult guest in
1506 the guest room;
1507 (B) staff of the package agency not leaving the liquor outside a guest room for retrieval
1508 by a guest; and
1509 (C) the same limits on the portions in which an alcoholic product may be sold by a
1510 retail licensee under Section 32B-5-304 .
1511 (16) On or after October 1, 2011, a package agency may not sell, offer for sale, or
1512 furnish heavy beer in a sealed container that exceeds two liters.
1513 [
1514 basis, including sales or volume of business done by the package agency.
1515 [
1516 requirements of a package agency that are consistent with this title and relate to:
1517 (a) physical facilities;
1518 (b) conditions of operation;
1519 (c) hours of operation;
1520 (d) inventory levels;
1521 (e) payment schedules;
1522 (f) methods of payment;
1523 (g) premises security; and
1524 (h) any other matter considered appropriate by the commission.
1525 Section 17. Section 32B-2-606 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
1526 32B-2-606 (Effective 07/01/11). Delivery of liquor to package agency.
1527 (1) Liquor to be sold from a package agency may be transported from a warehouse or
1528 state store authorized by the department to the package agency if transported by a person
1529 authorized by the department to transport the liquor to the package agency, including a
1530 common carrier.
1531 (2) A person, while in or about a vehicle in which liquor is being transported, may not
1532 open, break, or allow to be opened or broken, a [
1533 (3) A person may not drink, use, or allow to be drunk or used, any liquor while the
1534 liquor is in transit under this section.
1535 Section 18. Section 32B-4-203 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
1536 32B-4-203 (Effective 07/01/11). Authority to inspect.
1537 (1) (a) This Subsection (1) applies to:
1538 (i) a commissioner;
1539 (ii) an authorized representative of the commission or department; or
1540 (iii) a law enforcement or peace officer.
1541 (b) An individual described in Subsection (1)(a):
1542 (i) shall be given access, ingress, and egress to and from premises or a conveyance
1543 used in the storage, sale, furnishing, manufacture, or transportation of an alcoholic product;
1544 (ii) may open a [
1545 or exposed for sale, held in possession, or manufactured with intent to sell in violation of this
1546 title or commission rules; and
1547 (iii) may inspect the contents and take samples of the contents for analysis from a
1548 [
1549 (2) The following shall assist, when requested by a person described in Subsection (1),
1550 in tracing, finding, or discovering the presence of an article prohibited by this title or
1551 commission rules to the extent assistance would not infringe upon the person's federal and state
1552 constitutional rights:
1553 (a) a dealer;
1554 (b) a clerk;
1555 (c) a bookkeeper;
1556 (d) an express agent;
1557 (e) a railroad or airline official;
1558 (f) a common or other carrier; and
1559 (g) an employee of a person listed in this Subsection (2).
1560 Section 19. Section 32B-4-206 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
1561 32B-4-206 (Effective 07/01/11). Searches, seizures, forfeitures, and fines.
1562 (1) The following are subject to forfeiture pursuant to Title 24, Chapter 1, Utah
1563 Uniform Forfeiture Procedures Act:
1564 (a) an alcoholic product possessed, purchased, used, stored, sold, offered for sale,
1565 furnished, given, received, warehoused, manufactured, distributed, shipped, carried,
1566 transported, or adulterated in violation of this title or commission rules;
1567 (b) a [
1568 for an alcoholic product in violation of this title or commission rules;
1569 (c) raw materials, products, and equipment used, or intended for use, in manufacturing,
1570 processing, delivering, importing, exporting, or adulterating an alcoholic product in violation
1571 of this title or commission rules;
1572 (d) implements, furniture, fixtures, or other personal property used or kept for a
1573 violation of this title or commission rules;
1574 (e) conveyances including an aircraft, vehicle, or vessel used or intended for use, to
1575 transport or in any manner facilitate the transportation, sale, receipt, possession, or
1576 concealment of property described in Subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), or (d); and
1577 (f) a record used or intended for use in violation of this title or commission rules.
1578 (2) (a) Property subject to forfeiture under this title may be seized by a peace officer of
1579 this state or any other person authorized by law upon process issued by a court having
1580 jurisdiction over the property in accordance with the Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure relating
1581 to search warrants or administrative warrants.
1582 (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a), seizure without process may be made when:
1583 (i) the seizure is incident to an arrest or search under a search warrant or an inspection
1584 under an administrative inspection warrant;
1585 (ii) the property subject to seizure has been the subject of a prior judgment in favor of
1586 the state in a criminal injunction or forfeiture proceeding under this title;
1587 (iii) the peace officer or other person authorized by law has probable cause to believe
1588 that the property is directly or indirectly dangerous to health or safety; or
1589 (iv) the peace officer or other person authorized by law has probable cause to believe
1590 that the property is being or has been used, intended to be used, held, or kept in violation of this
1591 title or commission rules.
1592 (3) If property is seized pursuant to a search or administrative warrant, a peace officer
1593 or other person authorized by law shall comply with the requirements of the Utah Rules of
1594 Criminal Procedure.
1595 (4) (a) If property is seized without process:
1596 (i) the peace officer or other person authorized by law shall make a return of the peace
1597 officer's or person's acts without delay directly to the district court of the county in which the
1598 property was located; and
1599 (ii) the district court shall have jurisdiction of the case.
1600 (b) A return shall describe:
1601 (i) the property seized;
1602 (ii) the place where the property is seized; and
1603 (iii) any person in apparent possession of the property.
1604 (c) A peace officer or other person described in Subsection (4)(a) shall promptly:
1605 (i) deliver a written inventory of anything seized to any person in apparent authority at
1606 the premises where the seizure is made; or
1607 (ii) post a written inventory of anything seized in a conspicuous place at the premises.
1608 (d) A written inventory under this Subsection (4) shall state the place where the
1609 property is being held.
1610 (5) Property taken or detained under this section is not repleviable but is considered in
1611 custody of the law enforcement agency making the seizure subject only to the orders of the
1612 court or the official having jurisdiction. When property is seized under this title, the
1613 appropriate person or agency may:
1614 (a) place the property under seal;
1615 (b) remove the property to a place designated by:
1616 (i) the person or agency; or
1617 (ii) the warrant under which the property is seized; or
1618 (c) take custody of the property and remove the property to an appropriate location for
1619 disposition in accordance with law.
1620 (6) When property is subject to forfeiture under this section, a proceeding shall be
1621 instituted in accordance with Title 24, Chapter 1, Utah Uniform Forfeiture Procedures Act.
1622 (7) When property is ordered forfeited under Title 24, Chapter 1, Utah Uniform
1623 Forfeiture Procedures Act, by a finding of a court that no person is entitled to recover the
1624 property, the property, if an alcohol [
1625 container for an alcoholic product, shall be disposed of as follows:
1626 (a) An alcoholic product shall be sold in accordance with Section 24-1-17 if the
1627 alcoholic product is:
1628 (i) unadulterated, pure, and free from crude, unrectified, or impure form of ethylic
1629 alcohol, or any other deleterious substance or liquid; and
1630 (ii) otherwise in saleable condition.
1631 (b) If the alcoholic product is impure, adulterated, or otherwise unfit for sale, the
1632 department shall destroy the alcoholic product and its [
1633 supervision.
1634 (8) Except when otherwise provided, a fine or forfeiture levied under this title shall be
1635 paid to the county treasurer of the county in which the prosecution occurred.
1636 Section 20. Section 32B-4-208 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
1637 32B-4-208 (Effective 07/01/11). Nuisances.
1638 (1) As used in this section, "nuisance" means:
1639 (a) a room, house, building, structure, place, aircraft, vehicle, vessel, or other
1640 conveyance where an alcoholic product is possessed, purchased, used, kept, stored, sold,
1641 offered for sale, furnished, given, received, warehoused, manufactured, distributed, shipped,
1642 carried, transported, or adulterated in violation of this title; or
1643 (b) an alcoholic product, [
1644 used in maintaining an item or property described in Subsection (1)(a).
1645 (2) A person who maintains or assists in maintaining a nuisance is guilty of a class B
1646 misdemeanor.
1647 (3) If a person has knowledge that, or has reason to believe that the person's room,
1648 house, building, structure, place, aircraft, vehicle, vessel, or other conveyance is occupied or
1649 used as a nuisance, or allows it to be occupied or used as a nuisance, the nuisance property is
1650 subject to a lien for and may be sold to pay the fines and costs assessed against the person
1651 guilty of the common nuisance. This lien may be enforced by action in a court having
1652 jurisdiction.
1653 (4) (a) The department shall bring an action to abate a nuisance in the name of the
1654 department in a court having jurisdiction.
1655 (b) An action brought under this Subsection (4) is an action in equity.
1656 (c) The department may not be required to post a bond to initiate an action under this
1657 Subsection (4).
1658 (d) A court may issue:
1659 (i) if it appears that a nuisance exists, a temporary writ of injunction restraining the
1660 defendant from conducting or permitting the continuance of the nuisance until the conclusion
1661 of the trial; and
1662 (ii) an order restraining the defendant and any other person from removing or
1663 interfering with an alcoholic product, [
1664 used in violation of this title or commission rules.
1665 (e) In an action to abate or enjoin a nuisance, the court need not find that the property
1666 involved is being unlawfully used at the time of the hearing.
1667 (f) On finding that a material allegation of a petition or complaint is true, the court
1668 shall order that an alcoholic product may not be possessed, purchased, used, kept, stored, sold,
1669 offered for sale, furnished, given, received, warehoused, manufactured, distributed, shipped,
1670 carried, transported, or adulterated, in any portion of the room, house, building, structure,
1671 place, aircraft, vehicle, vessel, or other conveyance.
1672 (g) Upon judgment of a court ordering abatement of the nuisance, the court may order
1673 that the premises or conveyance in question may not be occupied or used for any purpose for
1674 one year, except under Subsection (4)(h).
1675 (h) A court may permit premises or conveyance described in Subsection (4)(g) to be
1676 occupied or used:
1677 (i) if its owner, lessee, tenant, or occupant gives bond in an appropriate amount with
1678 sufficient surety, approved by the court, payable to the state;
1679 (ii) on the condition that an alcoholic product will not be present in or on the premises
1680 or the conveyance; and
1681 (iii) on the condition that payment of the fines, costs, and damages assessed for
1682 violation of this title or commission rules will be made.
1683 (5) If a tenant of the premises uses the premises or any part of the premises in
1684 maintaining a nuisance, or knowingly permits use by another, the lease is void and the right to
1685 possession reverts to the owner or lessor who is entitled to the remedy provided by law for
1686 forcible detention of the premises.
1687 (6) A person is guilty of assisting in maintaining a nuisance as provided in Section
1688 76-10-804 , if that person:
1689 (a) knowingly permits a building or premises owned or leased by the person, or under
1690 the person's control, or any part of a building or premises, to be used in maintaining a nuisance;
1691 or
1692 (b) after being notified in writing by a prosecutor or other citizen of the unlawful use,
1693 fails to take all proper measures to:
1694 (i) abate the nuisance; or
1695 (ii) remove the one or more persons from the premises.
1696 Section 21. Section 32B-4-406 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
1697 32B-4-406 (Effective 07/01/11). Unlawful sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an
1698 alcoholic product.
1699 (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2):
1700 (a) a person may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer to the general public in a
1701 [
1702 (b) a person may not purchase or possess beer in a [
1703 two liters.
1704 (2) (a) A retail licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer on draft subject to the
1705 requirements of Section 32B-5-304 .
1706 (b) A retail licensee may purchase or possess beer in a [
1707 two liters to be dispensed on draft for consumption subject to the requirements of Section
1708 32B-5-304 .
1709 (c) A beer wholesaler licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer in a [
1710 container that exceeds two liters to a retail licensee described in Subsection (2)(a).
1711 (3) On or after October 1, 2011:
1712 (a) A person may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish heavy beer in a container that
1713 exceeds two liters.
1714 (b) A person may not purchase or possess heavy beer in a container that exceeds two
1715 liters.
1716 Section 22. Section 32B-4-420 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
1717 32B-4-420 (Effective 07/01/11). Unlawful adulteration.
1718 (1) For purposes of this section, "tamper" means to do one or more of the following to
1719 the contents of a [
1720 (a) fortify;
1721 (b) adulterate;
1722 (c) contaminate;
1723 (d) dilute;
1724 (e) change its character or purity; or
1725 (f) otherwise change.
1726 (2) A person may not, for any purpose, mix or allow to be mixed with an alcoholic
1727 product sold or supplied by the person as a beverage any of the following:
1728 (a) a drug;
1729 (b) methylic alcohol;
1730 (c) a crude, unrectified, or impure form of ethylic alcohol; or
1731 (d) another deleterious substance.
1732 (3) (a) The following may not engage in an act listed in Subsection (3)(b):
1733 (i) a package agent;
1734 (ii) a retail licensee;
1735 (iii) a permittee;
1736 (iv) a beer wholesaler licensee;
1737 (v) a liquor warehouser licensee;
1738 (vi) a supplier; or
1739 (vii) an importer.
1740 (b) A person listed in Subsection (3)(a) may not:
1741 (i) tamper with the contents of a [
1742 marketed by a manufacturer;
1743 (ii) refill or partly refill with any substance the contents of an original [
1744 container of alcoholic product as originally marketed by a manufacturer;
1745 (iii) misrepresent the brand of an alcoholic product sold or offered for sale; or
1746 (iv) sell or furnish a brand of alcoholic product that is not the same as that ordered by a
1747 purchaser without first advising the purchaser of the difference.
1748 Section 23. Section 32B-4-705 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
1749 32B-4-705 (Effective 07/01/11). Exclusions from tied house prohibitions.
1750 (1) Notwithstanding Subsection 32B-4-704 (3), a thing of value may be furnished by an
1751 industry member to a retailer under the conditions and within the limitations prescribed in:
1752 (a) this section; and
1753 (b) the applicable federal laws cited in this section.
1754 (2) The following may be furnished by an industry member:
1755 (a) a product display as provided in 27 C.F.R. Sec. 6.83;
1756 (b) point of sale advertising material or a consumer advertising specialty as provided in
1757 27 C.F.R. Sec. 6.84;
1758 (c) a thing of value to a temporary retailer to the extent allowed in 27 C.F.R. Sec. 6.85;
1759 (d) equipment and supplies as provided in 27 C.F.R. Sec. 6.88;
1760 (e) combination packaging as provided in 27 C.F.R. Sec. 6.93;
1761 (f) an educational seminar as provided in 27 C.F.R. Sec. 6.94;
1762 (g) a consumer promotion as provided in 27 C.F.R. Sec. 6.96;
1763 (h) an advertising service as provided in 27 C.F.R. Sec. 6.98;
1764 (i) stocking, rotation, and pricing service as provided in 27 C.F.R. Sec. 6.99;
1765 (j) merchandise as provided in 27 C.F.R. Sec. 6.101; and
1766 (k) an outside sign as provided in 27 C.F.R. Sec. 6.102.
1767 (3) The following exceptions provided in federal law are not applicable:
1768 (a) the exception for a sample as provided in 27 C.F.R. Sec. 6.91;
1769 (b) the exception for a consumer tasting or sampling at a retail establishment as
1770 provided in 27 C.F.R. Sec. 6.95; and
1771 (c) the exception for participation in a retailer association activity provided in 27
1772 C.F.R. Sec. 6.100.
1773 (4) To the extent required by 27 C.F.R. Sec. 6.81(b) an industry member shall maintain
1774 a record:
1775 (a) of an item furnished to a retailer;
1776 (b) on the premises of the industry member; and
1777 (c) for a three-year period.
1778 (5) A sample of liquor may be provided to the department under the following
1779 conditions:
1780 (a) With the department's permission, an industry member may submit a department
1781 sample to the department for product testing, analysis, and sampling.
1782 (b) No more than two department samples of a particular type, vintage, and production
1783 lot of a particular branded product may be submitted to the department for department testing,
1784 analysis, and sampling within a consecutive 120-day period.
1785 (c) (i) A department sample may not exceed 1 liter.
1786 (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (5)(c)(i), a department sample of the following may
1787 not exceed 1.5 liters unless that exact alcoholic product is only commercially packaged in a
1788 larger size, not to exceed 5 liters:
1789 (A) wine;
1790 (B) heavy beer; or
1791 (C) a flavored malt beverage.
1792 (d) A department sample submitted to the department:
1793 (i) shall be shipped prepaid by the industry member by common carrier; and
1794 (ii) may not be shipped by United States mail directly to the department's central
1795 administrative warehouse office.
1796 (e) A department sample may not be shipped to any other location within the state.
1797 (f) The industry member shall submit with a department sample submitted to the
1798 department a letter from the industry member that clearly:
1799 (i) identifies the product as a "department sample"; and
1800 (ii) states the FOB case price of the product.
1801 (g) (i) The department may transfer a listed item from current stock:
1802 (A) for use as a comparison control sample; or
1803 (B) to verify product spoilage as considered appropriate.
1804 (ii) The department shall charge back a sample transferred under this Subsection (5)(g)
1805 to the respective industry member.
1806 (h) The department shall:
1807 (i) account for, label, and record a department sample received or transferred;
1808 (ii) account for the department sample's disposition; and
1809 (iii) maintain a record of the sample and its disposition for a two-year period.
1810 (i) The department shall affix to each [
1811 label clearly identifying the product as a "department sample."
1812 (j) The department shall dispose of a department sample delivered to the department or
1813 transferred from the department's current stock in one of the following ways as chosen by the
1814 department:
1815 (i) test and analyze the department sample, with the remaining contents destroyed
1816 under controlled and audited conditions established by the department;
1817 (ii) destroy the entire contents of the department sample under controlled and audited
1818 conditions established by the department; or
1819 (iii) add the department sample to the inventory of the department for sale to the
1820 public.
1821 (k) A person other than an authorized department official may not be in possession of a
1822 department sample except as otherwise provided.
1823 (l) The department shall handle a liquor item received by the department from a
1824 supplier that is not designated as a sample by the supplier, but that is an item not specifically
1825 listed on a department purchase order, in accordance with this Subsection (5).
1826 (m) The department may not use its money to pay freight or charges on a sample or a
1827 liquor item:
1828 (i) shipped to the department by a supplier; and
1829 (ii) not listed on a department purchase order.
1830 (6) A sample of beer may be provided by a beer industry member to a retailer under the
1831 conditions listed in this Subsection (6).
1832 (a) A sample of beer may be provided by an industry member only to a retailer who has
1833 not purchased the brand of beer from that industry member within the last 12 months.
1834 (b) For each retailer, the industry member may give not more than three gallons of any
1835 brand of beer, except that if a particular product is not available in a size within the quantity
1836 limitation, an industry member may furnish the next largest size.
1837 (7) An educational seminar may involve an industry member under the conditions
1838 listed in this Subsection (7).
1839 (a) An industry member may provide or participate in an educational seminar:
1840 (i) involving:
1841 (A) the department;
1842 (B) a retailer;
1843 (C) a holder of a scientific or educational special use permit;
1844 (D) another industry member; or
1845 (E) an employee of a person listed in Subsections (7)(a)(i)(A) through (D); and
1846 (ii) regarding a topic such as:
1847 (A) merchandising and product knowledge;
1848 (B) use of equipment; and
1849 (C) a tour of an alcoholic product manufacturing facility.
1850 (b) An industry member may not pay the expenses of or compensate a person who is a
1851 department employee, a retailer, or a permittee for attending a seminar or tour described in
1852 Subsection (7)(a).
1853 (8) (a) A liquor industry member may conduct a tasting of a liquor product of the
1854 industry member:
1855 (i) for the department, at the department's request; and
1856 (ii) for a licensed industry representative, but only at the department's central
1857 administrative warehouse office.
1858 (b) A liquor industry member may only use a department sample or industry
1859 representative sample when conducting a tasting of the industry member's liquor product.
1860 (c) A beer industry member may conduct a tasting of a beer product for a beer retailer
1861 either at:
1862 (i) the industry member's premises; or
1863 (ii) a retail establishment.
1864 (d) Except to the extent authorized by commission rule, an alcoholic product industry
1865 member may not conduct tasting or sampling activities with:
1866 (i) a retailer; or
1867 (ii) a member of the general public.
1868 (9) A beer industry member may participate in a beer retailer association activity to the
1869 extent authorized by 27 C.F.R. Sec. 6.100.
1870 (10) (a) An industry member may contribute to a charitable, civic, religious, fraternal,
1871 educational, or community activity, except the contribution may not be given to influence a
1872 retailer in the selection of a product that may be sold at the activity.
1873 (b) An industry member or retailer violates this Subsection (10) if:
1874 (i) the industry member's contribution influences, directly or indirectly, the retailer in
1875 the selection of a product; and
1876 (ii) a competitor's product is excluded in whole or in part from sale at the activity.
1877 (11) (a) An industry member may lease or furnish equipment listed in Subsection
1878 (11)(b) to a retailer if:
1879 (i) the equipment is leased or furnished for a special event;
1880 (ii) a reasonable rental or service fee is charged for the equipment; and
1881 (iii) the period for which the equipment is leased or furnished does not exceed 30 days.
1882 (b) This Subsection (11) applies to the following equipment:
1883 (i) a picnic pump;
1884 (ii) a cold plate;
1885 (iii) a tub;
1886 (iv) a keg box;
1887 (v) a refrigerated trailer;
1888 (vi) a refrigerated van; or
1889 (vii) a refrigerated draft system.
1890 (12) (a) A liquor industry member may assist the department in:
1891 (i) ordering, shipping, and delivering merchandise;
1892 (ii) new product notification;
1893 (iii) listing and delisting information;
1894 (iv) price quotations;
1895 (v) product sales analysis;
1896 (vi) shelf management; and
1897 (vii) an educational seminar.
1898 (b) (i) A liquor industry member may, to acquire a new listing:
1899 (A) solicit an order from the department; and
1900 (B) submit to the department a sample of the liquor industry member's products under
1901 Subsection (5) and price lists.
1902 (ii) (A) An industry member is confined to the customer areas when the industry
1903 member visits a state store or package agency unless otherwise approved.
1904 (B) An industry member is confined to the office area of a state warehouse when the
1905 industry member visits a state warehouse unless otherwise approved.
1906 (13) A beer industry member may assist a beer retailer in:
1907 (a) ordering, shipping, and delivering beer merchandise;
1908 (b) new product notification;
1909 (c) listing and delisting information;
1910 (d) price quotations;
1911 (e) product sales analysis;
1912 (f) shelf management; and
1913 (g) an educational seminar.
1914 (14) A beer industry member may, to acquire a new listing:
1915 (a) solicit an order from a beer retailer; and
1916 (b) submit to a beer retailer a sample of the beer industry member's beer products under
1917 Subsection (5) and price lists.
1918 Section 24. Section 32B-5-301 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
1919 32B-5-301 (Effective 07/01/11). General operational requirements.
1920 (1) (a) A retail licensee and staff of a retail licensee shall comply with this title and the
1921 rules of the commission, including the relevant part under Chapter 6, Specific Retail License
1922 Act, for the specific type of retail license.
1923 (b) Failure to comply as provided in Subsection (1)(a) may result in disciplinary action
1924 in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and Enforcement Act, against:
1925 (i) a retail licensee;
1926 (ii) individual staff of a retail licensee; or
1927 (iii) both a retail licensee and staff of the retail licensee.
1928 (2) (a) If there is a conflict between this part and the relevant part under Chapter 6,
1929 Specific Retail License Act, for the specific type of retail license, the relevant part under
1930 Chapter 6 governs.
1931 (b) Notwithstanding that this part refers to "liquor" or an "alcoholic product," a retail
1932 licensee may only sell, offer for sale, furnish, or allow the consumption of an alcoholic product
1933 specifically authorized by the relevant part under Chapter 6, Specific Retail License Act.
1934 (c) Notwithstanding that this part or the relevant part under Chapter 6, Specific Retail
1935 License Act, refers to "retail licensee," staff of the retail licensee is subject to the same
1936 requirement or prohibition.
1937 (3) (a) A retail licensee shall display in a prominent place in the licensed premises[
1938
1939 (b) A retail licensee shall display in a prominent place a sign in large letters [
1940
1941
1942 (i) a header that reads: "WARNING";
1943 (ii) a warning statement that reads: "Drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy
1944 can cause birth defects and permanent brain damage for the child.";
1945 (iii) a statement in smaller font that reads: "Call the Utah Department of Health at
1946 [insert most current toll-free number] with questions or for more information.";
1947 (iv) a header that reads: "WARNING"; and
1948 (v) a warning statement that reads: "Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is a
1949 serious crime that is prosecuted aggressively in Utah."
1950 (c) (i) The text described in Subsections (3)(b)(i) through (iii) shall be in a different
1951 font style than the text described in Subsections (3)(b)(iv) and (v).
1952 (ii) The warning statements in the sign described in Subsection (3)(b) shall be in the
1953 same font size.
1954 (d) The Department of Health shall work with the commission and department to
1955 facilitate consistency in the format of a sign required under this section.
1956 (4) A retail licensee may not on the licensed premises:
1957 (a) engage in or permit any form of gambling, as defined and proscribed in Title 76,
1958 Chapter 10, Part 11, Gambling;
1959 (b) have any video gaming device, as defined and proscribed by Title 76, Chapter 10,
1960 Part 11, Gambling; or
1961 (c) engage in or permit a contest, game, gaming scheme, or gaming device that requires
1962 the risking of something of value for a return or for an outcome when the return or outcome is
1963 based upon an element of chance, excluding the playing of an amusement device that confers
1964 only an immediate and unrecorded right of replay not exchangeable for value.
1965 (5) A retail licensee may not knowingly allow a person on the licensed premises to, in
1966 violation of Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act, or Chapter 37a, Utah Drug
1967 Paraphernalia Act:
1968 (a) sell, distribute, possess, or use a controlled substance, as defined in Section
1969 58-37-2 ; or
1970 (b) use, deliver, or possess with the intent to deliver drug paraphernalia, as defined in
1971 Section 58-37a-3 .
1972 (6) Upon the presentation of credentials, at any time during which a retail licensee is
1973 open for the transaction of business, the retail licensee shall immediately:
1974 (a) admit a commissioner, authorized department employee, or law enforcement officer
1975 to the retail licensee's premises; and
1976 (b) permit, without hindrance or delay, the person described in Subsection (6)(a) to
1977 inspect completely:
1978 (i) the entire premises of the retail licensee; and
1979 (ii) the records of the retail licensee.
1980 (7) An individual may not consume an alcoholic product on the licensed premises of a
1981 retail licensee on any day during the period:
1982 (a) beginning one hour after the time of day that the period during which a retail
1983 licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product on the licensed premises
1984 begins; and
1985 (b) ending at the time specified in the relevant part under Chapter 6, Specific Retail
1986 License Act, for the type of retail license when the retail licensee may first sell, offer for sale,
1987 or furnish an alcoholic product on the licensed premises on that day.
1988 Section 25. Section 32B-5-304 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
1989 32B-5-304 (Effective 07/01/11). Portions in which alcoholic product may be sold.
1990 (1) A retail licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish a primary spirituous liquor only
1991 in a quantity that does not exceed 1.5 ounces per beverage dispensed through a calibrated
1992 metered dispensing system approved by the department in accordance with commission rules
1993 adopted under this title, except that:
1994 (a) spirituous liquor need not be dispensed through a calibrated metered dispensing
1995 system if used as a secondary flavoring ingredient in a beverage subject to the following
1996 requirements:
1997 (i) the secondary ingredient may be dispensed only in conjunction with the purchase of
1998 a primary spirituous liquor;
1999 (ii) the secondary ingredient may not be the only spirituous liquor in the beverage;
2000 (iii) the retail licensee shall designate a location where flavorings are stored on the
2001 floor plan submitted to the department; and
2002 (iv) a flavoring container shall be plainly and conspicuously labeled "flavorings";
2003 (b) spirituous liquor need not be dispensed through a calibrated metered dispensing
2004 system if used:
2005 (i) as a flavoring on a dessert; and
2006 (ii) in the preparation of a flaming food dish, drink, or dessert; and
2007 (c) a patron may have no more than 2.5 ounces of spirituous liquor at a time.
2008 (2) (a) (i) A retail licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish wine by the glass or in an
2009 individual portion that does not exceed 5 ounces per glass or individual portion.
2010 (ii) A retail licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish an individual portion of wine to
2011 a patron in more than one glass if the total amount of wine does not exceed 5 ounces.
2012 (b) (i) A retail licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish wine in a [
2013 not exceeding 1.5 liters at a price fixed by the commission to a table of four or more persons.
2014 (ii) A retail licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish wine in a [
2015 not to exceed 750 milliliters at a price fixed by the commission to a table of less than four
2016 persons.
2017 (3) A retail licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish heavy beer in an original
2018 [
2019 container may not exceed one liter.
2020 (4) A retail licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish a flavored malt beverage in an
2021 original [
2022 [
2023 (5) (a) Subject to Subsection (5)(b), a retail licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish
2024 beer for on-premise consumption:
2025 (i) in an open original [
2026 (ii) in a [
2027 (b) A retail licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer under Subsection (5)(a):
2028 (i) in a size of [
2029 (ii) to an individual patron in a size of [
2030 Section 26. Section 32B-5-305 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2031 32B-5-305 (Effective 07/01/11). Pricing of alcoholic product -- Other charge.
2032 (1) (a) A retail licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish liquor only at a price fixed by
2033 the commission.
2034 (b) A retail licensee may not sell [
2035 any date or at any time.
2036 (2) (a) A retail licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product at
2037 less than the cost of the alcoholic product to the retail licensee.
2038 (b) A retail licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product at a
2039 special or reduced price that encourages over consumption or intoxication.
2040 (c) A retail licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product at a
2041 special or reduced price for only certain hours of the retail licensee's business day, such as a
2042 "happy hour."
2043 (d) A retail licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish more than one alcoholic
2044 product for the price of a single alcoholic product.
2045 (e) A retail licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an indefinite or unlimited
2046 number of alcoholic products during a set period for a fixed price.
2047 (f) A retail licensee may not engage in a promotion involving or offering a free
2048 alcoholic product to the general public.
2049 (3) As authorized by commission rule, a retail licensee may charge a patron for
2050 providing:
2051 (a) a service related to liquor purchased at the licensed premises; or
2052 (b) wine service performed for wine carried in by a patron in accordance with Section
2053 32B-5-307 .
2054 Section 27. Section 32B-5-307 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2055 32B-5-307 (Effective 07/01/11). Bringing onto or removing alcoholic product
2056 from premises.
2057 (1) Except as provided in Subsection (3):
2058 (a) A person may not bring onto the licensed premises of a retail licensee an alcoholic
2059 product for on-premise consumption.
2060 (b) A retail licensee may not allow a person to:
2061 (i) bring onto licensed premises an alcoholic product for on-premise consumption; or
2062 (ii) consume an alcoholic product brought onto the licensed premises by a person other
2063 than the retail licensee.
2064 (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3):
2065 (a) A person may not carry from a licensed premises of a retail licensee an open
2066 [
2067 (i) is used primarily for drinking purposes; and
2068 (ii) contains an alcoholic product.
2069 (b) A retail licensee may not permit a patron to carry from the licensed premises an
2070 open [
2071 (3) (a) A patron may bring a bottled wine onto the premises of a retail licensee for
2072 on-premise consumption if:
2073 (i) permitted by the retail licensee; and
2074 (ii) the retail licensee is authorized to sell, offer for sale, or furnish wine.
2075 (b) If a patron carries bottled wine onto the licensed premises of a retail licensee, the
2076 patron shall deliver the bottled wine to a server or other representative of the retail licensee
2077 upon entering the licensed premises.
2078 (c) A retail licensee authorized to sell, offer for sale, or furnish wine, may provide a
2079 wine service for a bottled wine carried onto the licensed premises in accordance with this
2080 Subsection (3).
2081 (d) A patron may remove from a licensed premises the unconsumed contents of a bottle
2082 of wine purchased in the licensed premises, or brought onto the licensed premises in
2083 accordance with this Subsection (3), only if before removal the bottle is recorked or recapped.
2084 Section 28. Section 32B-5-309 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2085 32B-5-309 (Effective 07/01/11). Ceasing operation.
2086 (1) [
2087 or cease operation for a period longer than 240 hours, unless:
2088 [
2089 the day on which the retail licensee closes or ceases operation; and
2090 [
2091 [
2092 licensee shall immediately notify the department by telephone.
2093 [
2094 retail licensee for a period not to exceed 60 days.
2095 [
2096 [
2097 [
2098 [
2099 commission approval.
2100 [
2101 [
2102 [
2103 [
2104 [
2105 before closure or cessation of operation results in an automatic forfeiture of:
2106 [
2107 [
2108 license year effective immediately.
2109 [
2110 results in an automatic forfeiture of:
2111 [
2112 [
2113 license year.
2114 [
2115 (8) This section does not apply to:
2116 [
2117 [
2118 [
2119
2120 [
2121
2122
2123 [
2124 Section 29. Section 32B-6-102 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2125 32B-6-102 (Effective 07/01/11). Definitions.
2126 [
2127 [
2128
2129 [
2130 [
2131 [
2132 [
2133 [
2134 [
2135 [
2136
2137 [
2138
2139 [
2140 [
2141
2142 [
2143 [
2144
2145 [
2146
2147 [
2148
2149 [
2150 [
2151 [
2152
2153 [
2154 [
2155
2156 [
2157
2158 [
2159 [
2160
2161
2162 [
2163
2164 [
2165
2166 Reserved
2167 Section 30. Section 32B-6-202 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2168 32B-6-202 (Effective 07/01/11). Definitions.
2169 [
2170 As used in this part:
2171 (1) (a) "Grandfathered bar structure" means a bar structure in a licensed premises of a
2172 full-service restaurant licensee that:
2173 (i) as of May 11, 2009, has:
2174 (A) patron seating at the bar structure;
2175 (B) a partition at one or more locations on the bar structure that is along:
2176 (I) the width of the bar structure; or
2177 (II) the length of the bar structure; and
2178 (C) facilities for the dispensing or storage of an alcoholic product:
2179 (I) on the portion of the bar structure that is separated by the partition described in
2180 Subsection (1)(a)(i)(B); or
2181 (II) if the partition as described in Subsection (1)(a)(i)(B)(II) is adjacent to the bar
2182 structure in a manner visible to a patron sitting at the bar structure;
2183 (ii) is not operational as of May 12, 2009, if:
2184 (A) a person applying for a full-service restaurant license:
2185 (I) has as of May 12, 2009, a building permit to construct the restaurant;
2186 (II) is as of May 12, 2009, actively engaged in the construction of the restaurant, as
2187 defined by rule made by the commission; and
2188 (III) is issued the full-service restaurant license by no later than December 31, 2009;
2189 and
2190 (B) once constructed, the licensed premises has a bar structure described in Subsection
2191 (1)(a)(i);
2192 (iii) as of May 12, 2009, has no patron seating at the bar structure; or
2193 (iv) is not operational as of May 12, 2009, if:
2194 (A) a person applying for a full-service restaurant license:
2195 (I) has as of May 12, 2009, a building permit to construct the restaurant;
2196 (II) is as of May 12, 2009, actively engaged in the construction of the restaurant, as
2197 defined by rule made by the commission; and
2198 (III) is issued a full-service restaurant license by no later than December 31, 2009; and
2199 (B) once constructed, the licensed premises has a bar structure with no patron seating.
2200 (b) "Grandfathered bar structure" does not include a grandfathered bar structure
2201 described in Subsection (1)(a) on or after the day on which a restaurant remodels the
2202 grandfathered bar structure, as defined by rule made by the commission.
2203 (c) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), a grandfathered bar structure remains a grandfathered
2204 bar structure notwithstanding whether a restaurant undergoes a change of ownership.
2205 (2) "Seating grandfathered bar structure" means:
2206 (a) a grandfathered bar structure described in Subsection (1)(a)(i) or (ii); or
2207 (b) a bar structure grandfathered under Section 32B-6-409 .
2208 Section 31. Section 32B-6-203 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2209 32B-6-203 (Effective 07/01/11). Commission's power to issue full-service
2210 restaurant license.
2211 (1) Before a person may store, sell, offer for sale, furnish, or allow the consumption of
2212 an alcoholic product on its premises as a full-service restaurant, the person shall first obtain a
2213 full-service restaurant license from the commission in accordance with this part.
2214 (2) The commission may issue a full-service restaurant license to establish full-service
2215 restaurant licensed premises at places and in numbers the commission considers proper for the
2216 storage, sale, offer for sale, furnishing, and consumption of an alcoholic product on premises
2217 operated as a full-service restaurant.
2218 (3) Subject to Section 32B-1-201 :
2219 [
2220 licenses that at any time exceeds the number determined by dividing the population of the state
2221 by [
2222 (b) The commission may issue a seasonal full-service restaurant license in accordance
2223 with Section 32B-5-206 .
2224 (c) (i) If the location, design, and construction of a hotel may require more than one
2225 full-service restaurant sales location within the hotel to serve the public convenience, the
2226 commission may authorize the sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product at as
2227 many as three full-service restaurant locations within the hotel under one full-service restaurant
2228 license if:
2229 (A) the hotel has a minimum of 150 guest rooms; and
2230 (B) the locations under the full-service restaurant license are:
2231 (I) within the same hotel; and
2232 (II) on premises that are managed or operated, and owned or leased, by the full-service
2233 restaurant licensee.
2234 (ii) A facility other than a hotel shall have a separate full-service restaurant license for
2235 each full-service restaurant where an alcoholic product is sold, offered for sale, or furnished.
2236 (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), the commission may not issue a
2237 full-service restaurant license for premises that do not meet the proximity requirements of
2238 Section 32B-1-202 .
2239 (b) With respect to the premises of a full-service restaurant license issued by the
2240 commission that undergoes a change of ownership, the commission shall waive or vary the
2241 proximity requirements of Subsection 32B-1-202 (2) in considering whether to issue a
2242 full-service restaurant license to the new owner of the premises if:
2243 (i) when a full-service restaurant license was issued to a previous owner, the premises
2244 met the proximity requirements of Subsection 32B-1-202 (2);
2245 (ii) the premises has had a full-service restaurant license at all times since the
2246 full-service restaurant license described in Subsection (4)(b)(i) was issued without a variance;
2247 and
2248 (iii) the community location was located within the proximity requirements of
2249 Subsection 32B-1-202 (2) after the day on which the full-service restaurant license described in
2250 Subsection (4)(b)(i) was issued.
2251 Section 32. Section 32B-6-204 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2252 32B-6-204 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific licensing requirements for full-service
2253 restaurant license.
2254 (1) To obtain a full-service restaurant license a person shall comply with Chapter 5,
2255 Part 2, Retail Licensing Process.
2256 (2) (a) A full-service restaurant license expires on October 31 of each year.
2257 (b) To renew a person's full-service restaurant license, a person shall comply with the
2258 renewal requirements of Chapter 5, Part 2, Retail Licensing Process, by no later than
2259 September 30.
2260 (3) (a) The nonrefundable application fee for a full-service restaurant license is [
2261 $300.
2262 (b) The initial license fee for a full-service restaurant license is [
2263 (c) The renewal fee for a full-service restaurant license is in the following amount:
2264 Gross Cost of Liquor in Previous License Year for the Licensee Renewal Fee
2265 under $5,000 [
2266 equals or exceeds $5,000 but less than $10,000 [
2267 equals or exceeds $10,000 but less than $25,000 [
2268 equals or exceeds $25,000 [
2269 (4) The bond amount required for a full-service restaurant license is the penal sum of
2270 $10,000.
2271 Section 33. Section 32B-6-205 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2272 32B-6-205 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific operational requirements for a
2273 full-service restaurant license.
2274 (1) (a) In addition to complying with Chapter 5, Part 3, Retail Licensee Operational
2275 Requirements, a full-service restaurant licensee and staff of the full-service restaurant licensee
2276 shall comply with this section.
2277 (b) Failure to comply as provided in Subsection (1)(a) may result in disciplinary action
2278 in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and Enforcement Act, against:
2279 (i) a full-service restaurant licensee;
2280 (ii) individual staff of a full-service restaurant licensee; or
2281 (iii) both a full-service restaurant licensee and staff of the full-service restaurant
2282 licensee.
2283 (2) In addition to complying with Subsection 32B-5-301 (3), a full-service restaurant
2284 licensee shall display in a prominent place in the restaurant a list of the types and brand names
2285 of liquor being furnished through the full-service restaurant licensee's calibrated metered
2286 dispensing system.
2287 (3) In addition to complying with Section 32B-5-303 , a full-service restaurant licensee
2288 shall store an alcoholic product in a storage area described in Subsection (12)(a).
2289 (4) (a) An individual who serves an alcoholic product in a full-service restaurant
2290 licensee's premises shall make a written beverage tab for each table or group that orders or
2291 consumes an alcoholic product on the premises.
2292 (b) A beverage tab required by this Subsection (4) shall list the type and amount of an
2293 alcoholic product ordered or consumed.
2294 (5) A person's willingness to serve an alcoholic product may not be made a condition
2295 of employment as a server with a full-service restaurant licensee.
2296 (6) (a) A full-service restaurant licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish liquor at
2297 the licensed premises on any day during the period that:
2298 (i) begins at midnight; and
2299 (ii) ends at [
2300 (b) A full-service restaurant licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer during the
2301 hours specified in Part 7, On-premise Beer Retailer License, for an on-premise beer retailer,
2302 except that a full-service restaurant licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer before
2303 11:30 a.m. on any day.
2304 (7) A full-service restaurant licensee shall maintain at least 70% of its total restaurant
2305 business from the sale of food, which does not include:
2306 (a) mix for an alcoholic product; or
2307 (b) a service charge.
2308 (8) (a) A full-service restaurant may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic
2309 product except in connection with an order for food prepared, sold, and furnished at the
2310 licensed premises.
2311 (b) A full-service restaurant shall maintain on the licensed premises adequate culinary
2312 facilities for food preparation and dining accommodations.
2313 (9) (a) Subject to the other provisions of this Subsection (9), a patron may not have
2314 more than two alcoholic products of any kind at a time before the patron.
2315 (b) A patron may not have more than one spirituous liquor drink at a time before the
2316 patron.
2317 (c) An individual portion of wine is considered to be one alcoholic product under
2318 Subsection (9)(a).
2319 (10) A patron may consume an alcoholic product only:
2320 (a) at:
2321 (i) the patron's table;
2322 (ii) a counter; or
2323 (iii) a seating grandfathered bar structure; and
2324 (b) where food is served.
2325 (11) (a) A full-service restaurant licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an
2326 alcoholic product to a patron, and a patron may not consume an alcoholic product at a bar
2327 structure that is not a seating grandfathered bar structure.
2328 (b) At a seating grandfathered bar structure a patron who is 21 years of age or older
2329 may:
2330 (i) sit;
2331 (ii) be furnished an alcoholic product; and
2332 (iii) consume an alcoholic product.
2333 (c) Except as provided in Subsection (11)(d), at a seating grandfathered bar structure a
2334 full-service restaurant licensee may not permit a minor to, and a minor may not:
2335 (i) sit; or
2336 (ii) consume food or beverages.
2337 (d) (i) A minor may be at a seating grandfathered bar structure if the minor is employed
2338 by a full-service restaurant licensee:
2339 (A) as provided in Subsection 32B-5-308 (2); or
2340 (B) to perform maintenance and cleaning services during an hour when the full-service
2341 restaurant licensee is not open for business.
2342 (ii) A minor may momentarily pass by a seating grandfathered bar structure without
2343 remaining or sitting at the bar structure en route to an area of a full-service restaurant licensee's
2344 premises in which the minor is permitted to be.
2345 (12) Except as provided in Subsection 32B-5-307 (3), a full-service restaurant licensee
2346 may dispense an alcoholic product only if:
2347 (a) the alcoholic product is dispensed from:
2348 (i) a grandfathered bar structure;
2349 (ii) an area adjacent to a grandfathered bar structure that is visible to a patron sitting at
2350 the grandfathered bar structure if that area is used to dispense an alcoholic product as of May
2351 12, 2009; or
2352 (iii) an area that is:
2353 (A) separated from an area for the consumption of food by a patron by a solid,
2354 [
2355 dispensing of an alcoholic product are:
2356 (I) not readily visible to a patron; and
2357 (II) not accessible by a patron; and
2358 (B) apart from an area used:
2359 (I) for dining;
2360 (II) for staging; or
2361 (III) as a lobby or waiting area;
2362 (b) the full-service restaurant licensee uses an alcoholic product that is:
2363 (i) stored in an area described in Subsection (12)(a); or
2364 (ii) in an area not described in Subsection (12)(a) on the licensed premises and:
2365 (A) immediately before the alcoholic product is dispensed it is in an unopened
2366 [
2367 (B) the unopened [
2368 (12)(a) before it is opened; and
2369 (C) once opened, the [
2370 (12)(a); and
2371 (c) any instrument or equipment used to dispense alcoholic product is located in an
2372 area described in Subsection (12)(a).
2373 (13) A full-service restaurant licensee may state in a food or alcoholic product menu a
2374 charge or fee made in connection with the sale, service, or consumption of liquor including:
2375 (a) a set-up charge;
2376 (b) a service charge; or
2377 (c) a chilling fee.
2378 Section 34. Section 32B-6-302 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2379 32B-6-302 (Effective 07/01/11). Definitions.
2380 [
2381 As used in this part:
2382 (1) (a) "Grandfathered bar structure" means a bar structure in a licensed premises of a
2383 limited-service restaurant licensee that:
2384 (i) as of May 11, 2009, has:
2385 (A) patron seating at the bar structure;
2386 (B) a partition at one or more locations on the bar structure that is along:
2387 (I) the width of the bar structure; or
2388 (II) the length of the bar structure; and
2389 (C) facilities for the dispensing or storage of an alcoholic product:
2390 (I) on the portion of the bar structure that is separated by the partition described in
2391 Subsection (1)(a)(i)(B); or
2392 (II) if the partition as described in Subsection (1)(a)(i)(B)(II) is adjacent to the bar
2393 structure in a manner visible to a patron sitting at the bar structure;
2394 (ii) is not operational as of May 12, 2009, if:
2395 (A) a person applying for a limited-service restaurant license:
2396 (I) has as of May 12, 2009, a building permit to construct the restaurant;
2397 (II) is as of May 12, 2009, actively engaged in the construction of the restaurant, as
2398 defined by rule made by the commission; and
2399 (III) is issued the limited-service restaurant license by no later than December 31,
2400 2009; and
2401 (B) once constructed, the licensed premises has a bar structure described in Subsection
2402 (1)(a)(i);
2403 (iii) as of May 12, 2009, has no patron seating at the bar structure; or
2404 (iv) is not operational as of May 12, 2009, if:
2405 (A) a person applying for a limited-service restaurant license:
2406 (I) has as of May 12, 2009, a building permit to construct the restaurant;
2407 (II) is as of May 12, 2009, actively engaged in the construction of the restaurant, as
2408 defined by rule made by the commission; and
2409 (III) is issued a limited-service restaurant license by no later than December 31, 2009;
2410 and
2411 (B) once constructed, the licensed premises has a bar structure with no patron seating.
2412 (b) "Grandfathered bar structure" does not include a grandfathered bar structure
2413 described in Subsection (1)(a) on or after the day on which a restaurant remodels the
2414 grandfathered bar structure, as defined by rule made by the commission.
2415 (c) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), a grandfathered bar structure remains a grandfathered
2416 bar structure notwithstanding whether a restaurant undergoes a change of ownership.
2417 (2) "Seating grandfathered bar structure" means:
2418 (a) a grandfathered bar structure described in Subsection (1)(a)(i) or (ii); or
2419 (b) a bar structure grandfathered under Section 32B-6-409 .
2420 (3) "Wine" includes an alcoholic beverage defined as wine under 27 U.S.C. Sec. 211
2421 and 27 C.F.R. Sec. 4.10, including the following alcoholic beverages made in the manner of
2422 wine containing not less than 7% and not more than 24% of alcohol by volume:
2423 [
2424 [
2425 [
2426 grapes;
2427 [
2428 [
2429 [
2430 [
2431 [
2432 [
2433 Section 35. Section 32B-6-303 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2434 32B-6-303 (Effective 07/01/11). Commission's power to issue limited-service
2435 restaurant license.
2436 (1) Before a person may store, sell, offer for sale, furnish, or allow the consumption of
2437 wine, heavy beer, or beer on its premises as a limited-service restaurant, the person shall first
2438 obtain a limited-service restaurant license from the commission in accordance with this part.
2439 (2) (a) The commission may issue a limited-service restaurant license to establish
2440 limited-service restaurant licensed premises at places and in numbers the commission considers
2441 proper for the storage, sale, offer for sale, furnishing, and consumption of wine, heavy beer, or
2442 beer on premises operated as a limited-service restaurant.
2443 (b) A person may not sell, offer for sale, furnish, or allow the consumption of the
2444 following on the licensed premises of a limited-service restaurant licensee:
2445 (i) spirituous liquor; or
2446 (ii) a flavored malt beverage.
2447 (3) Subject to Section 32B-1-201 :
2448 [
2449 licenses that at any time exceeds the number determined by dividing the population of the state
2450 by [
2451 (b) The commission may issue a seasonal limited-service restaurant license in
2452 accordance with Section 32B-5-206 .
2453 (c) (i) If the location, design, and construction of a hotel may require more than one
2454 limited-service restaurant sales location within the hotel to serve the public convenience, the
2455 commission may authorize the sale of wine, heavy beer, and beer at as many as three
2456 limited-service restaurant locations within the hotel under one limited-service restaurant license
2457 if:
2458 (A) the hotel has a minimum of 150 guest rooms; and
2459 (B) the locations under the limited-service restaurant license are:
2460 (I) within the same hotel; and
2461 (II) on premises that are managed or operated, and owned or leased by the
2462 limited-service restaurant licensee.
2463 (ii) A facility other than a hotel shall have a separate limited-service restaurant license
2464 for each limited-service restaurant where wine, heavy beer, or beer is sold, offered for sale, or
2465 furnished.
2466 (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), the commission may not issue a
2467 limited-service restaurant license for premises that do not meet the proximity requirements of
2468 Section 32B-1-202 .
2469 (b) With respect to the premises of a limited-service restaurant license issued by the
2470 commission that undergoes a change of ownership, the commission shall waive or vary the
2471 proximity requirements of Subsection 32B-1-202 (2) in considering whether to issue a
2472 limited-service restaurant license to the new owner of the premises if:
2473 (i) when a limited-service restaurant license was issued to a previous owner, the
2474 premises met the proximity requirements of Subsection 32B-1-202 (2);
2475 (ii) the premises has had a limited-service restaurant license at all times since the
2476 limited-service restaurant license described in Subsection (4)(b)(i) was issued without a
2477 variance; and
2478 (iii) the community location was located within the proximity requirements of
2479 Subsection 32B-1-202 (2) after the day on which the limited-service restaurant license
2480 described in Subsection (4)(b)(i) was issued.
2481 Section 36. Section 32B-6-304 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2482 32B-6-304 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific licensing requirements for limited-service
2483 restaurant license.
2484 (1) To obtain a limited-service restaurant license a person shall comply with Chapter 5,
2485 Part 2, Retail Licensing Process.
2486 (2) (a) A limited-service restaurant license expires on October 31 of each year.
2487 (b) To renew a person's limited-service restaurant license, a person shall comply with
2488 the renewal requirements of Chapter 5, Part 2, Retail Licensing Process, by no later than
2489 September 30.
2490 (3) (a) The nonrefundable application fee for a limited-service restaurant license is
2491 [
2492 (b) The initial license fee for a limited-service restaurant license is [
2493 (c) The renewal fee for a limited-service restaurant license is [
2494 (4) The bond amount required for a limited-service restaurant license is the penal sum
2495 of $5,000.
2496 Section 37. Section 32B-6-305 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2497 32B-6-305 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific operational requirements for a
2498 limited-service restaurant license.
2499 (1) (a) In addition to complying with Chapter 5, Part 3, Retail Licensee Operational
2500 Requirements, a limited-service restaurant licensee and staff of the limited-service restaurant
2501 licensee shall comply with this section.
2502 (b) Failure to comply as provided in Subsection (1)(a) may result in disciplinary action
2503 in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and Enforcement Act, against:
2504 (i) a limited-service restaurant licensee;
2505 (ii) individual staff of a limited-service restaurant licensee; or
2506 (iii) both a limited-service restaurant licensee and staff of the limited-service restaurant
2507 licensee.
2508 (2) (a) A limited-service restaurant licensee on the licensed premises may not sell, offer
2509 for sale, furnish, or allow consumption of:
2510 (i) spirituous liquor; or
2511 (ii) a flavored malt beverage.
2512 (b) A product listed in Subsection (2)(a) may not be on the premises of a
2513 limited-service restaurant licensee except for use:
2514 (i) as a flavoring on a dessert; and
2515 (ii) in the preparation of a flaming food dish, drink, or dessert.
2516 (3) In addition to complying with Section 32B-5-303 , a limited-service restaurant
2517 licensee shall store an alcoholic product in a storage area described in Subsection (12)(a).
2518 (4) (a) An individual who serves an alcoholic product in a limited-service restaurant
2519 licensee's premises shall make a written beverage tab for each table or group that orders or
2520 consumes an alcoholic product on the premises.
2521 (b) A beverage tab required by this Subsection (4) shall list the type and amount of an
2522 alcoholic product ordered or consumed.
2523 (5) A person's willingness to serve an alcoholic product may not be made a condition
2524 of employment as a server with a limited-service restaurant licensee.
2525 (6) (a) A limited-service restaurant licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish wine
2526 or heavy beer at the licensed premises on any day during the period that:
2527 (i) begins at midnight; and
2528 (ii) ends at [
2529 (b) A limited-service restaurant licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer during
2530 the hours specified in Part 7, On-premise Beer Retailer License, for an on-premise beer retailer,
2531 except that a limited-service restaurant licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer
2532 before 11:30 a.m. on any day.
2533 (7) A limited-service restaurant licensee shall maintain at least 70% of its total
2534 restaurant business from the sale of food, which does not include a service charge.
2535 (8) (a) A limited-service restaurant may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic
2536 product except in connection with an order for food prepared, sold, and furnished at the
2537 licensed premises.
2538 (b) A limited-service restaurant shall maintain on the licensed premises adequate
2539 culinary facilities for food preparation and dining accommodations.
2540 (9) (a) Subject to the other provisions of this Subsection (9), a patron may not have
2541 more than two alcoholic products of any kind at a time before the patron.
2542 (b) An individual portion of wine is considered to be one alcoholic product under
2543 Subsection (9)(a).
2544 (10) A patron may consume an alcoholic product only:
2545 (a) at:
2546 (i) the patron's table;
2547 (ii) a counter; or
2548 (iii) a seating grandfathered bar structure; and
2549 (b) where food is served.
2550 (11) (a) A limited-service restaurant licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an
2551 alcoholic product to a patron, and a patron may not consume an alcoholic product at a bar
2552 structure that is not a seating grandfathered bar structure.
2553 (b) At a seating grandfathered bar structure a patron who is 21 years of age or older
2554 may:
2555 (i) sit;
2556 (ii) be furnished an alcoholic product; and
2557 (iii) consume an alcoholic product.
2558 (c) Except as provided in Subsection (11)(d), at a seating grandfathered bar structure a
2559 limited-service restaurant licensee may not permit a minor to, and a minor may not:
2560 (i) sit; or
2561 (ii) consume food or beverages.
2562 (d) (i) A minor may be at a seating grandfathered bar structure if the minor is employed
2563 by a limited-service restaurant licensee:
2564 (A) as provided in Subsection 32B-5-308 (2); or
2565 (B) to perform maintenance and cleaning services during an hour when the
2566 limited-service restaurant licensee is not open for business.
2567 (ii) A minor may momentarily pass by a seating grandfathered bar structure without
2568 remaining or sitting at the bar structure en route to an area of a limited-service restaurant
2569 licensee's premises in which the minor is permitted to be.
2570 (12) Except as provided in Subsection 32B-5-307 (3), a limited-service restaurant
2571 licensee may dispense an alcoholic product only if:
2572 (a) the alcoholic product is dispensed from:
2573 (i) a grandfathered bar structure;
2574 (ii) an area adjacent to a grandfathered bar structure that is visible to a patron sitting at
2575 the grandfathered bar structure if that area is used to dispense an alcoholic product as of May
2576 12, 2009; or
2577 (iii) an area that is:
2578 (A) separated from an area for the consumption of food by a patron by a solid,
2579 [
2580 dispensing of an alcoholic product are:
2581 (I) not readily visible to a patron; and
2582 (II) not accessible by a patron; and
2583 (B) apart from an area used:
2584 (I) for dining;
2585 (II) for staging; or
2586 (III) as a lobby or waiting area;
2587 (b) the limited-service restaurant licensee uses an alcoholic product that is:
2588 (i) stored in an area described in Subsection (12)(a); or
2589 (ii) in an area not described in Subsection (12)(a) on the licensed premises and:
2590 (A) immediately before the alcoholic product is dispensed it is in an unopened
2591 [
2592 (B) the unopened [
2593 (12)(a) before it is opened; and
2594 (C) once opened, the [
2595 (12)(a); and
2596 (c) any instrument or equipment used to dispense alcoholic product is located in an
2597 area described in Subsection (12)(a).
2598 (13) A limited-service restaurant licensee may state in a food or alcoholic product
2599 menu a charge or fee made in connection with the sale, service, or consumption of wine or
2600 heavy beer including:
2601 (a) a set-up charge;
2602 (b) a service charge; or
2603 (c) a chilling fee.
2604 Section 38. Section 32B-6-403 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2605 32B-6-403 (Effective 07/01/11). Commission's power to issue club license.
2606 (1) Before a person may store, sell, offer for sale, furnish, or allow the consumption of
2607 an alcoholic product on its premises as a club licensee, the person shall first obtain a club
2608 license from the commission in accordance with this part.
2609 (2) The commission may issue a club license to establish club licensed premises at
2610 places and in numbers the commission considers proper for the storage, sale, offer for sale,
2611 furnishing, and consumption of an alcoholic product on premises operated by a club licensee.
2612 (3) Subject to Section 32B-1-201 :
2613 [
2614 exceeds the number determined by dividing the population of the state by 7,850.
2615 (b) The commission may issue a seasonal club license in accordance with Section
2616 32B-5-206 to:
2617 (i) a dining club licensee; or
2618 (ii) a social club licensee.
2619 (c) (i) If the location, design, and construction of a hotel may require more than one
2620 dining club license or social club license location within the hotel to serve the public
2621 convenience, the commission may authorize as many as three club license locations within the
2622 hotel under one club license if:
2623 (A) the hotel has a minimum of 150 guest rooms; and
2624 (B) all locations under the club license are:
2625 (I) within the same hotel; and
2626 (II) on premises that are managed or operated, and owned or leased, by the club
2627 licensee.
2628 (ii) A facility other than a hotel shall have a separate club license for each club license
2629 location where an alcoholic product is sold, offered for sale, or furnished.
2630 Section 39. Section 32B-6-404 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2631 32B-6-404 (Effective 07/01/11). Types of club license.
2632 (1) To obtain an equity club license, in addition to meeting the other requirements of
2633 this part, a person shall:
2634 (a) whether incorporated or unincorporated:
2635 (i) be organized and operated solely for a social, recreational, patriotic, or fraternal
2636 purpose;
2637 (ii) have members;
2638 (iii) limit access to its licensed premises to a member or a guest of the member; and
2639 (iv) desire to maintain premises upon which an alcoholic product may be stored, sold
2640 to, offered for sale to, furnished to, and consumed by a member or a guest of a member;
2641 (b) own, maintain, or operate a substantial recreational facility in conjunction with a
2642 club house such as:
2643 (i) a golf course; or
2644 (ii) a tennis facility;
2645 (c) have at least 50% of the total membership having:
2646 (i) full voting rights; and
2647 (ii) an equal share of the equity of the club; and
2648 (d) if there is more than one class of membership, have at least one class of
2649 membership that entitles each member in that class to:
2650 (i) full voting rights; and
2651 (ii) an equal share of the equity of the club.
2652 (2) To obtain a fraternal club license, in addition to meeting the other requirements of
2653 this part, a person shall:
2654 (a) whether incorporated or unincorporated:
2655 (i) be organized and operated solely for a social, recreational, patriotic, or fraternal
2656 purpose;
2657 (ii) have members;
2658 (iii) limit access to its licensed premises to a member or a guest of the member; and
2659 (iv) desire to maintain premises upon which an alcoholic product may be stored, sold
2660 to, offered for sale to, furnished to, and consumed by a member or a guest of a member;
2661 (b) have no capital stock;
2662 (c) exist solely for:
2663 (i) the benefit of its members and their beneficiaries; and
2664 (ii) a lawful social, intellectual, educational, charitable, benevolent, moral, fraternal,
2665 patriotic, or religious purpose for the benefit of its members or the public, carried on through
2666 voluntary activity of its members in their local lodges;
2667 (d) have a representative form of government;
2668 (e) have a lodge system in which:
2669 (i) there is a supreme governing body;
2670 (ii) subordinate to the supreme governing body are local lodges, however designated,
2671 into which individuals are admitted as members in accordance with the laws of the fraternal;
2672 (iii) the local lodges are required by the laws of the fraternal to hold regular meetings at
2673 least monthly; and
2674 (iv) the local lodges regularly engage in one or more programs involving member
2675 participation to implement the purposes of Subsection (2)(c); and
2676 (f) own or lease a building or space in a building used for lodge activities.
2677 (3) To obtain a dining club license, in addition to meeting the other requirements of
2678 this part, a person shall:
2679 (a) maintain at least [
2680 sale of food, not including[
2681 (i) for a dining club license that is issued an original license on or after July 1, 2011,
2682 60%;
2683 (ii) for a dining club license that is issued on or before June 30, 2011:
2684 (A) 50% on or before June 30, 2012; and
2685 (B) 60% on and after July 1, 2012; and
2686 (b) obtain a determination by the commission that the person will operate as a dining
2687 club licensee, as part of which the commission may consider:
2688 (i) the square footage and seating capacity of the premises;
2689 (ii) what portion of the square footage and seating capacity will be used for a dining
2690 area in comparison to the portion that will be used as a lounge or bar area;
2691 (iii) whether full meals including appetizers, main courses, and desserts are served;
2692 (iv) whether the person will maintain adequate on-premise culinary facilities to prepare
2693 full meals, except a person who is located on the premise of a hotel or resort facility may use
2694 the culinary facilities of the hotel or resort facility;
2695 (v) whether the entertainment provided at the club is suitable for minors; and
2696 (vi) the club management's ability to manage and operate a dining club license
2697 including:
2698 (A) management experience;
2699 (B) past dining club licensee or restaurant management experience; and
2700 (C) the type of management scheme used by the dining club license.
2701 (4) To obtain a social club license, a person is required to meet the requirements of this
2702 part except those listed in Subsection (1), (2), or (3).
2703 (5) (a) At the time that the commission issues a club license, the commission shall
2704 designate the type of club license for which the person qualifies.
2705 (b) If requested by a club licensee, the commission may approve a change in the type of
2706 club license in accordance with rules made by the commission.
2707 (6) To the extent not prohibited by law, this part does not prevent a dining club
2708 licensee or social club licensee from restricting access to the club's licensed premises on the
2709 basis of an individual:
2710 (a) paying a fee; or
2711 (b) agreeing to being on a list of individuals who have access to the club's licensed
2712 premises.
2713 Section 40. Section 32B-6-405 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2714 32B-6-405 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific licensing requirements for club license.
2715 (1) To obtain a club license, in addition to complying with Chapter 5, Part 2, Retail
2716 Licensing Process, a person shall submit with the written application:
2717 (a) (i) a statement as to whether the person is seeking to qualify as:
2718 (A) an equity club licensee;
2719 (B) a fraternal club licensee;
2720 (C) a dining club licensee; or
2721 (D) a social club licensee; and
2722 (ii) evidence that the person meets the requirements for the type of club license for
2723 which the person is applying;
2724 (b) evidence that the person operates club premises where a variety of food is prepared
2725 and served in connection with dining accommodations; and
2726 (c) if the person is applying for an equity club license or fraternal club license, a copy
2727 of the club's bylaws or house rules, and an amendment to those records.
2728 (2) The commission may refuse to issue a club license to a person for an equity club
2729 license or fraternal club license if the commission determines that a provision of the person's
2730 bylaws or house rules, or amendments to those records is not:
2731 (a) reasonable; and
2732 (b) consistent with:
2733 (i) the declared nature and purpose of the club licensee; and
2734 (ii) the purposes of this part.
2735 (3) (a) A club license expires on June 30 of each year.
2736 (b) To renew a club license, a person shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 5,
2737 Part 2, Retail Licensing Process, by no later than May 31.
2738 (4) (a) The nonrefundable application fee for a club license is [
2739 (b) The initial license fee for a club license is [
2740 (c) The renewal fee for a club license is [
2741 (5) The bond amount required for a [
2742 sum of $10,000.
2743 Section 41. Section 32B-6-406 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2744 32B-6-406 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific operational requirements for a club
2745 license.
2746 (1) (a) In addition to complying with Chapter 5, Part 3, Retail Licensee Operational
2747 Requirements, a club licensee and staff of the club licensee shall comply with this section.
2748 (b) Failure to comply as provided in Subsection (1)(a) may result in disciplinary action
2749 in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and Enforcement Act, against:
2750 (i) a club licensee;
2751 (ii) individual staff of a club licensee; or
2752 (iii) both a club licensee and staff of the club licensee.
2753 (2) In addition to complying with Subsection 32B-5-301 (3), a club licensee shall
2754 display in a prominent place in the club licensed premises a list of the types and brand names of
2755 liquor being furnished through the club licensee's calibrated metered dispensing system.
2756 (3) (a) In addition to complying with Section 32B-5-302 , a club licensee shall maintain
2757 for a minimum of three years:
2758 (i) a record required by Section 32B-5-302 ; and
2759 (ii) a record maintained or used by the club licensee, as the department requires.
2760 (b) Section 32B-1-205 applies to a record required to be made, maintained, or used in
2761 accordance with this Subsection (3).
2762 (c) The department shall audit the records of a club licensee at least once annually.
2763 (4) (a) A club licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish liquor on the licensed
2764 premises on any day during a period that:
2765 (i) begins at 1 a.m.; and
2766 (ii) ends at 9:59 a.m.
2767 (b) A club licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer during the hours specified in
2768 Part 7, On-premise Beer Retailer License, for an on-premise beer retailer license.
2769 (c) (i) Notwithstanding Subsections (4)(a) and (b), a club licensee shall keep its
2770 licensed premises open for one hour after the club licensee ceases the sale and furnishing of an
2771 alcoholic product during which time a patron of the club licensee may finish consuming:
2772 (A) a single drink containing spirituous liquor;
2773 (B) a single serving of wine not exceeding five ounces;
2774 (C) a single serving of heavy beer;
2775 (D) a single serving of beer not exceeding 26 ounces; or
2776 (E) a single serving of a flavored malt beverage.
2777 (ii) A club licensee is not required to remain open:
2778 (A) after all patrons have vacated the premises; or
2779 (B) during an emergency.
2780 [
2781
2782 [
2783 [
2784 (5) (a) A minor may not be admitted into, use, or be in:
2785 (i) a lounge or bar area of the premises of:
2786 (A) an equity club licensee;
2787 (B) a fraternal club licensee; or
2788 (C) a dining club licensee; or
2789 (ii) the premises of:
2790 (A) a dining club licensee unless accompanied by an individual who is 21 years of age
2791 or older; or
2792 (B) a social club licensee, except to the extent provided for under Section 32B-6-406.1 .
2793 (b) Notwithstanding Section 32B-5-308 , a club licensee may not employ a minor to:
2794 (i) work in a lounge or bar area of an equity club licensee, fraternal club licensee, or
2795 dining club licensee; or
2796 (ii) handle an alcoholic product.
2797 (c) Notwithstanding Section 32B-5-308 , a minor may not be employed on the licensed
2798 premises of a social club licensee.
2799 (d) Nothing in this part or Section 32B-5-308 precludes a local authority from being
2800 more restrictive of a minor's admittance to, use of, or presence on the licensed premises of a
2801 club licensee.
2802 (6) A club licensee shall have food available at all times when an alcoholic product is
2803 sold, offered for sale, furnished, or consumed on the licensed premises.
2804 (7) (a) Subject to the other provisions of this Subsection (7), a patron may not have
2805 more than two alcoholic products of any kind at a time before the patron.
2806 (b) A patron may not have two spirituous liquor drinks before the club licensee patron
2807 if one of the spirituous liquor drinks consists only of the primary spirituous liquor for the other
2808 spirituous liquor drink.
2809 (c) An individual portion of wine is considered to be one alcoholic product under
2810 Subsection (7)(a).
2811 (8) A club licensee shall have available on the premises for a patron to review at the
2812 time that the patron requests it, a written alcoholic product price list or a menu containing the
2813 price of an alcoholic product sold, offered for sale, or furnished by the club licensee including:
2814 (a) a set-up charge;
2815 (b) a service charge; or
2816 (c) a chilling fee.
2817 (9) Subject to Section 32B-5-309 , a club licensee may not temporarily rent or
2818 otherwise temporarily lease its premises to a person unless:
2819 (a) the person to whom the club licensee rents or leases the premises agrees in writing
2820 to comply with this title as if the person is the club licensee, except for a requirement related to
2821 making or maintaining a record; and
2822 (b) the club licensee takes reasonable steps to ensure that the person complies with this
2823 section as provided in Subsection (9)(a).
2824 (10) If a club licensee is an equity club licensee or fraternal club licensee, the club
2825 licensee shall comply with Section 32B-6-407 .
2826 (11) If a club licensee is a dining club licensee or social club licensee, the club licensee
2827 shall comply with Section 32B-1-407 .
2828 (12) (a) A club licensee shall own or lease premises suitable for the club licensee's
2829 activities.
2830 (b) A club licensee may not maintain licensed premises in a manner that barricades or
2831 conceals the club licensee's operation.
2832 Section 42. Section 32B-6-409 is enacted to read:
2833 32B-6-409. Conversion from dining club license to different type of retail license.
2834 (1) In accordance with this section, a dining club licensee may convert its dining club
2835 license to a different type of retail license, including a different type of club license during the
2836 time period:
2837 (a) beginning on July 1, 2011; and
2838 (b) ending on June 30, 2013.
2839 (2) A dining club licensee may convert its dining license only to a retail license for
2840 which the dining club licensee qualifies.
2841 (3) The commission shall provide a procedure for a dining club to convert to a different
2842 type of retail license as provided in this section by rule made in accordance with Title 63G,
2843 Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
2844 (4) After a dining club license is converted to another type of retail license, the retail
2845 licensee shall operate under the provisions relevant to the type of retail license held by the retail
2846 licensee, except that, in accordance with Section 32B-1-201 , the retail license is not considered
2847 in determining the total number of licenses available for that type of retail license.
2848 (5) If a dining club license is converted to full-service restaurant license,
2849 limited-service restaurant license, or beer-only restaurant license, the bar structure of the dining
2850 club is considered:
2851 (a) a seating grandfathered bar structure for purposes of a full-service restaurant license
2852 or a limited-service restaurant license; or
2853 (b) a grandfathered bar structure for purposes of a beer-only restaurant license.
2854 Section 43. Section 32B-6-502 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2855 32B-6-502 (Effective 07/01/11). Definitions.
2856 [
2857 As used in this chapter, "total passengers" means the number of total passengers in a
2858 calendar year that is reported in the most current comprehensive annual financial report for the
2859 airport in which an airport lounge is located.
2860 Section 44. Section 32B-6-503 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2861 32B-6-503 (Effective 07/01/11). Commission's power to issue airport lounge
2862 license.
2863 (1) Before a person may store, sell, offer for sale, furnish, or allow the consumption of
2864 an alcoholic product on its premises as an airport lounge licensee, the person shall first obtain
2865 an airport lounge license from the commission in accordance with this part.
2866 (2) The commission may issue an airport lounge license to establish airport lounge
2867 licensed premises beyond the security point at an international airport and in the numbers the
2868 commission considers proper for the storage, sale, offer for sale, furnishing, and consumption
2869 of an alcoholic product on licensed premises operated as an airport lounge.
2870 (3) (a) The commission may not issue a total number of airport lounge licenses for an
2871 international airport that at any time exceed one [
2872
2873 for each 2,500,000 of total passengers at the international airport.
2874 (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (3)(a), the commission may not reduce the total
2875 number of airport lounge licenses unless:
2876 (i) the commission determines that the number of total passengers is reduced by more
2877 than 25% from the last day on which the commission determined the total number of airport
2878 lounge licenses allowed for that international airport under this Subsection (3); and
2879 (ii) the reduction can be accomplished without the international airport terminating a
2880 lease for an airport lounge before:
2881 (A) the expiration of the lease;
2882 (B) the airport lounge undergoes a change of ownership; or
2883 (C) the airport lounge ceases operations.
2884 Section 45. Section 32B-6-504 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2885 32B-6-504 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific licensing requirements for airport lounge
2886 license.
2887 (1) To obtain an airport lounge license, in addition to complying with Chapter 5, Part
2888 2, Retail Licensing Process, a person shall submit with the written application:
2889 (a) both the written consent of the local authority and the written consent of the airport
2890 authority; and
2891 (b) a copy of the sign proposed to be used by the airport lounge licensee on its licensed
2892 premises to inform the public that alcoholic products are sold and consumed on the licensed
2893 premises.
2894 (2) (a) An airport lounge license expires on October 31 of each year.
2895 (b) To renew a person's airport lounge license, a person shall comply with the renewal
2896 requirements of Chapter 5, Part 2, Retail Licensing Process, by no later than September 30.
2897 (3) (a) The nonrefundable application fee for an airport lounge license is [
2898 (b) The initial license fee for an airport lounge license is [
2899 (c) The renewal fee for an airport lounge license is [
2900 (4) The bond amount required for an airport lounge license is the penal sum of
2901 $10,000.
2902 (5) An airport lounge license is not subject to the proximity requirements of Section
2903 32B-1-202 .
2904 Section 46. Section 32B-6-603 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2905 32B-6-603 (Effective 07/01/11). Commission's power to issue on-premise banquet
2906 license -- Contracts as host.
2907 (1) (a) Before a person may store, sell, offer for sale, furnish, or allow the consumption
2908 of an alcoholic product in connection with the person's banquet and room service activities at
2909 one of the following, the person shall first obtain an on-premise banquet license in accordance
2910 with this part:
2911 (i) a hotel;
2912 (ii) a resort facility;
2913 (iii) a sports center; or
2914 (iv) a convention center.
2915 (b) This part does not prohibit an alcoholic product on the premises of a person listed
2916 in Subsection (1)(a) to the extent otherwise permitted by this title.
2917 (c) This section does not prohibit a person who applies for an on-premise banquet
2918 license to also apply for a package agency if otherwise qualified.
2919 (2) The commission may issue an on-premise banquet license to establish on-premise
2920 banquet licensees in the numbers the commission considers proper for the storage, sale, offer
2921 for sale, furnishing, and consumption of an alcoholic product at a banquet or as part of room
2922 service activities operated by an on-premise banquet licensee.
2923 (3) [
2924 of on-premise banquet licenses that at any time exceed the number determined by dividing the
2925 population of the state by 30,000.
2926 [
2927 [
2928
2929 [
2930
2931 [
2932
2933
2934
2935 [
2936 banquet licensee:
2937 (a) the host of the banquet may request an on-premise banquet licensee to provide an
2938 alcoholic product served at the banquet; and
2939 (b) an on-premise banquet licensee may provide an alcoholic product served at the
2940 banquet.
2941 [
2942 product:
2943 (a) without charge to a patron at a banquet, except that the host of the banquet shall pay
2944 for an alcoholic product furnished at the banquet; or
2945 (b) with a charge to a patron at the banquet.
2946 Section 47. Section 32B-6-604 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2947 32B-6-604 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific licensing requirements for an on-premise
2948 banquet license.
2949 (1) To obtain an on-premise banquet license a person shall comply with Chapter 5, Part
2950 2, Retail Licensing Process.
2951 (2) (a) An on-premise banquet license expires on October 31 of each year.
2952 (b) To renew a person's on-premise banquet license, a person shall comply with the
2953 requirements of Chapter 5, Part 2, Retail Licensing Process, by no later than September 30.
2954 (3) (a) The nonrefundable application fee for an on-premise banquet license is [
2955 $300.
2956 (b) The initial license fee for an on-premise banquet license is [
2957 (c) The renewal fee for an on-premise banquet license is [
2958 (4) The bond amount required for an on-premise banquet license is the penal sum of
2959 $10,000.
2960 (5) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this part, if an applicant is a state agency or
2961 political subdivision of the state it is not required to:
2962 (a) pay an application fee, initial license fee, or renewal fee;
2963 (b) obtain the written consent of the local authority;
2964 (c) submit a copy of the applicant's current business license; or
2965 (d) post a bond as specified by Section 32B-5-204 .
2966 (6) Notwithstanding Subsection 32B-5-303 (3), the department may approve an
2967 additional location in or on the licensed premises of an on-premise banquet licensee from
2968 which the on-premise banquet licensee may store, sell, offer for sale, furnish, or allow the
2969 consumption of an alcoholic product that is not included in its original application only:
2970 (a) upon proper application by an on-premise banquet licensee; and
2971 (b) in accordance with guidelines approved by the commission.
2972 Section 48. Section 32B-6-605 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
2973 32B-6-605 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific operational requirements for on-premise
2974 banquet license.
2975 (1) (a) In addition to complying with Chapter 5, Part 3, Retail Licensee Operational
2976 Requirements, an on-premise banquet licensee and staff of the on-premise banquet licensee
2977 shall comply with this section.
2978 (b) Failure to comply as provided in Subsection (1)(a) may result in disciplinary action
2979 in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and Enforcement Act, against:
2980 (i) an on-premise banquet licensee;
2981 (ii) individual staff of an on-premise banquet licensee; or
2982 (iii) both an on-premise banquet licensee and staff of the on-premise banquet licensee.
2983 (2) An on-premise banquet licensee shall comply with Subsections 32B-5-301 (4) and
2984 (5) for the entire premises of the hotel, resort facility, sports center, or convention center that is
2985 the basis for the on-premise banquet license.
2986 (3) (a) For the purpose described in Subsection (3)(b), an on-premise banquet licensee
2987 shall provide the department with advance notice of a scheduled banquet in accordance with
2988 rules made by the commission.
2989 (b) Any of the following may conduct a random inspection of a banquet:
2990 (i) an authorized representative of the commission or the department; or
2991 (ii) a law enforcement officer.
2992 (4) (a) An on-premise banquet licensee is not subject to Section 32B-5-302 , but shall
2993 make and maintain the records the commission or department requires.
2994 (b) Section 32B-1-205 applies to a record required to be made or maintained in
2995 accordance with this Subsection (4).
2996 (5) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, an on-premise banquet licensee may
2997 sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product at a banquet only for consumption at the
2998 location of the banquet.
2999 (b) A host of a banquet, a patron, or a person other than the on-premise banquet
3000 licensee or staff of the on-premise banquet licensee, may not remove an alcoholic product from
3001 the premises of the banquet.
3002 (c) Notwithstanding Section 32B-5-307 , a patron at a banquet may not bring an
3003 alcoholic product into or onto, or remove an alcoholic product from the premises of a banquet.
3004 (6) (a) An on-premise banquet licensee may not leave an unsold alcoholic product at
3005 the banquet following the conclusion of the banquet.
3006 (b) At the conclusion of a banquet, an on-premise banquet licensee shall:
3007 (i) destroy an opened and unused alcoholic product that is not saleable, under
3008 conditions established by the department; and
3009 (ii) return to the on-premise banquet licensee's approved locked storage area any:
3010 (A) opened and unused alcoholic product that is saleable; and
3011 (B) unopened [
3012 (c) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(b) with regard to an open or sealed [
3013 container of an alcoholic product not sold or consumed at a banquet, an on-premise banquet
3014 licensee:
3015 (i) shall store the alcoholic product in the on-premise banquet licensee's approved
3016 locked storage area; and
3017 (ii) may use the alcoholic product at more than one banquet.
3018 (7) Notwithstanding Section 32B-5-308 , an on-premise banquet licensee may not
3019 employ a minor to sell, furnish, or dispense an alcoholic product in connection with the
3020 on-premise banquet licensee's banquet and room service activities.
3021 (8) An on-premise banquet licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic
3022 product at a banquet or in connection with room service any day during a period that:
3023 (a) begins at 1 a.m.; and
3024 (b) ends at 9:59 a.m.
3025 (9) An on-premise banquet licensee shall maintain at least 50% of its total annual
3026 banquet gross receipts from the sale of food, not including:
3027 (a) mix for an alcoholic product; and
3028 (b) a charge in connection with the furnishing of an alcoholic product.
3029 (10) (a) Subject to the other provisions of this Subsection (10), a patron may not have
3030 more than two alcoholic products of any kind at a time before the patron.
3031 (b) A patron may not have more than one spirituous liquor drink at a time before the
3032 patron.
3033 (c) An individual portion of wine is considered to be one alcoholic product under
3034 Subsection (10)(a).
3035 (11) (a) An on-premise banquet licensee shall supervise and direct a person involved in
3036 the sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product.
3037 (b) A person involved in the sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product
3038 shall complete an alcohol training and education seminar.
3039 (12) A staff person of an on-premise banquet licensee shall remain at the banquet at all
3040 times when an alcoholic product is sold, offered for sale, furnished, or consumed at the
3041 banquet.
3042 (13) (a) Room service of an alcoholic product to a guest room of a hotel or resort
3043 facility shall be provided in person by staff of an on-premise banquet licensee only to an adult
3044 guest in the guest room.
3045 (b) An alcoholic product may not be left outside a guest room for retrieval by a guest.
3046 [
3047
3048 Section 49. Section 32B-6-702 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
3049 32B-6-702 (Effective 07/01/11). Definitions.
3050 [
3051 As used in this part, "recreational amenity" is defined by the commission by rule made
3052 in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. A rule made
3053 under this section shall define "recreational amenity" to be one or more of the following or an
3054 activity substantially similar to one of the following:
3055 (1) a billiard parlor;
3056 (2) a pool parlor;
3057 (3) a bowling facility;
3058 (4) a golf course;
3059 (5) miniature golf;
3060 (6) a golf driving range;
3061 (7) a tennis club;
3062 (8) a sports facility that hosts professional sporting events and has a seating capacity
3063 equal to or greater than 6,500;
3064 (9) a concert venue that has a seating capacity equal to or greater than 6,500;
3065 (10) one of the following if owned by a government agency:
3066 (a) a convention center;
3067 (b) a fair facility;
3068 (c) an equestrian park;
3069 (d) a theater; or
3070 (e) a concert venue;
3071 (11) an amusement park:
3072 (a) with one or more permanent amusement rides; and
3073 (b) located on at least 50 acres;
3074 (12) a ski resort; or
3075 (13) a venue for live entertainment if the venue:
3076 (a) is not regularly open for more than five hours on any day;
3077 (b) is operated so that food is available whenever beer is sold, offered for sale, or
3078 furnished at the venue; and
3079 (c) is operated so that no more than 15% of its total annual receipts are from the sale of
3080 beer.
3081 Section 50. Section 32B-6-703 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
3082 32B-6-703 (Effective 07/01/11). Commission's power to issue on-premise beer
3083 retailer license.
3084 (1) Before a person may store, sell, offer for sale, furnish, or allow the consumption of
3085 beer on the premises as an on-premise beer retailer, the person shall first obtain an on-premise
3086 beer retailer license from the commission in accordance with this part.
3087 (2) (a) The commission may issue an on-premise beer retailer license to establish
3088 on-premise beer retailer licensed premises at places and in numbers as the commission
3089 considers proper for the storage, sale, offer for sale, furnishing, and consumption of beer on
3090 premises operated as an on-premise beer retailer.
3091 (b) At the time that the commission issues an on-premise beer retailer license, the
3092 commission shall designate whether the on-premise beer retailer is a tavern.
3093 (c) The commission may change its designation of whether an on-premise beer retailer
3094 is a tavern in accordance with rules made by the commission.
3095 (d) (i) In determining whether an on-premise beer retailer is a tavern, the commission
3096 shall determine whether the on-premise beer retailer will engage primarily in the retail sale of
3097 beer for consumption on the establishment's premises.
3098 (ii) In making a determination under this Subsection (2)(d), the commission shall
3099 consider:
3100 (A) whether the on-premise beer retailer will operate as one of the following:
3101 (I) a beer bar;
3102 (II) a parlor;
3103 (III) a lounge;
3104 (IV) a cabaret; or
3105 (V) a nightclub;
3106 (B) if the on-premise beer retailer will operate as described in Subsection (2)(d)(ii)(A):
3107 (I) whether the on-premise beer retailer will sell food in the establishment; and
3108 (II) if the on-premise beer retailer sells food, whether the revenue from the sale of beer
3109 will exceed the revenue of the sale of food;
3110 (C) whether full meals including appetizers, main courses, and desserts will be served;
3111 (D) the square footage and seating capacity of the premises;
3112 (E) what portion of the square footage and seating capacity will be used for a dining
3113 area in comparison to the portion that will be used as a lounge or bar area;
3114 (F) whether the person will maintain adequate on-premise culinary facilities to prepare
3115 full meals, except a person that is located on the premises of a hotel or resort facility may use
3116 the culinary facilities of the hotel or resort facility;
3117 (G) whether the entertainment provided on the premises of the beer retailer will be
3118 suitable for minors; and
3119 (H) the beer retailer management's ability to manage and operate an on-premise beer
3120 retailer license including:
3121 (I) management experience;
3122 (II) past beer retailer management experience; and
3123 (III) the type of management scheme that will be used by the beer retailer.
3124 (e) On or after March 1, 2012:
3125 (i) To be licensed as an on-premise beer retailer that is not a tavern, a person shall
3126 maintain at least 70% of its total gross revenues from business directly related to a recreational
3127 amenity on or directly adjoining the licensed premises of the beer retailer.
3128 (ii) The commission may not license a person as an on-premise beer retailer if the
3129 person does not:
3130 (A) meet the requirements of Subsection (2)(e); or
3131 (B) operate as a tavern.
3132 (iii) (A) A person licensed as an on-premise beer retailer that is not a tavern as of July
3133 1, 2011 shall notify the department by no later than August 1, 2011, whether effective March 1,
3134 2012, the person will seek to be licensed as a beer-only restaurant licensee, a tavern, or an
3135 on-premise beer retailer that meets the requirements of Subsection (2)(e)(i).
3136 (B) If an on-premise beer retailer fails to notify the department as required by
3137 Subsection (2)(e)(i)(A), the on-premise beer retailer's license expires as of February 29, 2012,
3138 and to operate as an on-premise beer retailer after February 29, 2012, the on-premise beer
3139 retailer is required to apply as a new licensee.
3140 (3) Subject to Section 32B-1-201 :
3141 [
3142 licenses that are taverns that at any time exceeds the number determined by dividing the
3143 population of the state by [
3144 (b) The commission may issue a seasonal on-premise beer retailer license for a tavern
3145 in accordance with Section 32B-5-206 .
3146 (4) (a) Unless otherwise provided in Subsection (4)(b):
3147 (i) only one on-premise beer retailer license is required for each building or resort
3148 facility owned or leased by the same person; and
3149 (ii) a separate license is not required for each retail beer dispensing location in the
3150 same building or on the same resort premises owned or operated by the same person.
3151 (b) (i) Subsection (4)(a) applies only if each retail beer dispensing location in the
3152 building or resort facility operates in the same manner.
3153 (ii) If each retail beer dispensing location does not operate in the same manner:
3154 (A) one on-premise beer retailer license designated as a tavern is required for the
3155 locations in the same building or on the same resort premises that operate as a tavern; and
3156 (B) one on-premise beer retailer license is required for the locations in the same
3157 building or on the same resort premises that do not operate as a tavern.
3158 Section 51. Section 32B-6-705 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
3159 32B-6-705 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific licensing requirements for on-premise
3160 beer retailer license.
3161 (1) To obtain an on-premise beer retailer license a person shall comply with Chapter 5,
3162 Part 2, Retail Licensing Process, except that an on-premise beer retailer is required to carry
3163 dramshop insurance coverage in accordance with Section 32B-5-201 only if the on-premise
3164 beer retailer sells more than $5,000 of beer annually.
3165 (2) (a) An on-premise beer retailer license expires on the last day of February each
3166 year.
3167 (b) To renew a person's on-premise beer retailer license, a person shall comply with the
3168 renewal requirements of Chapter 5, Part 2, Retail Licensing Process, by no later than January
3169 31.
3170 (3) (a) The nonrefundable application fee for an on-premise beer retailer license is
3171 [
3172 (b) (i) The initial license fee for an on-premise beer retailer license that is not a tavern
3173 is [
3174 (ii) The initial license fee for an on-premise beer retailer license that is a tavern is
3175 [
3176 (c) (i) The renewal fee for an on-premise beer retailer license that is not a tavern is
3177 [
3178 (ii) The renewal fee for an on-premise beer retailer license that is a tavern is [
3179 $1,250.
3180 (4) The bond amount required for an on-premise beer retailer license is the penal sum
3181 of $2,000.
3182 (5) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this part, if an applicant is a state agency or
3183 political subdivision of the state it is not required to:
3184 (a) pay an application fee, initial license fee, or renewal fee;
3185 (b) obtain the written consent of the local authority;
3186 (c) submit a copy of the applicant's current business license; or
3187 (d) post a bond as specified by Section 32B-5-204 .
3188 Section 52. Section 32B-6-706 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
3189 32B-6-706 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific operational requirements for on-premise
3190 beer retailer license.
3191 (1) (a) In addition to complying with Chapter 5, Part 3, Retail Licensee Operational
3192 Requirements, an on-premise beer retailer and staff of the on-premise beer retailer shall comply
3193 with this section.
3194 (b) Failure to comply as provided in Subsection (1)(a) may result in disciplinary action
3195 in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and Enforcement Act, against:
3196 (i) an on-premise beer retailer;
3197 (ii) individual staff of an on-premise beer retailer; or
3198 (iii) both an on-premise beer retailer and staff of the on-premise beer retailer.
3199 (2) (a) An on-premise beer retailer is not subject to Section 32B-5-302 , but shall make
3200 and maintain the records the department requires.
3201 (b) Section 32B-1-205 applies to a record required to be made or maintained in
3202 accordance with this Subsection (2).
3203 (3) Notwithstanding Section 32B-5-303 , an on-premise beer retailer may not store or
3204 sell liquor on its licensed premises.
3205 (4) Beer sold in a sealed [
3206 removed from the on-premise beer retailer premises in the sealed [
3207 (5) [
3208 [
3209 [
3210
3211 (6) (a) An on-premise beer retailer may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer at its
3212 licensed premises during a period that:
3213 (i) begins at 1 a.m.; and
3214 (ii) ends at 9:59 a.m.
3215 (b) (i) Notwithstanding Subsection [
3216 after the tavern ceases the sale and furnishing of beer during which time a patron of the tavern
3217 may finish consuming a single serving of beer not exceeding 26 ounces.
3218 (ii) A tavern is not required to remain open:
3219 (A) after all patrons have vacated the premises; or
3220 (B) during an emergency.
3221 [
3222
3223 [
3224 [
3225 (7) Notwithstanding Section 32B-5-308 , a minor may not be on the premises of a
3226 tavern.
3227 (8) (a) (i) An on-premise beer retailer may not purchase, acquire, possess for the
3228 purpose of resale, or sell beer except beer that the on-premise beer retailer lawfully purchases
3229 from:
3230 (A) a beer wholesaler licensee; or
3231 (B) a small brewer that manufactures the beer.
3232 (ii) Violation of Subsection (8)(a) is a class A misdemeanor.
3233 (b) (i) If an on-premise beer retailer purchases beer under this Subsection (8) from a
3234 beer wholesaler licensee, the on-premise beer retailer shall purchase beer only from a beer
3235 wholesaler licensee who is designated by the manufacturer to sell beer in the geographical area
3236 in which the off-premise beer retailer is located, unless an alternate wholesaler is authorized by
3237 the department to sell to the off-premise beer retailer as provided in Section 32B-13-301 .
3238 (ii) Violation of Subsection (8)(b)(i) is a class B misdemeanor.
3239 (9) A tavern shall comply with Section 32B-1-407 .
3240 Section 53. Section 32B-6-801 is enacted to read:
3241
3242 32B-6-801. Title.
3243 This part is known as "Reception Center License."
3244 Section 54. Section 32B-6-802 is enacted to read:
3245 32B-6-802. Definitions.
3246 Reserved
3247 Section 55. Section 32B-6-803 is enacted to read:
3248 32B-6-803. Commission's power to issue reception center license.
3249 (1) Before a person may store, sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product on its
3250 premises as a reception center, the person shall first obtain a reception center license from the
3251 commission in accordance with this part.
3252 (2) The commission may issue a reception center license to establish reception center
3253 licensed premises at places and in numbers the commission considers proper for the storage,
3254 sale, offer for sale, furnishing, and consumption of an alcoholic product on premises operated
3255 as a reception center.
3256 (3) Subject to Section 32B-1-201 , the commission may not issue a total number of
3257 reception center licenses that at any time exceeds the number determined by dividing the
3258 population of the state by 56,313.
3259 (4) The commission may not issue a reception center license for premises that do not
3260 meet the proximity requirements of Section 32B-1-202 .
3261 Section 56. Section 32B-6-804 is enacted to read:
3262 32B-6-804. Specific licensing requirements for reception center license.
3263 (1) To obtain a reception center license a person shall comply with Chapter 5, Part 2,
3264 Retail Licensing Process.
3265 (2) (a) A reception center license expires on October 31 of each year.
3266 (b) To renew a person's reception center license, a person shall comply with the
3267 renewal requirements of Chapter 5, Part 2, Retail Licensing Process, by no later than
3268 September 30.
3269 (3) (a) The nonrefundable application fee for a reception center license is $300.
3270 (b) The initial license fee for a reception center license is $750.
3271 (c) The renewal fee for a reception center license is $750.
3272 (4) The bond amount required for a reception center license is the penal sum of
3273 $10,000.
3274 Section 57. Section 32B-6-805 is enacted to read:
3275 32B-6-805. Specific operational requirements for a reception center license.
3276 (1) (a) In addition to complying with Chapter 5, Part 3, Retail Licensee Operational
3277 Requirements, a reception center licensee and staff of the reception center licensee shall
3278 comply with this section.
3279 (b) Failure to comply as provided in Subsection (1)(a) may result in disciplinary action
3280 in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and Enforcement Act, against:
3281 (i) a reception center licensee;
3282 (ii) individual staff of a reception center licensee; or
3283 (iii) both a reception center licensee and staff of the reception center licensee.
3284 (2) In addition to complying with Section 32B-5-303 , a reception center licensee shall
3285 store an alcoholic product in a storage area described in Subsection (15)(a).
3286 (3) (a) For the purpose described in Subsection (3)(b), a reception center licensee shall
3287 provide the following with advance notice of a scheduled event in accordance with rules made
3288 by the commission:
3289 (i) the department; and
3290 (ii) the local law enforcement agency responsible for the enforcement of this title in the
3291 jurisdiction where the reception center is located.
3292 (b) Any of the following may conduct a random inspection of an event:
3293 (i) an authorized representative of the commission or the department; or
3294 (ii) a law enforcement officer.
3295 (4) (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, a reception center licensee may sell,
3296 offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product at an event only for consumption at the reception
3297 center's licensed premises.
3298 (b) A host of an event, a patron, or a person other than the reception center licensee or
3299 staff of the reception center licensee, may not remove an alcoholic product from the reception
3300 center's licensed premises.
3301 (c) Notwithstanding Section 32B-5-307 , a patron at an event may not bring an
3302 alcoholic product into or onto, or remove an alcoholic product from, the reception center.
3303 (5) (a) A reception center licensee may not leave an unsold alcoholic product at an
3304 event following the conclusion of the event.
3305 (b) At the conclusion of an event, a reception center licensee shall:
3306 (i) destroy an opened and unused alcoholic product that is not saleable, under
3307 conditions established by the department; and
3308 (ii) return to the reception center licensee's approved locked storage area any:
3309 (A) opened and unused alcoholic product that is saleable; and
3310 (B) unopened container of an alcoholic product.
3311 (c) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(b) with regard to an open or sealed container
3312 of an alcoholic product not sold or consumed at an event, a reception center licensee:
3313 (i) shall store the alcoholic product in accordance with Subsection (2); and
3314 (ii) may use the alcoholic product at more than one event.
3315 (6) Notwithstanding Section 32B-5-308 , a reception center licensee may not employ a
3316 minor in connection with an event at the reception center at which food is not made available.
3317 (7) A person's willingness to serve an alcoholic product may not be made a condition
3318 of employment as a server with a reception center licensee.
3319 (8) A reception center licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic
3320 product at the licensed premises on any day during the period that:
3321 (a) begins at 1 a.m.; and
3322 (b) ends at 9:59 a.m.
3323 (9) A reception center licensee may not maintain in excess of 30% of its total annual
3324 receipts from the sale of an alcoholic product, which includes:
3325 (a) mix for an alcoholic product; or
3326 (b) a charge in connection with the furnishing of an alcoholic product.
3327 (10) A reception center licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic
3328 product at an event at which a minor is present unless the reception center licensee makes food
3329 available at all times when an alcoholic product is sold, offered for sale, furnished, or
3330 consumed during the event.
3331 (11) (a) Subject to the other provisions of this Subsection (11), a patron may not have
3332 more than two alcoholic products of any kind at a time before the patron.
3333 (b) An individual portion of wine is considered to be one alcoholic product under
3334 Subsection (11)(a).
3335 (12) (a) A reception center licensee shall supervise and direct a person involved in the
3336 sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product.
3337 (b) A person involved in the sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product
3338 shall complete an alcohol training and education seminar.
3339 (13) A staff person of a reception center licensee shall remain at an event at all times
3340 when an alcoholic product is sold, offered for sale, furnished, or consumed at the event.
3341 (14) A reception center licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic
3342 product to a patron, and a patron may not consume an alcoholic product at a bar structure.
3343 (15) Except as provided in Subsection (16), a reception center licensee may dispense
3344 an alcoholic product only if:
3345 (a) the alcoholic product is dispensed from an area that is:
3346 (i) separated from an area for the consumption of food by a patron by a solid,
3347 translucent, permanent structural barrier such that the facilities for the storage or dispensing of
3348 an alcoholic product are:
3349 (A) not readily visible to a patron; and
3350 (B) not accessible by a patron; and
3351 (ii) apart from an area used:
3352 (A) for staging; or
3353 (B) as a lobby or waiting area;
3354 (b) the reception center licensee uses an alcoholic product that is:
3355 (i) stored in an area described in Subsection (15)(a); or
3356 (ii) in an area not described in Subsection (15)(a) on the licensed premises and:
3357 (A) immediately before the alcoholic product is dispensed it is in an unopened
3358 container;
3359 (B) the unopened container is taken to an area described in Subsection (15)(a) before it
3360 is opened; and
3361 (C) once opened, the container is stored in an area described in Subsection (15)(a); and
3362 (c) any instrument or equipment used to dispense an alcoholic product is located in an
3363 area described in Subsection (15)(a).
3364 (16) A reception center licensee may dispense an alcoholic product from a mobile
3365 serving area that:
3366 (a) is moved only by staff of the reception center licensee;
3367 (b) is capable of being moved by only one individual; and
3368 (c) is no larger than 6 feet long and 30 inches wide.
3369 (17) (a) A reception center licensee may not have an event on the licensed premises
3370 except pursuant to a contract between a third party host of the event and the reception center
3371 licensee under which the reception center licensee provides an alcoholic product sold, offered
3372 for sale, or furnished at an event.
3373 (b) At an event, a reception center licensee may furnish an alcoholic product:
3374 (i) without charge to a patron, except that the third party host of the event shall pay for
3375 an alcoholic product furnished at the event; or
3376 (ii) with a charge to a patron at the event.
3377 (18) A reception center licensee shall have culinary facilities that are:
3378 (a) adequate to prepare a full meal; and
3379 (b) (i) located on the licensed premises; or
3380 (ii) under the same control as the reception center licensee.
3381 Section 58. Section 32B-6-901 is enacted to read:
3382
3383 32B-6-901. Title.
3384 This part is known as "Beer-only Restaurant License."
3385 Section 59. Section 32B-6-902 is enacted to read:
3386 32B-6-902. Definitions.
3387 (1) (a) As used in this part, "grandfathered bar structure" means a bar structure in a
3388 licensed premises of a beer-only restaurant licensee that:
3389 (i) as of January 1, 2011:
3390 (A) is operational; and
3391 (B) has facilities for the dispensing or storage of an alcoholic product that do not meet
3392 the requirements of Subsection 32B-6-905 (12)(a)(ii);
3393 (ii) is not operational as of January 1, 2011, if a person applying for the beer-only
3394 restaurant license:
3395 (A) has as of January 1, 2011, a building permit to construct the restaurant;
3396 (B) is as of January 1, 2011, actively engaged in the construction of the restaurant, as
3397 defined by rule made by the commission;
3398 (C) is issued the beer-only license by no later than December 31, 2011; and
3399 (D) once constructed, will have a bar structure that does not meet the requirements of
3400 Subsection 32B-6-905 (12)(a)(ii); or
3401 (iii) is a bar structure grandfathered under Section 32B-6-409 .
3402 (b) "Grandfathered bar structure" does not include a grandfathered bar structure
3403 described in Subsection (1)(a) on or after the day on which a restaurant remodels the
3404 grandfathered bar structure, as defined by rule made by the commission.
3405 (2) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), a grandfathered bar structure remains a grandfathered
3406 bar structure notwithstanding whether a restaurant undergoes a change of ownership.
3407 Section 60. Section 32B-6-903 is enacted to read:
3408 32B-6-903. Commission's power to issue beer-only restaurant license.
3409 (1) Before a person may store, sell, offer for sale, furnish, or allow the consumption of
3410 beer on its premises as a beer-only restaurant, the person shall first obtain a beer-only
3411 restaurant license from the commission in accordance with this part.
3412 (2) (a) The commission may issue a beer-only restaurant license to establish beer-only
3413 restaurant licensed premises at places and in numbers the commission considers proper for the
3414 storage, sale, offer for sale, furnishing, and consumption of beer on premises operated as a
3415 beer-only restaurant.
3416 (b) A person may not sell, offer for sale, furnish, or allow the consumption of liquor on
3417 the licensed premises of a beer-only restaurant licensee.
3418 (3) (a) Only one beer-only restaurant license is required for each building or resort
3419 facility owned or leased by the same person.
3420 (b) A separate license is not required for each beer-only restaurant license dispensing
3421 location in the same building or on the same resort premises owned or operated by the same
3422 person.
3423 (4) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b) or (c), the commission may not issue a
3424 beer-only restaurant license for premises that do not meet the proximity requirements of
3425 Section 32B-1-202 .
3426 (b) With respect to the premises of a beer-only restaurant license issued by the
3427 commission that undergoes a change of ownership, the commission shall waive or vary the
3428 proximity requirements of Subsection 32B-1-202 (2) in considering whether to issue a
3429 beer-only restaurant license to the new owner of the premises if:
3430 (i) when a beer-only restaurant license was issued to a previous owner, the premises
3431 met the proximity requirements of Subsection 32B-1-202 (2);
3432 (ii) the premises has had a beer-only restaurant license at all times since the beer-only
3433 restaurant license described in Subsection (4)(b)(i) was issued without a variance; and
3434 (iii) the community location was located within the proximity requirements of
3435 Subsection 32B-1-202 (2) after the day on which the beer-only restaurant license described in
3436 Subsection (4)(b)(i) was issued.
3437 (c) The location of the licensed premises of an on-premise beer retailer who is licensed
3438 as of July 1, 2011, is grandfathered and not required to meet the proximity requirements of
3439 Section 32B-1-202 if the on-premise beer retailer obtains a beer-only restaurant license by not
3440 later than March 1, 2012. A location grandfathered under this Subsection (4)(c) is considered
3441 grandfathered notwithstanding that the beer-only restaurant license undergoes a change of
3442 ownership.
3443 Section 61. Section 32B-6-904 is enacted to read:
3444 32B-6-904. Specific licensing requirements for beer-only restaurant license.
3445 (1) To obtain a beer-only restaurant license a person shall comply with Chapter 5, Part
3446 2, Retail Licensing Process.
3447 (2) (a) A beer-only restaurant license expires the last day of February of each year.
3448 (b) To renew a person's beer-only restaurant license, a person shall comply with the
3449 renewal requirements of Chapter 5, Part 2, Retail Licensing Process, by no later than January
3450 31.
3451 (3) (a) The nonrefundable application fee for a beer-only restaurant license is $300.
3452 (b) The initial license fee for a beer-only restaurant license is $750.
3453 (c) The renewal fee for a beer-only restaurant license is $550.
3454 (4) The bond amount required for a beer-only restaurant license is the penal sum of
3455 $5,000.
3456 Section 62. Section 32B-6-905 is enacted to read:
3457 32B-6-905. Specific operational requirements for a beer-only restaurant license.
3458 (1) (a) In addition to complying with Chapter 5, Part 3, Retail Licensee Operational
3459 Requirements, a beer-only restaurant licensee and staff of the beer-only restaurant licensee
3460 shall comply with this section.
3461 (b) Failure to comply as provided in Subsection (1)(a) may result in disciplinary action
3462 in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and Enforcement Act, against:
3463 (i) a beer-only restaurant licensee;
3464 (ii) individual staff of a beer-only restaurant licensee; or
3465 (iii) both a beer-only restaurant licensee and staff of the beer-only restaurant licensee.
3466 (2) (a) A beer-only restaurant licensee on the licensed premises may not sell, offer for
3467 sale, furnish, or allow consumption of liquor.
3468 (b) Liquor may not be on the premises of a beer-only restaurant licensee except for use:
3469 (i) as a flavoring on a dessert; and
3470 (ii) in the preparation of a flaming food dish, drink, or dessert.
3471 (3) In addition to complying with Section 32B-5-303 , a beer-only restaurant licensee
3472 shall store beer in a storage area described in Subsection (12)(a).
3473 (4) (a) An individual who serves beer in a beer-only restaurant licensee's premises shall
3474 make a written beverage tab for each table or group that orders or consumes an alcoholic
3475 product on the premises.
3476 (b) A beverage tab required by this Subsection (4) shall list the type and amount of
3477 beer ordered or consumed.
3478 (5) A person's willingness to serve beer may not be made a condition of employment as
3479 a server with a beer-only restaurant licensee.
3480 (6) A beer-only restaurant licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer during the
3481 hours specified in Part 7, On-premise Beer Retailer License, for an on-premise beer retailer,
3482 except that a beer-only restaurant licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer before
3483 11:30 a.m. on any day.
3484 (7) A beer-only restaurant licensee shall maintain at least 70% of its total restaurant
3485 business from the sale of food, which does not include a service charge.
3486 (8) (a) A beer-only restaurant may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer except in
3487 connection with an order for food prepared, sold, and furnished at the licensed premises.
3488 (b) A beer-only restaurant shall maintain on the licensed premises adequate culinary
3489 facilities for food preparation and dining accommodations.
3490 (9) A patron may not have more than two beers at a time before the patron.
3491 (10) A patron may consume a beer only:
3492 (a) at:
3493 (i) the patron's table;
3494 (ii) a grandfathered bar structure; or
3495 (iii) a counter; and
3496 (b) where food is served.
3497 (11) (a) A beer-only restaurant licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish a beer to
3498 a patron, and a patron may not consume an alcoholic product at a bar structure.
3499 (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (11)(a), at a grandfathered bar structure, a patron who
3500 is 21 years of age or older may:
3501 (i) sit;
3502 (ii) be furnished a beer; and
3503 (iii) consume a beer.
3504 (c) Except as provided in Subsection (11)(d), at a grandfathered bar structure, a
3505 beer-only restaurant licensee may not permit a minor to, and a minor may not:
3506 (i) sit; or
3507 (ii) consume food or beverages.
3508 (d) (i) A minor may be at a grandfathered bar structure if the minor is employed by a
3509 beer-only restaurant licensee:
3510 (A) as provided in Subsection 32B-5-308 (2); or
3511 (B) to perform maintenance and cleaning services during an hour when the beer-only
3512 restaurant licensee is not open for business.
3513 (ii) A minor may momentarily pass by a grandfathered bar structure without remaining
3514 or sitting at the bar structure en route to an area of a beer-only restaurant licensee's premises in
3515 which the minor is permitted to be.
3516 (12) A beer-only restaurant licensee may dispense a beer only if:
3517 (a) the beer is dispensed from an area that is:
3518 (i) a grandfathered bar structure; or
3519 (ii) separated from an area for the consumption of food by a patron by a solid,
3520 translucent, permanent structural barrier such that the facilities for the storage or dispensing of
3521 an alcoholic product are not readily visible to a patron, not accessible by a patron, and apart
3522 from an area used for dining, for staging, or as a lobby or waiting area;
3523 (b) the beer-only restaurant licensee uses a beer that is:
3524 (i) stored in an area described in Subsection (12)(a); or
3525 (ii) in an area not described in Subsection (12)(a) on the licensed premises and:
3526 (A) immediately before the beer is dispensed it is in an unopened container;
3527 (B) the unopened container is taken to an area described in Subsection (12)(a) before it
3528 is opened; and
3529 (C) once opened, the container is stored in an area described in Subsection (12)(a); and
3530 (c) any instrument or equipment used to dispense the beer is located in an area
3531 described in Subsection (12)(a).
3532 Section 63. Section 32B-8-202 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
3533 32B-8-202 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific licensing requirements for resort license.
3534 (1) To obtain a resort license, in addition to complying with Chapter 5, Part 2, Retail
3535 Licensing Process, a person shall submit with the written application:
3536 (a) the current business license for each sublicense, if the business license is separate
3537 from the person's business license;
3538 (b) evidence:
3539 (i) of proximity of the resort building to any community location, with proximity
3540 requirements being governed by Section 32B-1-202 ;
3541 (ii) that each of the four or more sublicense premises is entirely within the boundaries
3542 of the resort building; and
3543 (iii) that the building designated in the application as the resort building qualifies as a
3544 resort building;
3545 (c) a description and boundary map of the resort building;
3546 (d) a description, floor plan, and boundary map of each sublicense premises
3547 designating:
3548 (i) any location at which the person proposes that an alcoholic product be stored; and
3549 (ii) a designated location on the sublicense premises from which the person proposes
3550 that an alcoholic product be sold, furnished, or consumed;
3551 (e) evidence that the resort license person carries dramshop insurance coverage equal
3552 to the sum of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 in the aggregate to cover both
3553 the general resort license and each sublicense; and
3554 (f) a signed consent form stating that the person will permit any authorized
3555 representative of the commission, department, or any law enforcement officer to have
3556 unrestricted right to enter the boundary of the resort building and each sublicense premises.
3557 (2) (a) A resort license expires on October 31 of each year.
3558 (b) To renew a person's resort license, the person shall comply with the requirements of
3559 Chapter 5, Part 2, Retail Licensing Process, by no later than September 30.
3560 (3) (a) The nonrefundable application fee for a resort license is [
3561 (b) The initial license fee for a resort license is calculated as follows:
3562 (i) $10,000 if four sublicenses are being applied for under the resort license; or
3563 (ii) if more than four sublicenses are being applied for under the resort license, the sum
3564 of:
3565 (A) $10,000; and
3566 (B) $2,000 for each sublicense in excess of four sublicenses for which the person is
3567 applying.
3568 (c) The renewal fee for a resort license is $1,000 for each sublicense under the resort
3569 license.
3570 (4) (a) The bond amount required for a resort license is the penal sum of $25,000.
3571 (b) A resort licensee is not required to have a separate bond for each sublicense, except
3572 that the aggregate of the bonds posted by the resort licensee shall cover each sublicense under
3573 the resort license.
3574 (5) The commission may not issue a resort license for a resort building that does not
3575 meet the proximity requirements of Section 32B-1-202 .
3576 Section 64. Section 32B-8-204 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
3577 32B-8-204 (Effective 07/01/11). Commission and department duties before issuing
3578 resort license.
3579 (1) Before the issuance of a resort license, the department shall comply with the
3580 requirements of Subsection [
3581 sublicense.
3582 (2) Before issuing a resort license, in addition to considering the factors described in
3583 Section 32B-8-202 , the commission shall:
3584 (a) consider the resort license person's ability to manage and operate a resort license
3585 and the ability of any individual who will act in a supervisory or managerial capacity for a
3586 sublicense, including:
3587 (i) past management experience;
3588 (ii) past alcoholic product license experience; and
3589 (iii) the type of management scheme to be used by the resort license person;
3590 (b) consider the nature or type of:
3591 (i) the person's business operation of the resort license; and
3592 (ii) the business operation of each sublicense; and
3593 (c) subject to Subsection (3), determine that each sublicense meets the requirements
3594 imposed under the provisions applicable to each sublicense.
3595 (3) (a) Subject to Subsection (3)(b), notwithstanding the requirements to obtain a retail
3596 license under the provisions applicable to a sublicense, a sublicense of a resort license is not
3597 subject to:
3598 (i) a requirement to submit an application or renewal application that is separate from
3599 the resort license application;
3600 (ii) a requirement to carry public liability insurance or dramshop insurance coverage
3601 that is separate from that carried by the resort licensee; or
3602 (iii) a requirement to post a bond that is separate from the bond posted by the resort
3603 licensee.
3604 (b) If a resort licensee seeks to add a sublicense after its resort license is issued, the
3605 resort licensee shall file with the department:
3606 (i) a nonrefundable [
3607 (ii) an initial license fee of [
3608 issued;
3609 (iii) written consent of the local authority;
3610 (iv) a copy of:
3611 (A) the resort licensee's current business license; and
3612 (B) the current business license for the sublicense, if the business licensee is separate
3613 from the resort licensee's business license;
3614 (v) evidence that the sublicense premises is entirely within the boundary of the resort
3615 building;
3616 (vi) a description, floor plan, and boundary map of the sublicense premises
3617 designating:
3618 (A) any location at which the person proposes that an alcoholic product be stored; and
3619 (B) any designated location on the sublicense premises from which the person proposes
3620 that an alcoholic product be sold, furnished, or consumed;
3621 (vii) evidence that the person carries public liability insurance in an amount and form
3622 satisfactory to the department;
3623 (viii) evidence that the person carries dramshop insurance coverage in the amount
3624 required by Section 32B-8-202 that covers the sublicense to be added;
3625 (ix) a signed consent form stating that the resort licensee will permit any authorized
3626 representative of the commission, department, or any law enforcement officer to have
3627 unrestricted right to enter the sublicense premises;
3628 (x) if the resort licensee is an entity, proper verification evidencing that a person who
3629 signs the application is authorized to sign on behalf of the entity; and
3630 (xi) any other information the commission or department may require.
3631 Section 65. Section 32B-8-304 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
3632 32B-8-304 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific operational requirements for resort spa
3633 sublicense.
3634 (1) (a) In addition to complying with Chapter 5, Part 3, Retail Licensee Operational
3635 Requirements, a resort licensee, staff of the resort licensee, or a person otherwise related to a
3636 resort spa sublicense shall comply with this section.
3637 (b) Subject to Section 32B-8-502 , failure to comply as provided in Subsection (1)(a)
3638 may result in disciplinary action in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and
3639 Enforcement Act, against:
3640 (i) a retail licensee;
3641 (ii) staff of the retail licensee;
3642 (iii) a person otherwise related to a resort spa sublicense; or
3643 (iv) any combination of the persons listed in this Subsection (1)(b).
3644 [
3645
3646
3647 [
3648 that a record required by this title is maintained, and a record is maintained or used for the
3649 resort spa sublicense:
3650 (i) as the department requires; and
3651 (ii) for a minimum period of three years.
3652 (b) A record is subject to inspection by an authorized representative of the commission
3653 and the department.
3654 (c) A resort licensee shall allow the department, through an auditor or examiner of the
3655 department, to audit the records for a resort spa sublicense at the times the department
3656 considers advisable.
3657 (d) The department shall audit the records for a resort spa sublicense at least once
3658 annually.
3659 (e) Section 32B-1-205 applies to a record required to be made, maintained, or used in
3660 accordance with this Subsection [
3661 [
3662 sale, or furnish liquor at a resort spa during a period that:
3663 (i) begins at 1 a.m.; and
3664 (ii) ends at 9:59 a.m.
3665 (b) A person operating under a resort spa sublicense may sell, offer for sale, or furnish
3666 beer during the hours specified in Chapter 6, Part 7, On-premise Beer Retailer License, for an
3667 on-premise beer retailer.
3668 (c) (i) Notwithstanding Subsections [
3669 for one hour after the resort spa ceases the sale and furnishing of an alcoholic product during
3670 which time a person at the resort spa may finish consuming:
3671 (A) a single drink containing spirituous liquor;
3672 (B) a single serving of wine not exceeding five ounces;
3673 (C) a single serving of heavy beer;
3674 (D) a single serving of beer not exceeding 26 ounces; or
3675 (E) a single serving of a flavored malt beverage.
3676 (ii) A resort spa is not required to remain open:
3677 (A) after all persons have vacated the resort spa sublicense premises; or
3678 (B) during an emergency.
3679 [
3680
3681
3682 [
3683 [
3684 [
3685 (a) the sublicense premises of a resort spa unless accompanied by a person 21 years of
3686 age or older; or
3687 (b) a lounge or bar area of the resort spa sublicense premises.
3688 [
3689 sold, offered for sale, furnished, or consumed on the resort spa sublicense premises.
3690 [
3691 not have more than two alcoholic products of any kind at a time before the patron.
3692 (b) A resort spa patron may not have two spirituous liquor drinks before the resort spa
3693 patron if one of the spirituous liquor drinks consists only of the primary spirituous liquor for
3694 the other spirituous liquor drink.
3695 (c) An individual portion of wine is considered to be one alcoholic product under this
3696 Subsection [
3697 [
3698 (b) An alcoholic product may not be served to or consumed by a patron at a bar.
3699 [
3700 the resort spa sublicense premises for a patron to review at the time that the patron requests it, a
3701 written alcoholic product price list or a menu containing the price of an alcoholic product sold
3702 or furnished by the resort spa including:
3703 (i) a set-up charge;
3704 (ii) a service charge; or
3705 (iii) a chilling fee.
3706 (b) A charge or fee made in connection with the sale, service, or consumption of liquor
3707 may be stated in food or alcoholic product menus including:
3708 (i) a set-up charge;
3709 (ii) a service charge; or
3710 (iii) a chilling fee.
3711 [
3712 activities.
3713 (b) A resort licensee may not maintain premises in a manner that barricades or conceals
3714 the resort spa sublicense's operation.
3715 [
3716 resort spa sublicense may not sell an alcoholic product to or allow a person to be admitted to or
3717 use the resort spa sublicense premises other than:
3718 (a) a resident;
3719 (b) a public customer who holds a valid customer card issued under Subsection [
3720 (12); or
3721 (c) an invitee.
3722 [
3723 be admitted to or use the resort spa sublicense premises as an invitee subject to the following
3724 conditions:
3725 (a) the individual must be previously authorized by one of the following who agrees to
3726 host the individual as an invitee into the resort spa:
3727 (i) a resident; or
3728 (ii) a public customer as described in Subsection [
3729 (b) the individual has only those privileges derived from the individual's host for the
3730 duration of the invitee's visit to the resort spa; and
3731 (c) a resort licensee, resort spa, or staff of the resort licensee or resort spa may not enter
3732 into an agreement or arrangement with a resident or public customer to indiscriminately host a
3733 member of the general public into the resort spa as an invitee.
3734 [
3735 to allow an individual to enter and use the resort spa sublicense premises on a temporary basis
3736 under the following conditions:
3737 (a) the resort spa may not issue a customer card for a time period that exceeds three
3738 weeks;
3739 (b) the resort spa shall assess a fee to a public customer for a customer card;
3740 (c) the resort spa may not issue a customer card to a minor; and
3741 (d) a public customer may not host more than seven invitees at one time.
3742 Section 66. Section 32B-8-401 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
3743 32B-8-401 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific operational requirements for resort
3744 license.
3745 (1) (a) In addition to complying with Chapter 5, Part 3, Retail Licensee Operational
3746 Requirements, a resort licensee, staff of the resort licensee, and a person otherwise operating
3747 under a sublicense shall comply with this section.
3748 (b) Subject to Section 32B-8-502 , failure to comply as provided in Subsection (1)(a)
3749 may result in disciplinary action in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and
3750 Enforcement Act, against:
3751 (i) a resort licensee;
3752 (ii) individual staff of a resort licensee;
3753 (iii) a person otherwise operating under a sublicense;
3754 (iv) individual staff of a person otherwise operating under a sublicense; or
3755 (v) any combination of the persons listed in this Subsection (1)(b).
3756 (2) (a) A resort licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product
3757 except:
3758 (i) on a sublicense premises;
3759 (ii) pursuant to a permit issued under this title; or
3760 (iii) under a package agency agreement with the department, subject to Chapter 2, Part
3761 6, Package Agency.
3762 (b) A resort licensee who sells, offers for sale, or furnishes an alcoholic product as
3763 provided in Subsection (2)(a), shall sell, offer for sale, or furnish the alcoholic product:
3764 (i) if on a sublicense premises, in accordance with the operational requirements under
3765 the provisions applicable to the sublicense, except as provided in Section 32B-8-402 ;
3766 (ii) if under a permit issued under this title, in accordance with the operational
3767 requirements under the provisions applicable to the permit; and
3768 (iii) if as a package agency, in accordance with the contract with the department and
3769 Chapter 2, Part 6, Package Agency.
3770 (3) A resort licensee shall comply with Subsections 32B-5-301 (4) and (5) within the
3771 boundary of the resort building.
3772 (4) [
3773 that at least 70% of the annual aggregate of the gross receipts related to the sale of food or
3774 beverages for the resort license and each of its sublicenses is from the sale of food, not
3775 including:
3776 [
3777 [
3778 [
3779
3780
3781 (5) (a) A resort licensee shall supervise and direct a person involved in the sale, offer
3782 for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product under a resort license.
3783 (b) A person involved in the sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product
3784 under a resort license shall complete the alcohol training and education seminar.
3785 (6) (a) Room service of an alcoholic product to a lodging accommodation of a resort
3786 licensee shall be provided in person by staff of a resort licensee only to an adult occupant in the
3787 lodging accommodation.
3788 (b) An alcoholic product may not be left outside a lodging accommodation for retrieval
3789 by an occupant.
3790 [
3791
3792 Section 67. Section 32B-8-402 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
3793 32B-8-402 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific operational requirements for a
3794 sublicense.
3795 (1) A person operating under a sublicense is subject to the operational requirements
3796 under the provisions applicable to the sublicense except that[
3797 (a) notwithstanding a requirement in the provisions applicable to the sublicense, a
3798 person operating under the sublicense is not subject to a requirement that a certain percentage
3799 of the gross receipts for the sublicense be from the sale of food, except to the extent that the
3800 gross receipts for the sublicense are included in calculating the percentages under Subsection
3801 32B-8-401 (4)[
3802 (b) notwithstanding Section 32B-6-202 or 32B-6-302 , a bar structure in a licensed
3803 premises operated under a full-service restaurant sublicense or limited-service restaurant
3804 sublicense is considered a grandfathered bar structure if the resort license that includes the
3805 full-service restaurant sublicense or limited-service restaurant sublicense is issued by no later
3806 than December 31, 2010.
3807 (2) Subject to Section 32B-8-502 , for purposes of interpreting an operational
3808 requirement imposed by the provisions applicable to a sublicense:
3809 (a) a requirement imposed on a person operating under a sublicense applies to the
3810 resort licensee; and
3811 (b) a requirement imposed on staff of a person operating under a sublicense applies to
3812 staff of the resort licensee.
3813 Section 68. Section 32B-8a-101 is enacted to read:
3814
3815
3816 32B-8a-101. Title.
3817 This chapter is known as the "Transfer of Retail License Act."
3818 Section 69. Section 32B-8a-102 is enacted to read:
3819 32B-8a-102. Definitions.
3820 As used in this chapter:
3821 (1) "Business entity" means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, sole
3822 proprietorship, or similar entity.
3823 (2) "Transfer fee" means a fee described in Section 32B-8a-303 .
3824 (3) "Transferee" means a person who intends to hold a retail license after the transfer of
3825 the retail license if the transfer is approved by the commission under this chapter.
3826 (4) "Transferor" means a retail licensee who intends to transfer a retail license held by
3827 the retail licensee if the transfer is approved by the commission under this chapter.
3828 Section 70. Section 32B-8a-201 is enacted to read:
3829
3830 32B-8a-201. Transferability of retail license.
3831 (1) (a) A retail license is separate from other property of a retail licensee.
3832 (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), the Legislature may terminate or modify the
3833 existence of any type of retail license.
3834 (c) Except as provided in this chapter, a person may not:
3835 (i) transfer a retail license from one location to another location; or
3836 (ii) sell, transfer, assign, exchange, barter, give, or attempt in any way to dispose of the
3837 retail license to another person whether for monetary gain or not.
3838 (d) If approved by the commission and subject to the requirements of this chapter, a
3839 retail licensee may transfer a retail license:
3840 (i) from the retail licensee to another person, regardless of whether it is for the same
3841 premises; and
3842 (ii) from one premises of the retail licensee to another premises of the retail licensee.
3843 (2) (a) The commission may not approve the transfer of a retail license that results in a
3844 transferee holding a different type of retail license than is held by the transferor.
3845 (b) The commission may not approve the transfer of a retail license from one location
3846 to another location, if the location of the premises to which the retail license would be
3847 transferred is in a different county than the location of the licensed premises of the retail license
3848 being transferred.
3849 (3) The commission may not approve the transfer of a retail license if the transferee:
3850 (a) is not eligible to hold the same type of retail license as the retail license to be
3851 transferred at the premises to which the retail license would be transferred; or
3852 (b) is delinquent in the payment of any of the following that arises in full or in part out
3853 of the operation of a retail license:
3854 (i) a tax, fee, or charge due under this title or Title 59, Revenue and Taxation; or
3855 (ii) an amount due under Title 35A, Chapter 4, Employment Security Act.
3856 Section 71. Section 32B-8a-202 is enacted to read:
3857 32B-8a-202. Effect of transfer of ownership of business entity.
3858 (1) (a) When the ownership of 51% or more of the shares of stock of a corporation is
3859 acquired by or transferred to one or more persons who did not hold the ownership of 51% of
3860 those shares of stock on the date a retail license is issued to the corporation, the corporation
3861 shall comply with this chapter to transfer the retail license to the corporation as if the
3862 corporation is newly constituted.
3863 (b) When there is a new general partner or when the ownership of 51% or more of the
3864 capital or profits of a limited partnership is acquired by or transferred to one or more persons as
3865 general or limited partners and who did not hold ownership of 51% or more of the capital or
3866 profits of the limited partnership on the date a retail license is issued to the limited partnership,
3867 the limited partnership shall comply with this chapter to transfer the retail license to the limited
3868 partnership as if the limited partnership is newly constituted.
3869 (c) When the ownership of 51% or more of the interests in a limited liability company
3870 is acquired by or transferred to one or more persons as members who did not hold ownership of
3871 51% or more of the interests in the limited liability company on the date a retail license is
3872 issued to the limited liability company, the limited liability company shall comply with this
3873 chapter to transfer the retail license to the limited liability company as if the limited liability
3874 company is newly constituted.
3875 (2) A business entity may not transfer a retail license under this section unless, before
3876 the filing of the transfer application with the department, the business entity initiating the
3877 transfer complies with Section 32B-8a-301 .
3878 (3) If a business entity fails to comply with this section within 30 days of the day on
3879 which the event described in Subsection (1) occurs, the business entity's retail license is
3880 automatically forfeited.
3881 Section 72. Section 32B-8a-203 is enacted to read:
3882 32B-8a-203. Operational requirements for transferee.
3883 (1) A transferee shall begin operations of the retail license within 30 days from the day
3884 on which a transfer is approved by the commission, except that the department may grant an
3885 extension of this time period not to exceed 30 days.
3886 (2) If a transferee fails to begin operations of the retail license within the time period
3887 required by Subsection (1), the retail license is forfeited and the commission may issue the
3888 retail license to another person.
3889 (3) A transferee shall begin operations of the retail license at the location to which the
3890 transfer applies before the transferee may seek a transfer of the retail license to a different
3891 location.
3892 Section 73. Section 32B-8a-301 is enacted to read:
3893
3894 32B-8a-301. Notice of intended transfer.
3895 (1) To transfer a retail license, at least 10 days before the filing of a transfer application
3896 with the department, the transferee shall file a notice of intended transfer with the department
3897 that states the following:
3898 (a) the name and address of the transferor;
3899 (b) the name and address of the transferee;
3900 (c) the type of retail license intended to be transferred;
3901 (d) the address of the premises to which the retail license is issued;
3902 (e) the address of the premises to which the retail license will be transferred;
3903 (f) an agreement between the transferor and the transferee that the consideration for the
3904 transfer of the retail license, if any, is to be paid only after the transfer is approved by the
3905 commission; and
3906 (g) any other information the commission or department may require.
3907 (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a notice of intended transfer filed by a business
3908 entity for a transfer under Section 32B-8a-202 , shall state the following:
3909 (a) the name and address of the business entity;
3910 (b) the name and address of the one or more persons acquiring ownership of 51% or
3911 more of the:
3912 (i) stock of the corporation;
3913 (ii) capital or profits of the limited partnership; or
3914 (iii) interest in a limited liability company;
3915 (c) the kind of retail license intended to be transferred;
3916 (d) the address of the one or more premises to which a retail license:
3917 (i) has been issued; and
3918 (ii) will be transferred; and
3919 (e) any other information the commission or department may require.
3920 Section 74. Section 32B-8a-302 is enacted to read:
3921 32B-8a-302. Application -- Approval process.
3922 (1) To obtain the transfer of a retail license from a retail licensee, the transferee shall
3923 file a transfer application with the department that includes:
3924 (a) an application in the form provided by the department;
3925 (b) a statement as to whether the consideration, if any, to be paid to the transferor
3926 includes payment for any or all of the following:
3927 (i) inventory;
3928 (ii) fixtures; and
3929 (iii) transfer of the retail license;
3930 (c) a copy of the notice of intended transfer; and
3931 (d) (i) an application fee of $300; and
3932 (ii) a transfer fee determined in accordance with Section 32B-8a-303 .
3933 (2) (a) (i) Before the commission may approve the transfer of a retail license, the
3934 department shall conduct an investigation and may hold public hearings to gather information
3935 and make recommendations to the commission as to whether the transfer of the retail license
3936 should be approved.
3937 (ii) The department shall forward the information and recommendations described in
3938 this Subsection (2)(a) to the commission to aid in the commission's determination.
3939 (b) Before approving a transfer, the commission shall:
3940 (i) determine that the transferee filed a complete application;
3941 (ii) determine that the transferee is eligible to hold the type of retail license that is to be
3942 transferred at the premises to which the retail license would be transferred;
3943 (iii) determine that the transferee is not delinquent in the payment of an amount
3944 described in Subsection 32B-8a-201 (3);
3945 (iv) determine that the transferee is not disqualified under Section 32B-1-304 ;
3946 (v) consider the locality within which the proposed licensed premises is located,
3947 including the factors listed in Section 32B-5-206 for the issuance of a retail license;
3948 (vi) consider the transferee's ability to manage and operate the retail license to be
3949 transferred, including the factors listed in Section 32B-5-202 for the issuance of a retail license;
3950 (vii) consider the nature or type of retail licensee operation of the transferee, including
3951 the factors listed in Section 32B-5-202 for the issuance of a retail license;
3952 (viii) if the transfer involves consideration, determine that the transferee and transferor
3953 have complied with Part 4, Protection of Creditors; and
3954 (ix) consider any other factor the commission considers necessary.
3955 (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), the commission may not approve the
3956 transfer of a retail license to premises that do not meet the proximity requirements of Section
3957 32B-1-202 .
3958 (b) If after a transfer of a retail license the transferee operates the same type of retail
3959 license at the same location as did the transferor, the commission may waive or vary the
3960 proximity requirements of Subsection 32B-1-202 (2) in considering whether to approve the
3961 transfer under the same circumstances that the commission may waive or vary the proximity
3962 requirements in accordance with Subsection 32B-1-202 (4) when considering whether to issue a
3963 retail license.
3964 Section 75. Section 32B-8a-303 is enacted to read:
3965 32B-8a-303. Transfer fees.
3966 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the department shall charge the
3967 following transfer fees:
3968 (a) for a transfer of a retail license from a retail licensee to another person, the transfer
3969 fee equals the initial license fee amount specified in the relevant part under Chapter 6, Specific
3970 Retail License Act, for the type of retail license that is being transferred;
3971 (b) for the transfer of a retail license from one premises to another premises of the
3972 same retail licensee, the transfer fee equals the renewal fee amount specified in the relevant
3973 part under Chapter 6, Specific Retail License Act, for the type of retail license that is being
3974 transferred;
3975 (c) subject to Subsections (1)(d) and (2), for a transfer described in Section
3976 32B-8a-202 , the transfer fee equals the renewal fee amount specified in the relevant part under
3977 Chapter 6, Specific Retail License Act, for the type of retail license that is being transferred;
3978 (d) for a transfer of a retail license to include the parent or child of a retail licensee,
3979 when no consideration is given for the transfer, the transfer fee is one-half of the amount
3980 described in Subsection (1)(a); and
3981 (e) for one of the following transfers, the transfer fee is one-half of the amount
3982 described in Subsection (1)(a):
3983 (i) a retail license of one spouse to the other spouse when the transfer application is
3984 made before the entry of a final decree of divorce;
3985 (ii) a retail license of a deceased retail licensee to:
3986 (A) the one or more surviving partners of the deceased retail licensee;
3987 (B) the executor, administrator, or conservator of the estate of the deceased retail
3988 licensee; or
3989 (C) the surviving spouse of the deceased retail licensee, if the deceased retail licensee
3990 leaves no estate to be administered;
3991 (iii) a retail license of a minor ward, incompetent person, or conservatee by or to the
3992 conservator or guardian for the minor ward, incompetent person, or conservatee who is the
3993 retail licensee;
3994 (iv) a retail license of a debtor in a bankruptcy case by or to the trustee of a bankrupt
3995 estate of the retail licensee;
3996 (v) a retail license of a person for whose estate a receiver is appointed may be
3997 transferred by or to a receiver of the estate of the retail licensee;
3998 (vi) a retail license of an assignor for the benefit of creditors by or to an assignee for
3999 the benefit of creditors of a licensee with the consent of the assignor;
4000 (vii) a retail license transferred to a revocable living trust if the retail licensee is the
4001 trustee of the revocable living trust;
4002 (viii) a retail license transferred between partners when no new partner is being
4003 licensed;
4004 (ix) a retail license transferred between corporations whose outstanding shares of stock
4005 are owned by the same individuals;
4006 (x) upon compliance with Section 32B-8a-202 , a retail license to a corporation whose
4007 entire stock is owned by:
4008 (A) the transferor; or
4009 (B) the spouse of the transferor;
4010 (xi) upon compliance with Section 32B-8a-202 , a retail license to a limited liability
4011 company whose entire membership consists of:
4012 (A) the transferor; or
4013 (B) the spouse of the transferor; or
4014 (xii) a retail license transferred from a corporation to a person who owns, or whose
4015 spouse owns, the entire stock of the corporation.
4016 (2) If there are multiple and simultaneous transfers of retail licenses under Section
4017 32B-8a-202 , a transfer fee described in Subsection (1)(c) is required for only one of the retail
4018 licenses being transferred.
4019 (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), a transfer fee required under
4020 Subsection (1) is due for a transfer subsequent to a transfer under Subsection (1)(e)(xiii) if the
4021 subsequent transfer is of 51% of the stock in a corporation to which a retail license is
4022 transferred by a retail licensee or the spouse of a retail licensee.
4023 (b) If the transfer of stock described in Subsection (3)(a) is from a parent to the parent's
4024 child or grandchild, the transfer fee is one-half of the amount described in Subsection (1)(a).
4025 (4) Money collected from a transfer fee shall be deposited in the Liquor Control Fund.
4026 Section 76. Section 32B-8a-401 is enacted to read:
4027
4028 32B-8a-401. Notification of creditors -- Escrow -- Priority of payments.
4029 (1) Before the filing of a transfer application with the department, if the intended
4030 transfer of a retail license involves consideration:
4031 (a) the transferor shall provide the transferee a list of creditors who have a claim
4032 against the transferor;
4033 (b) the transferee shall provide a copy of the notice of intended transfer to each creditor
4034 on the list provided under Subsection (1)(a);
4035 (c) the transferor and the transferee shall establish an escrow with a person who is not a
4036 party to the transfer to act as escrow holder;
4037 (d) the transferee shall deposit with the escrow holder the full amount of the
4038 consideration; and
4039 (e) the transferor and transferee shall enter into an agreement that:
4040 (i) the consideration is deposited with the escrow holder;
4041 (ii) requires the escrow holder to distribute the consideration within a reasonable time
4042 after the completion of the transfer of the retail license; and
4043 (iii) directs the escrow holder to distribute the consideration in accordance with
4044 Subsection (2).
4045 (2) Subject to the other requirements of this section, if a creditor with a claim against
4046 the transferor files the claim with the escrow holder before the escrow holder is notified by the
4047 department that the transfer is approved, the escrow holder shall distribute the consideration in
4048 the following order:
4049 (a) to the payment of:
4050 (i) the United States for a claim based on income or withholding taxes; and
4051 (ii) a claim based on a tax other than specified in Subsection 32B-8a-201 (3);
4052 (b) to the payment of a claim for wages, salaries, or fringe benefits earned or accrued
4053 by an employee of the transferor before the transfer or opening of the escrow for the transfer of
4054 the retail license;
4055 (c) to the payment of a claim of a secured creditor to the extent of the proceeds that
4056 arise from the sale of the security;
4057 (d) to the payment of a claim on a mechanics lien;
4058 (e) to the payment of:
4059 (i) escrow fees;
4060 (ii) a claim for prevailing brokerage fees for services rendered; and
4061 (iii) a claim for reasonable attorney fees for services rendered;
4062 (f) to the payment of claims:
4063 (i) of a landlord, to the extent of proceeds on past due rent or lease requirements;
4064 (ii) for goods sold and delivered to the retail licensee for resale at the transferor's
4065 licensed premises; and
4066 (iii) for services rendered, performed, or supplied in connection with the operation of
4067 the transferor's licensed business;
4068 (g) to the payment of other types of claims that are reduced to court-ordered judgments,
4069 including a claim for court-ordered support of a minor child; and
4070 (h) to the payment of all other claims.
4071 Section 77. Section 32B-8a-402 is enacted to read:
4072 32B-8a-402. Duties of escrow holder.
4073 (1) To act as an escrow holder under Section 32B-8a-401 , a person shall comply with
4074 Title 7, Chapter 22, Regulation of Independent Escrow Agents.
4075 (2) Not more than 10 days after receiving a claim from a creditor, an escrow holder
4076 shall acknowledge receipt of the claim.
4077 (3) (a) Not more than 10 days after a retail license is transferred and before the
4078 distribution of the consideration held by an escrow holder, the escrow holder shall advise each
4079 creditor who files a claim against the escrow whether there is sufficient consideration in the
4080 escrow to pay all creditors in full.
4081 (b) If the consideration in an escrow is sufficient to pay all creditors in full, the escrow
4082 holder shall advise each creditor of the date on or before which payment will be made.
4083 (c) If there are not sufficient assets to pay all creditors in full, the escrow holder shall
4084 advise each creditor who filed a claim of the following:
4085 (i) the total assets placed in escrow with the escrow holder;
4086 (ii) the nature of each asset;
4087 (iii) the name of each creditor who filed a claim against the escrow and the amount of
4088 the claim;
4089 (iv) the amount the escrow holder proposes to pay each creditor; and
4090 (v) the date on or before which the escrow holder will pay each creditor.
4091 (4) An escrow holder may not release money in the escrow in exchange for:
4092 (a) a promissory note; or
4093 (b) any other consideration of less value to the creditors than the money exchanged.
4094 (5) If sufficient assets are not available in the escrow for the payment of the claims in
4095 full, the escrow holder shall pay the claims pro rata.
4096 (6) If the retail licensee who transfers the retail license disputes a claim, the escrow
4097 holder shall:
4098 (a) notify the creditor making the claim;
4099 (b) retain the amount to be paid to the creditor under this section for a period of 25
4100 days; and
4101 (c) to the extent that creditors do not successfully recover the amount described in
4102 Subsection (6)(b) in accordance with this part, pay the amount to the retail licensee.
4103 (7) An escrow holder shall distribute the money in the escrow account after the
4104 payments made under Subsections 32B-8a-401 (2) and this section within a reasonable time
4105 after the completion of the transfer of the retail license.
4106 Section 78. Section 32B-8a-403 is enacted to read:
4107 32B-8a-403. Statement by transferee.
4108 (1) Within 30 days after the filing of a transfer application under Section 32B-8a-302
4109 for transfer of a retail license, the transferee shall file with the department a statement executed
4110 under penalty of perjury that the consideration as set forth in the escrow agreement required by
4111 Section 32B-8a-401 is deposited with the escrow holder.
4112 (2) At the time the statement described in Subsection (1) is filed with the department,
4113 the transferee shall submit a copy of the statement to:
4114 (a) the transferor; and
4115 (b) the escrow holder.
4116 (3) The department may extend the 30-day period specified by this section for a period
4117 not to exceed an additional 30 days, except that a retail license may not be transferred until the
4118 statement required by this section is received by the department.
4119 (4) This section does not apply to a transfer for which a guaranty of payment is filed
4120 pursuant to Section 32B-8a-404 .
4121 Section 79. Section 32B-8a-404 is enacted to read:
4122 32B-8a-404. When escrow not required.
4123 (1) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this part, an escrow is not required to be
4124 established in connection with the transfer of a retail license if:
4125 (a) a business entity files with the department a guaranty of full, prompt, and faithful
4126 payment of all claims of a creditor of the retail licensee; and
4127 (b) the guaranty described in Subsection (1)(a) is accepted in writing by the creditors
4128 listed in Subsection 32B-8a-401 (2).
4129 (2) A transfer of a retail license described in Subsection (1) is not considered complete
4130 until:
4131 (a) the guarantor pays all creditors' claims in full; and
4132 (b) the guarantor files with the department a statement executed under penalty of
4133 perjury that all conditions of the transfer have been satisfied.
4134 (3) Payment of a claim by a guarantor shall be made in United States currency or by
4135 certified check in a manner acceptable to the creditors.
4136 (4) This section applies only in the case of a transfer in which the guarantor business
4137 entity has a net worth on a consolidated basis, according to its most recent audited financial
4138 statement, of not less than $5,000,000.
4139 Section 80. Section 32B-8a-501 is enacted to read:
4140
4141 32B-8a-501. License not to be pledged as security -- Prohibited transfers.
4142 (1) A retail licensee may not enter into any agreement under which the retail licensee
4143 pledges the retail license as security for a loan or as security for the fulfillment of any
4144 agreement.
4145 (2) A retail licensee may not transfer a retail license if the transfer is to:
4146 (a) satisfy a loan or to fulfill an agreement entered into more than 90 days preceding
4147 the date on which the transfer application is filed;
4148 (b) gain or establish a preference to or for any creditor of the transferor, except as
4149 provided by Section 32B-8a-202 ; or
4150 (c) defraud or injure a creditor of the transferor.
4151 (3) A retail licensee may not transfer a retail license except in accordance with this
4152 chapter.
4153 Section 81. Section 32B-8a-502 is enacted to read:
4154 32B-8a-502. Effect of transfer in violation of this chapter.
4155 (1) If a retail license is transferred in violation of this chapter, the commission may:
4156 (a) void the transfer; and
4157 (b) require the retail license to be forfeited.
4158 (2) Subsection (1) is in addition to any other penalty under this title that is applicable to
4159 the person who violates this chapter.
4160 Section 82. Section 32B-9-204 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4161 32B-9-204 (Effective 07/01/11). General operational requirements for an event
4162 permit.
4163 (1) (a) An event permittee and a person involved in the storage, sale, offer for sale, or
4164 furnishing of an alcoholic product at an event for which an event permit is issued, shall comply
4165 with this title and rules of the commission.
4166 (b) Failure to comply as provided in Subsection (1)(a):
4167 (i) may result in:
4168 (A) disciplinary action in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and
4169 Enforcement Act, against:
4170 (I) an event permittee;
4171 (II) a person involved in the storage, sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic
4172 product at the event; or
4173 (III) any combination of the persons listed in this Subsection (1)(b);
4174 (B) immediate revocation of the event permit;
4175 (C) forfeiture of a bond; or
4176 (D) immediate seizure of an alcoholic product present at the event; and
4177 (ii) if the event permit is revoked, disqualifies the event permittee from applying for an
4178 event permit for a period of three years from the date of revocation of the event permit.
4179 (c) An alcoholic product seized under this Subsection (1) shall be returned to the event
4180 permittee after an event if forfeiture proceedings are not instituted under Section 32B-4-206 .
4181 (2) (a) If there is a conflict between this part and the relevant part under this chapter for
4182 the specific type of special use permit held by the special use permittee, the relevant part
4183 governs.
4184 (b) Notwithstanding that this part may refer to "liquor" or an "alcoholic product," an
4185 event permittee may only sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product specified in the
4186 relevant part under this chapter for the type of event permit that is held by the event permittee.
4187 (c) Notwithstanding that this part or the relevant part under this chapter for the type of
4188 event permit held by an event permittee refers to "event permittee," a person involved in the
4189 storage, sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product at the event for which the
4190 event permit is issued is subject to the same requirement or prohibition.
4191 (3) An event permittee shall display a copy of the event permit in a prominent place in
4192 the area in which an alcoholic product is sold, offered for sale, furnished, and consumed.
4193 (4) An event permittee may not on the premises of the event:
4194 (a) engage in or allow any form of gambling, as defined and proscribed in Title 76,
4195 Chapter 10, Part 11, Gambling;
4196 (b) have any video gaming device, as defined and proscribed by Title 76, Chapter 10,
4197 Part 11, Gambling; or
4198 (c) engage in or permit a contest, game, gaming scheme, or gaming device that requires
4199 the risking of something of value for a return or for an outcome when the return or outcome is
4200 based upon an element of chance, excluding the playing of an amusement device that confers
4201 only an immediate and unrecorded right of replay not exchangeable for value.
4202 (5) An event permittee may not knowingly allow a person at an event to, in violation of
4203 Title 58, Chapter 37, Utah Controlled Substances Act, or Chapter 37a, Utah Drug
4204 Paraphernalia Act:
4205 (a) sell, distribute, possess, or use a controlled substance, as defined in Section
4206 58-37-2 ; or
4207 (b) use, deliver, or possess with the intent to deliver drug paraphernalia, as defined in
4208 Section 58-37a-3 .
4209 (6) An event permittee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer except beer
4210 purchases from:
4211 (a) a beer wholesaler licensee;
4212 (b) a beer retailer; or
4213 (c) a small brewer.
4214 (7) An event permittee may not store, sell, offer for sale, furnish, or allow the
4215 consumption of an alcoholic product purchased for an event in a location other than that
4216 described in the application and designated on the event permit unless the event permittee first
4217 applies for and receives approval from the commission for a change of location.
4218 (8) (a) Subject to Subsection (8)(b), an event permittee may sell, offer for sale, or
4219 furnish beer for on-premise consumption:
4220 (i) in an open original [
4221 (ii) in a [
4222 (b) An event permittee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish beer sold pursuant to
4223 Subsection (8)(a):
4224 (i) in a size of [
4225 (ii) to an individual patron in a size of [
4226 (9) (a) An event permittee may not sell or offer for sale an alcoholic product at less
4227 than the cost of the alcoholic product to the event permittee.
4228 (b) An event permittee may not sell an alcoholic product at a discount price on any date
4229 or at any time.
4230 [
4231 that encourages over consumption or intoxication.
4232 [
4233 special or reduced price for only certain hours of the day of an event.
4234 [
4235 alcoholic product at the price of a single alcoholic product.
4236 (f) An event permittee, or a person operating, selling, offering, or furnishing an
4237 alcoholic product under an event permit, may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an indefinite or
4238 unlimited number of alcoholic products during a set period for a fixed price, unless:
4239 (i) the alcoholic product is served to a patron at a seated event;
4240 (ii) food is available whenever the alcoholic product is sold, offered for sale, or
4241 furnished; and
4242 (iii) no person advertises that at the event a person may be sold or furnished an
4243 indefinite or unlimited number of alcoholic products during a set period for a fixed price.
4244 [
4245 offering a free alcoholic product to the general public.
4246 (10) An event permittee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product to:
4247 (a) a minor;
4248 (b) a person actually, apparently, or obviously intoxicated;
4249 (c) a known interdicted person; or
4250 (d) a known habitual drunkard.
4251 (11) (a) An alcoholic product is considered under the control of the event permittee
4252 during an event.
4253 (b) A patron at an event may not bring an alcoholic product onto the premises of the
4254 event.
4255 (12) An event permittee may not permit a patron to carry from the premises an open
4256 [
4257 (a) is used primarily for drinking purposes; and
4258 (b) contains an alcoholic product.
4259 (13) (a) A person involved in the storage, sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product at
4260 an event is considered under the supervision and direction of the event permittee.
4261 (b) A person involved in the sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product at
4262 an event may not, while on duty:
4263 (i) consume an alcoholic product; or
4264 (ii) be intoxicated.
4265 (14) A minor may not handle, sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product at an
4266 event.
4267 (15) The location specified in an event permit may not be changed without prior
4268 written approval of the commission.
4269 (16) An event permittee may not sell, transfer, assign, exchange, barter, give, or
4270 attempt in any way to dispose of the event permit to another person whether for monetary gain
4271 or not.
4272 (17) (a) An event permittee may not sell, offer for sale, furnish, or allow the
4273 consumption of an alcoholic product during a period that:
4274 (i) begins at 1 a.m.; and
4275 (ii) ends at 9:59 a.m.
4276 (b) This Subsection (17) does not preclude a local authority from being more restrictive
4277 with respect to the hours of sale, offer for sale, furnishing, or consumption of an alcoholic
4278 product at an event.
4279 (18) A patron may have no more than one alcoholic product of any kind at a time
4280 before the patron.
4281 (19) (a) An event permittee shall display, in a prominent place, a sign in large letters
4282 that consists of text in the following order:
4283 (i) a header that reads: "WARNING";
4284 (ii) a warning statement that reads: "Drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy
4285 can cause birth defects and permanent brain damage for the child.";
4286 (iii) a statement in smaller font that reads: "Call the Utah Department of Health at
4287 [insert most current toll-free number] with questions or for more information.";
4288 (iv) a header that reads: "WARNING"; and
4289 (v) a warning statement that reads: "Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is a
4290 serious crime that is prosecuted aggressively in Utah."
4291 (b) (i) The text described in Subsections (19)(a)(i) through (iii) shall be in a different
4292 font style than the text described in Subsections (19)(a)(iv) and (v).
4293 (ii) The warning statements in the sign described in Subsection (19)(a) shall be in the
4294 same font size.
4295 (c) The Department of Health shall work with the commission and department to
4296 facilitate consistency in the format of a sign required under this section.
4297 Section 83. Section 32B-9-304 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4298 32B-9-304 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific permitting requirements for single event
4299 permit.
4300 (1) To obtain a single event permit, in addition to complying with Part 2, Event
4301 Permitting General Provisions, an entity described in Subsection 32B-9-303 (2)(a) shall state in
4302 its written application:
4303 (a) the purpose of the entity described in Subsection 32B-9-303 (2)(a);
4304 (b) the time period under Subsection 32B-9-303 (3)(a)(i)(A) or (B) for which the entity
4305 is applying; and
4306 (c) if submitting the first request for a single event permit in a calendar year, whether it
4307 is requesting to be under Subsection 32B-9-303 (4)(a) or (b).
4308 (2) The application fee for a single event permit is [
4309 (3) The bond amount required for a single event permit is the penal sum of $1,000.
4310 Section 84. Section 32B-9-305 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4311 32B-9-305 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific operational requirements for single event
4312 permit.
4313 (1) (a) In addition to complying with Section 32B-9-204 , a single event permittee or a
4314 person involved in the storage, sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product at the
4315 event shall comply with this section.
4316 (b) Failure to comply as provided in Subsection (1)(a):
4317 (i) may result in:
4318 (A) disciplinary action in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and
4319 Enforcement Act, against:
4320 (I) a single event permittee;
4321 (II) a person involved in the storage, sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic
4322 product at the event; or
4323 (III) any combination of persons listed in this Subsection (1)(b);
4324 (B) immediate revocation of the single event permit;
4325 (C) forfeiture of a bond; or
4326 (D) immediate seizure of an alcoholic product present at the event; and
4327 (ii) if the single event permit is revoked, disqualifies the single event permittee from
4328 applying for a single event permit or temporary beer event permit for a period of three years
4329 from the date of revocation of the single event permit.
4330 (c) An alcoholic product seized under this Subsection (1) shall be returned to the single
4331 event permittee after an event if forfeiture proceedings are not instituted under Section
4332 32B-4-206 .
4333 (2) (a) A single event permittee shall make and maintain an expense and revenue
4334 ledger or record showing:
4335 (i) expenditures made for:
4336 (A) liquor;
4337 (B) beer;
4338 (C) set-ups; and
4339 (D) an ingredient or component of an alcoholic product other than a set-up; and
4340 (ii) the revenue from the sale of an alcoholic product.
4341 (b) Section 32B-1-205 applies to a record required to be made or maintained in
4342 accordance with this Subsection (2).
4343 (3) A single event permittee shall purchase liquor stored, sold, offered for sale,
4344 furnished, or consumed at an event from a state store or package agency.
4345 (4) (a) A single event permittee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish a primary
4346 spirituous liquor in a quantity that exceeds 1.5 ounces per beverage, except that additional
4347 spirituous liquor may be used in a beverage if:
4348 (i) used as a secondary flavoring ingredient;
4349 (ii) used in conjunction with the primary spirituous liquor;
4350 (iii) the secondary ingredient is not the only spirituous liquor in the beverage; and
4351 (iv) subject to Subsection 32B-9-204 (18):
4352 [
4353 patron; and
4354 [
4355 patron.
4356 (b) Spirituous liquor need not be dispensed through a calibrated metered dispensing
4357 system.
4358 (5) (a) A single event permittee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish wine by the glass or
4359 an individual portion, except that a glass or individual portion may not exceed five ounces.
4360 (b) A single event permittee may furnish an individual portion served to a patron in
4361 more than one glass if the total amount of wine does not exceed five ounces.
4362 (c) An individual portion of wine is considered to be one alcoholic product under
4363 Subsection 32B-9-204 [
4364 (d) A single event permittee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish wine in a [
4365 container not exceeding 1.5 liters at a price fixed by the commission.
4366 (6) A single event permittee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish heavy beer in an original
4367 [
4368 container may not exceed one liter.
4369 (7) A single event permittee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish a flavored malt beverage
4370 in an original [
4371 [
4372 (8) [
4373 commission.
4374 [
4375
4376 (9) A single event permittee may perform a service and assess a service charge as
4377 authorized by commission rule for liquor purchased at an event.
4378 Section 85. Section 32B-9-405 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4379 32B-9-405 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific permitting requirements for temporary
4380 beer event permit issued by commission.
4381 (1) To obtain a temporary beer event permit, in addition to complying with Part 2,
4382 Event Permitting General Provisions, a person shall state in the person's written application the
4383 purpose of the event for which the person seeks a temporary beer event permit.
4384 (2) The application fee for a beer permit is [
4385 (3) The bond amount required for a beer permit is the penal sum of $500.
4386 Section 86. Section 32B-10-303 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4387 32B-10-303 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific application and renewal requirements
4388 for public service permit.
4389 (1) To obtain a public service permit, in addition to complying with Section
4390 32B-10-202 , a person shall submit to the department:
4391 (a) a statement of the total of regularly numbered flights, trains, buses, boats, or other
4392 types of public conveyance for which the person plans to use the special use permit;
4393 (b) a floor plan of any room or facility in which the person plans to establish a
4394 hospitality room where the sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product is made to
4395 a patron then in transit, using the host company's airline, railroad, bus, boat, or other public
4396 conveyance; and
4397 (c) evidence of proximity of a proposed hospitality room to the arrival and departure
4398 area used by a person traveling on the host company's airline, railroad, bus, boat, or other
4399 public conveyance.
4400 (2) (a) The nonrefundable application fee for a public service permit is [
4401 (b) The initial permit fee for a public service permit is [
4402 (c) The bond amount required for a public service permittee is the penal sum of $1,000.
4403 (3) (a) To renew a public service permit, a person shall comply with Section
4404 32B-10-203 .
4405 (b) The renewal fee for a public service permit is $30 for each regularly numbered
4406 passenger airplane flight, passenger train, bus, boat, or any other regularly scheduled public
4407 conveyance upon which an alcoholic product is sold, offered for sale, or furnished.
4408 Section 87. Section 32B-10-304 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4409 32B-10-304 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific operational requirements for a public
4410 service permit.
4411 (1) (a) In addition to complying with Section 32B-10-206 , a public service permittee
4412 and staff of the public service permittee shall comply with this section.
4413 (b) Failure to comply as provided in Subsection (1)(a) may result in disciplinary action
4414 in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and Enforcement Act, against:
4415 (i) a public service permittee;
4416 (ii) individual staff of a public service permittee; or
4417 (iii) both a public service permittee and staff of the public service permittee.
4418 (2) (a) A public service permittee whose public conveyances operate on an interstate
4419 basis may do the following:
4420 (i) purchase an alcoholic product outside of the state;
4421 (ii) bring an alcoholic product purchased outside of the state into the state; and
4422 (iii) sell, offer for sale, and furnish an alcoholic product purchased outside of the state
4423 to a passenger traveling on the public service permittee's public conveyance for consumption
4424 while en route on the public conveyance.
4425 (b) A public service permittee whose public conveyance operates solely within the
4426 state, to sell, offer for sale, or furnish to a passenger traveling on the public service permittee's
4427 public conveyance for consumption while en route on the public conveyance, shall purchase:
4428 (i) liquor from a state store or package agency; and
4429 (ii) beer from a beer wholesaler licensee.
4430 (3) (a) A public service permittee may establish a hospitality room in which an
4431 alcoholic product may be stored, sold, offered for sale, furnished, and consumed, if:
4432 (i) the room is located within a depot, terminal, or similar facility adjacent to and
4433 servicing the public service permittee's airline, railroad, bus, boat, or other public conveyance;
4434 (ii) the room is completely enclosed and the interior is not visible to the public;
4435 (iii) the sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product is made only to a
4436 person:
4437 (A) then in transit using the host company's airline, railroad, bus line, or other public
4438 conveyance; and
4439 (B) holding a valid boarding pass or similar travel document issued by the host
4440 company; and
4441 (iv) (A) liquor is purchased from:
4442 (I) a state store; or
4443 (II) a package agency; and
4444 (B) beer is purchased from a beer wholesaler licensee.
4445 (b) (i) A public service permittee operating a hospitality room shall display in a
4446 prominent place in the hospitality room, a sign in large letters [
4447
4448
4449 (A) a header that reads: "WARNING";
4450 (B) a warning statement that reads: "Drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy
4451 can cause birth defects and permanent brain damage for the child.";
4452 (C) a statement in smaller font that reads: "Call the Utah Department of Health at
4453 [insert most current toll-free number] with questions or for more information.";
4454 (D) a header that reads: "WARNING"; and
4455 (E) a warning statement that reads: "Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is
4456 a serious crime that is prosecuted aggressively in Utah."
4457 (ii) (A) The text described in Subsections (3)(b)(i)(A) through (C) shall be in a
4458 different font style than the text described in Subsections (3)(b)(i)(D) and (E).
4459 (B) The warning statements in the sign described in Subsection (3)(b)(i) shall be in the
4460 same font size.
4461 (iii) The Department of Health shall work with the commission and department to
4462 facilitate consistency in the format of a sign required under this section.
4463 (c) A hospitality room shall be operated in accordance with this chapter and rules
4464 adopted by the commission.
4465 Section 88. Section 32B-10-403 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4466 32B-10-403 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific application requirements for industrial
4467 or manufacturing use permit.
4468 (1) To obtain an industrial or manufacturing use permit, in addition to complying with
4469 Section 32B-10-202 , a person shall submit to the department:
4470 (a) a floor plan of the immediate area within the premises in which the person proposes
4471 that an alcoholic product be used, mixed, stored, sold, offered for sale, furnished, or consumed;
4472 and
4473 (b) if the person is applying for an industrial or manufacturing use permit to produce
4474 gasohol or any alcoholic product, evidence that the person has:
4475 (i) an approved Notice of Registration of Distilled Spirits Plant; and
4476 (ii) the appropriate permit from the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
4477 Bureau.
4478 (2) (a) The nonrefundable application fee for an industrial or manufacturing use permit
4479 is [
4480 (b) The one-time special use permit fee for an industrial or manufacturing use permit is
4481 [
4482 (c) The bond amount required for an industrial or manufacturing use permit is the
4483 penal sum of $1,000.
4484 Section 89. Section 32B-10-404 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4485 32B-10-404 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific operational requirements for industrial
4486 or manufacturing use permit.
4487 (1) (a) In addition to complying with Section 32B-10-206 , an industrial or
4488 manufacturing use permittee and staff of the industrial or manufacturing use permittee shall
4489 comply with this section.
4490 (b) Failure to comply as provided in Subsection (1)(a) may result in disciplinary action
4491 in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and Enforcement Act, against:
4492 (i) an industrial or manufacturing use permittee;
4493 (ii) individual staff of an industrial or manufacturing use permittee; or
4494 (iii) an industrial or manufacturing use permittee and staff of the industrial or
4495 manufacturing use permittee.
4496 (2) An industrial or manufacturing use permittee may produce for lawful use and sale
4497 the following:
4498 (a) vinegar;
4499 (b) preserved nonintoxicating cider;
4500 (c) a food preparation;
4501 (d) a United States Pharmacopoeia or national formulary preparation in conformity
4502 with Title 58, Chapters 17b, 37, 37a, 37b, and 37c, if the preparation:
4503 (i) conforms to standards established by:
4504 (A) the Department of Agriculture and Food; and
4505 (B) the Department of Health; and
4506 (ii) contains no more alcohol than is necessary to preserve or extract the medicinal,
4507 flavoring, or perfumed properties of the treated substances; and
4508 (e) wood and denatured alcohol if manufactured in compliance with the formulas and
4509 regulations under Title 27, C.F.R. Parts 19, 20, and 21.
4510 (3) (a) An industrial or manufacturing use permittee that produces patent or proprietary
4511 medicines containing alcohol may sell or offer for sale the medicines in the original and
4512 unbroken [
4513 as an alcoholic product.
4514 (b) An industrial or manufacturing use permittee described in this Subsection (3) shall,
4515 upon request by the department, provide a sufficient sample of the medicine to enable the
4516 department to have the medicine analyzed for purposes of this section.
4517 Section 90. Section 32B-10-503 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4518 32B-10-503 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific application requirements for scientific
4519 or educational use permit.
4520 (1) To obtain a scientific or educational use permit, a person shall comply with Section
4521 32B-10-202 .
4522 (2) The one-time special use permit fee for a scientific or educational use permit is
4523 [
4524 Section 91. Section 32B-10-603 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4525 32B-10-603 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific application requirements for religious
4526 wine use permit.
4527 (1) To purchase an alcoholic product from the department at the department's cost plus
4528 freight charges, a religious organization shall obtain a religious wine use permit.
4529 (2) To obtain a religious wine permit, a person shall comply with Section 32B-10-202 .
4530 (3) The one-time special use permit fee for a religious wine use permit is [
4531 Section 92. Section 32B-11-201 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4532 32B-11-201 (Effective 07/01/11). Commission's power to issue a manufacturing
4533 license -- Certificates of approval.
4534 (1) (a) Except as provided in Section 32B-11-202 , before a person may manufacture an
4535 alcoholic product in this state, the person shall obtain an alcoholic product manufacturing
4536 license issued by the commission in accordance with this part.
4537 (b) A separate license is required for each place of storage, sale, and manufacture of an
4538 alcoholic product.
4539 (c) A violation of this Subsection (1) is a class B misdemeanor.
4540 (2) The commission may issue an alcoholic product manufacturing license to a
4541 manufacturer whose business is located in this state for the storage, sale, and manufacture of an
4542 alcoholic product for each type of manufacturing license provided by this chapter.
4543 (3) The types of manufacturing licenses issued under this chapter are known as:
4544 (a) a winery manufacturing license;
4545 (b) a distillery manufacturing license; and
4546 (c) a brewery manufacturing license.
4547 (4) (a) A brewer located outside the state is not required to be licensed under this
4548 chapter.
4549 (b) A brewer described in Subsection (4)(a) shall obtain a certificate of approval from
4550 the department before selling or delivering:
4551 (i) beer to a beer wholesaler licensee in this state;
4552 (ii) a flavored malt beverage to:
4553 (A) the department; or
4554 (B) a military installation; or
4555 (iii) if a small brewer, beer to one of the following in the state:
4556 (A) a beer wholesaler licensee;
4557 (B) a beer retailer; or
4558 (C) an event permittee.
4559 (c) To obtain a certificate of approval, a brewer shall submit to the department:
4560 (i) a written application in a form prescribed by the department;
4561 (ii) a nonrefundable [
4562 (iii) an initial certificate of approval fee of [
4563 certificate of approval is not issued;
4564 (iv) evidence of authority from the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
4565 of the United States Department of the Treasury to brew beer, heavy beer, or a flavored malt
4566 beverage; and
4567 (v) any other information the commission or department may require.
4568 (d) (i) [
4569 Subsection (4) [
4570 (A) a partner if the brewer is a partnership; or
4571 (B) an executive officer, manager, or person specifically authorized by a corporation or
4572 limited liability company to sign the application.
4573 (ii) A brewer filing an application shall attach to the application written evidence of the
4574 authority of the person described in Subsection (4)(d)(i) to sign the application.
4575 (e) (i) A certificate of approval under this Subsection (4) expires on December 31 of
4576 each year.
4577 (ii) A brewer desiring to renew its certificate of approval shall submit to the
4578 department by no later than November 30 of the year the certificate of approval expires:
4579 (A) a completed renewal application in the form prescribed by the department; and
4580 (B) a renewal [
4581 (iii) Failure to meet the renewal requirements results in an automatic forfeiture of the
4582 certificate of approval effective on the date the existing certificate of approval expires.
4583 (5) (a) An importer or supplier of beer, heavy beer, or flavored malt beverages who is
4584 not required to be licensed under this title shall obtain a certificate of approval from the
4585 department before selling or delivering:
4586 (i) beer to a beer wholesaler licensee in this state; or
4587 (ii) heavy beer or a flavored malt beverage to:
4588 (A) the department; or
4589 (B) a military installation.
4590 (b) To obtain a certificate of approval, an importer or supplier described in Subsection
4591 (5)(a) shall submit to the department:
4592 (i) a written application in a form prescribed by the department;
4593 (ii) a nonrefundable $75 application fee;
4594 (iii) an initial certificate of approval fee of $300 that is refundable if a certificate of
4595 approval is not issued;
4596 (iv) evidence of authority from the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
4597 of the United States Department of the Treasury to brew beer, heavy beer, or a flavored malt
4598 beverage; and
4599 (v) any other information the commission or department may require.
4600 (c) (i) One of the following shall sign and verify a written application under this
4601 Subsection (5) by oath or affirmation:
4602 (A) a partner if the importer or supplier is a partnership; or
4603 (B) an executive officer, manager, or person specifically authorized by a corporation or
4604 limited liability company to sign the application.
4605 (ii) An importer or supplier filing an application under this Subsection (5) shall attach
4606 to the application written evidence of the authority of the person described in Subsection
4607 (5)(c)(i) to sign the application.
4608 (d) (i) A certificate of approval under this Subsection (5) expires on December 31 of
4609 each year.
4610 (ii) An importer or supplier desiring to renew its certificate of approval shall submit to
4611 the department by no later than November 30 of the year the certificate of approval expires:
4612 (A) a completed renewal application in the form prescribed by the department; and
4613 (B) a renewal fee of $250.
4614 (iii) Failure to meet the renewal requirements results in an automatic forfeiture of the
4615 certificate of approval effective on the date the existing certificate of approval expires.
4616 (6) (a) Subject to Subsection (7), a brewer, importer, or supplier required to hold a
4617 certificate of approval under this section may not distribute beer in this state except under a
4618 written agreement with a beer wholesaler licensee in this state.
4619 (b) An agreement described in Subsection (6)(a) shall:
4620 (i) create a restricted exclusive sales territory that is mutually agreed upon by the
4621 persons entering into the agreement;
4622 (ii) designate the one or more brands that may be distributed in the sales territory; and
4623 (iii) set forth the exact geographical area of the sales territory.
4624 (c) A brewer, importer of beer, or supplier of beer may have more than one agreement
4625 described in this Subsection (6) if each brand of the brewer, importer, or supplier distributed in
4626 the state is covered by one exclusive sales territory.
4627 (d) A brewer, importer of beer, or supplier of beer may not enter into an agreement
4628 with more than one beer wholesaler licensee to distribute the same brand of beer in the same
4629 sales territory or any portion of the sales territory.
4630 (7) A small brewer is not subject to the requirements of Subsection (6).
4631 Section 93. Section 32B-11-203 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4632 32B-11-203 (Effective 07/01/11). Application requirements for a manufacturing
4633 license.
4634 To obtain an alcoholic product manufacturing license, a person shall submit to the
4635 department:
4636 (1) a written application in a form prescribed by the department;
4637 (2) a nonrefundable application fee of [
4638 (3) an initial license fee of [
4639 (a) unless otherwise provided in this chapter; and
4640 (b) that is refundable if a license is not issued;
4641 (4) written consent of the local authority;
4642 (5) a statement of the purpose for which the person has applied for the manufacturing
4643 license;
4644 (6) evidence that the person is authorized by the United States to manufacture an
4645 alcoholic product;
4646 (7) a bond as specified by Section 32B-11-207 ;
4647 (8) evidence that the person is carrying public liability insurance in an amount and
4648 form satisfactory to the department;
4649 (9) a signed consent form stating that the manufacturing licensee will permit any
4650 authorized representative of the commission, department, or any law enforcement officer to
4651 have unrestricted right to enter the licensed premises;
4652 (10) if the person is an entity, proper verification evidencing that a person who signs
4653 the application is authorized to sign on behalf of the entity; and
4654 (11) any other information the commission or department may require.
4655 Section 94. Section 32B-11-204 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4656 32B-11-204 (Effective 07/01/11). Renewal requirements for a manufacturing
4657 license.
4658 (1) A manufacturing license expires on December 31 of each year.
4659 (2) To renew a manufacturing license, a person shall submit by no later than November
4660 30 of the year the license expires:
4661 (a) a completed renewal application to the department, in a form prescribed by the
4662 department; and
4663 (b) a renewal fee in the following amount of:
4664 (i) [
4665 (2)(b)(ii); or
4666 (ii) [
4667 licensee produces less than 20,000 gallons of wine in the calendar year preceding the year in
4668 which the manufacturing licensee seeks renewal.
4669 (3) Failure to meet the renewal requirements results in an automatic forfeiture of a
4670 manufacturing license effective on the date the existing manufacturing license expires.
4671 Section 95. Section 32B-11-503 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4672 32B-11-503 (Effective 07/01/11). Specific authority and operational requirements
4673 for brewery manufacturing license.
4674 (1) A brewery manufacturing license allows a brewery manufacturing licensee to:
4675 (a) store, manufacture, brew, transport, or export beer, heavy beer, and flavored malt
4676 beverages;
4677 (b) sell heavy beer and a flavored malt beverage to:
4678 (i) the department;
4679 (ii) a military installation; or
4680 (iii) an out-of-state customer;
4681 (c) sell beer to a beer wholesaler licensee;
4682 (d) in the case of a small brewer, in accordance with Subsection (5), sell beer
4683 manufactured by the small brewer to:
4684 (i) a retail licensee;
4685 (ii) an off-premise beer retailer; or
4686 (iii) an event permittee; and
4687 (e) warehouse on its premises an alcoholic product that the brewery manufacturing
4688 licensee manufactures or purchases for manufacturing purposes.
4689 (2) A brewery manufacturing licensee may not sell the following to a person within the
4690 state except the department or a military installation:
4691 (a) heavy beer; or
4692 (b) a flavored malt beverage.
4693 (3) If considered necessary, the commission or department may require:
4694 (a) the alteration of the plant, equipment, or licensed premises;
4695 (b) the alteration or removal of any unsuitable alcoholic product-making equipment or
4696 material;
4697 (c) a brewery manufacturing licensee to clean, disinfect, ventilate, or otherwise
4698 improve the sanitary and working conditions of the plant, licensed premises, and equipment; or
4699 (d) that a record pertaining to the materials and ingredients used in the manufacture of
4700 an alcoholic product be available to the commission or department upon request.
4701 (4) A brewery manufacturing licensee may not permit any beer, heavy beer, or flavored
4702 malt beverage to be consumed on the licensed premises, except under the circumstances
4703 described in this Subsection (4).
4704 (a) A brewery manufacturing licensee may allow its off-duty staff to consume beer,
4705 heavy beer, or a flavored malt beverage on its premises without charge.
4706 (b) A brewery manufacturing licensee may allow a person who can lawfully purchase
4707 the following for wholesale or retail distribution to consume a bona fide sample of the brewery
4708 manufacturing licensee's product on the licensed premises:
4709 (i) beer;
4710 (ii) heavy beer; or
4711 (iii) a flavored malt beverage.
4712 (c) (i) A brewery manufacturing licensee may operate on its licensed premises a retail
4713 facility allowing consumption on premises of beer in a bottle or on draft if food is also
4714 available.
4715 (ii) A retail facility located on the licensed premises of a brewery manufacturing
4716 licensee shall be operated or supervised by the brewery manufacturing licensee.
4717 (iii) In operating a retail facility under this Subsection (4)(c), a brewery manufacturing
4718 licensee shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 7, Part 2, Off-premise Beer Retailer
4719 Local Authority.
4720 (5) (a) A small brewer shall own, lease, or maintain and control a warehouse facility
4721 located in this state for the storage of beer to be sold to a person described in Subsection (1)(d)
4722 if the small brewer:
4723 (i) (A) (I) is located in this state; and
4724 (II) holds a brewery manufacturing license; or
4725 (B) (I) is located outside this state; and
4726 (II) holds a certificate of approval to sell beer in this state; and
4727 (ii) sells beer manufactured by the small brewer directly to a person described in
4728 Subsection (1)(d).
4729 (b) A small brewer may not sell beer to a person described in Subsection (1)(d) unless
4730 the beer:
4731 (i) is manufactured by the small brewer; and
4732 (ii) is first placed in the small brewer's warehouse facility in this state.
4733 (c) (i) A small brewer warehouse shall make and maintain complete beer importation,
4734 inventory, tax, distribution, sales records, and other records as the department and State Tax
4735 Commission may require.
4736 (ii) The records described in Subsection (5)(c)(i) are subject to inspection by:
4737 (A) the department; and
4738 (B) the State Tax Commission.
4739 (iii) Section 32B-1-205 applies to a record required to be made or maintained in
4740 accordance with this Subsection (5), except that the provision is considered to include an action
4741 described in Section 32B-1-205 made for the purpose of deceiving the State Tax Commission,
4742 or an official or employee of the State Tax Commission.
4743 (6) Subject to Subsection (7):
4744 (a) A brewery manufacturing licensee may not sell beer in this state except under a
4745 written agreement with a beer wholesaler licensee in this state.
4746 (b) An agreement described in Subsection (6)(a) shall:
4747 (i) create a restricted exclusive sales territory that is mutually agreed upon by the
4748 persons entering into the agreement;
4749 (ii) designate the one or more brands that may be distributed in the sales territory; and
4750 (iii) set forth the exact geographical area of the sales territory.
4751 (c) A brewery manufacturing licensee may have more than one agreement described in
4752 this Subsection (6) if each brand of the brewery manufacturing licensee is covered by one
4753 exclusive sales territory.
4754 (d) A brewery manufacturing licensee may not enter into an agreement with more than
4755 one beer wholesaler licensee to distribute the same brand of beer in the same sales territory or
4756 any portion of the sales territory.
4757 (7) A small brewer is not subject to the requirements of Subsection (6).
4758 Section 96. Section 32B-11-604 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4759 32B-11-604 (Effective 07/01/11). Application for local industry representative
4760 license.
4761 (1) To obtain a local industry representative license, a person shall submit to the
4762 department:
4763 (a) a written application in a form prescribed by the department;
4764 (b) a nonrefundable [
4765 (c) an initial license fee of [
4766 representative license is not issued;
4767 (d) verification that the person is:
4768 (i) a resident of Utah;
4769 (ii) a Utah partnership;
4770 (iii) a Utah corporation; or
4771 (iv) a Utah limited liability company;
4772 (e) an affidavit stating the name and address of any manufacturer, supplier, or importer
4773 the person will represent;
4774 (f) a signed consent form stating that the local industry representative will permit any
4775 authorized representative of the commission, department, or any law enforcement officer to
4776 have an unrestricted right to enter, during normal business hours, the specific premises where
4777 the local industry representative conducts business;
4778 (g) if the person is an entity, proper verification evidencing that a person who signs the
4779 application is authorized to sign on behalf of the entity; and
4780 (h) any other information the commission or department may require.
4781 (2) A local industry representative licensee is not required to pay an additional license
4782 fee to represent more than one manufacturer, supplier, or importer.
4783 Section 97. Section 32B-11-605 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4784 32B-11-605 (Effective 07/01/11). Renewal requirements for local industry
4785 representative license.
4786 (1) A local industry representative license expires on December 31 of each year.
4787 (2) To renew a local industry representative license, a person shall submit to the
4788 department by no later than November 30 of the year the license expires:
4789 (a) a completed renewal application in a form prescribed by the department;
4790 (b) a renewal fee of [
4791 (c) an affidavit stating the name and address of any manufacturer, supplier, or importer
4792 the local industry representative licensee represents at the time of submitting the renewal
4793 application.
4794 (3) Failure to meet the renewal requirements results in an automatic forfeiture of the
4795 local industry representative license effective on the date the existing local industry
4796 representative license expires.
4797 Section 98. Section 32B-11-608 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4798 32B-11-608 (Effective 07/01/11). Operational requirements for local industry
4799 representative license.
4800 (1) (a) A local industry representative licensee, staff of the local industry representative
4801 licensee, or staff of a manufacturer, supplier, or importer who is conducting business in the
4802 state, shall comply with this title and rules of the commission.
4803 (b) If a person knowingly violates Subsection (1)(a):
4804 (i) the violation may result in disciplinary action in accordance with Chapter 3,
4805 Disciplinary Actions and Enforcement Act, against:
4806 (A) a local industry representative licensee;
4807 (B) individual staff of a local industry representative licensee; or
4808 (C) both a local industry representative licensee and staff of the local industry
4809 representative licensee; and
4810 (ii) if the conditions of Subsection (1)(c) are met, the commission may order:
4811 (A) the removal of the manufacturer's, supplier's, or importer's products from the
4812 department's sales list; and
4813 (B) a suspension of the department's purchase of those products for a period
4814 determined by the commission.
4815 (c) Subsection (1)(b)(ii) applies if the manufacturer, supplier, or importer:
4816 (i) directly commits the violation; or
4817 (ii) solicits, requests, commands, encourages, or intentionally aides another to engage
4818 in the violation.
4819 (2) A local industry representative licensee shall display its license in the local industry
4820 representative licensee's principal place of business.
4821 (3) (a) A local industry representative licensee shall maintain on file with the
4822 department a current accounts list of the names and addresses of the manufacturers, suppliers,
4823 and importers the local industry representative licensee represents.
4824 (b) A local industry representative licensee shall notify the department in writing of a
4825 change to its accounts list within 14 days from the date the local industry representative
4826 licensee:
4827 (i) acquires the account of a manufacturer, supplier, or importer; or
4828 (ii) loses the account of a manufacturer, supplier, or importer.
4829 (4) (a) A local industry representative licensee shall make and maintain the records the
4830 department requires for at least three years.
4831 (b) Section 32B-1-205 applies to a record required to be made or maintained in
4832 accordance with this Subsection (4).
4833 (5) Staff of a local industry representative licensee may not be:
4834 (a) a retail licensee that sells, offers for sale, or furnishes liquor;
4835 (b) staff of a retail licensee that sells, offers for sale, or furnishes liquor; or
4836 (c) a minor.
4837 (6) (a) A local representative licensee may not sell, transfer, assign, exchange, barter,
4838 give, or attempt in any way to dispose of the license to another person, whether for monetary
4839 gain or not.
4840 (b) A local industry representative license has no monetary value for any type of
4841 disposition.
4842 (7) A local industry representative licensee, staff of the local industry representative
4843 licensee, or staff of a manufacturer, supplier, or importer who is conducting business in the
4844 state:
4845 (a) only to the extent authorized by Chapter 4, Criminal Offenses and Procedure Act,
4846 may:
4847 (i) assist the department in:
4848 (A) ordering, shipping, and delivering merchandise;
4849 (B) providing new product notification;
4850 (C) obtaining listing and delisting information;
4851 (D) receiving price quotations;
4852 (E) providing product sales analysis;
4853 (F) conducting shelf management; and
4854 (G) conducting educational seminars; and
4855 (ii) to acquire new listings:
4856 (A) solicit orders from the department; and
4857 (B) submit to the department price lists and samples of the products of the
4858 manufacturer, supplier, or importer;
4859 (b) may not sell liquor within the state except to:
4860 (i) the department; and
4861 (ii) a military installation;
4862 (c) may not ship or transport, or cause to be shipped or transported, liquor into this
4863 state or from one place to another within this state;
4864 (d) may not sell or furnish any liquor to any person within this state other than to:
4865 (i) the department; or
4866 (ii) a military installation;
4867 (e) except as otherwise provided, may not advertise a product the local industry
4868 representative licensee represents in violation of this title or any other federal or state law;
4869 (f) shall comply with the trade practices provided in Chapter 4, Part 7, Trade Practices
4870 Act; and
4871 (g) may only provide a sample of a product of the manufacturer, supplier, or importer
4872 for tasting and sampling purposes as provided in Section 32B-4-705 by the department.
4873 (8) A local industry representative licensee may, to become educated as to the quality
4874 and characteristics of a liquor that the licensee represents, taste and analyze an industry
4875 representative sample under the conditions listed in this Subsection (8).
4876 (a) A local industry representative licensee may not receive more than two industry
4877 representative samples of a particular type, vintage, and production lot of a particular branded
4878 product within a consecutive 120-day period.
4879 (b) (i) An industry representative sample of liquor may not exceed one liter.
4880 (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (8)(b)(i), an industry representative sample of the
4881 following may not exceed 1.5 liters unless that exact product is only commercially packaged in
4882 a larger size, not to exceed 5 liters:
4883 (A) wine;
4884 (B) heavy beer; or
4885 (C) a flavored malt beverage.
4886 (c) An industry representative sample may only be of a product not presently listed on
4887 the department's sales list.
4888 (d) (i) An industry representative sample shall be shipped:
4889 (A) prepaid by the manufacturer, supplier, or importer;
4890 (B) by common carrier and not via United States mail; and
4891 (C) directly to the department's central administrative warehouse office.
4892 (ii) An industry representative sample may not be shipped to any other location within
4893 the state.
4894 (e) An industry representative sample shall be accompanied by a letter from the
4895 manufacturer, supplier, or importer:
4896 (i) clearly identifying the product as an "industry representative sample"; and
4897 (ii) clearly stating:
4898 (A) the FOB case price of the product; and
4899 (B) the name of the local industry representative for whom it is intended.
4900 (f) The department shall assess a reasonable handling, labeling, and storage fee for
4901 each industry representative sample received.
4902 (g) The department shall affix to a [
4903 product as an "industry representative sample."
4904 (h) The department shall:
4905 (i) account for and record each industry representative sample received;
4906 (ii) account for the industry representative sample's disposition; and
4907 (iii) maintain a record of the industry representative sample and its disposition for a
4908 two-year period.
4909 (i) An industry representative sample may not leave the premises of the department's
4910 central administrative warehouse office.
4911 (j) A local industry representative licensee's and a local industry representative
4912 licensee's staff may, at regularly scheduled days and times established by the department, taste
4913 and analyze one or more industry representative samples on the premises of the department's
4914 central administrative warehouse office.
4915 (k) The department shall destroy the unused contents of an opened product remaining
4916 after a product is sampled under controlled and audited conditions established by the
4917 department.
4918 (l) An industry representative sample that is not tasted within 30 days of receipt by the
4919 department shall be disposed of at the discretion of the department in one of the following
4920 ways:
4921 (i) the contents destroyed under controlled and audited conditions established by the
4922 department; or
4923 (ii) added to the inventory of the department for sale to the public.
4924 Section 99. Section 32B-12-202 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4925 32B-12-202 (Effective 07/01/11). Application requirements for liquor
4926 warehousing license.
4927 To obtain a liquor warehousing license, a person shall submit to the department:
4928 (1) a written application in a form prescribed by the department;
4929 (2) a nonrefundable [
4930 (3) an initial license fee of [
4931 license is not issued;
4932 (4) written consent of the local authority;
4933 (5) a copy of the person's current business license;
4934 (6) a bond as specified by Section 32B-12-206 ;
4935 (7) a floor plan of the person's warehouse, including the area in which the person
4936 proposes that liquor be stored;
4937 (8) evidence that the person is carrying public liability insurance in an amount and
4938 form satisfactory to the department;
4939 (9) a signed consent form stating that the liquor warehousing licensee will permit any
4940 authorized representative of the commission, department, or any law enforcement officer to
4941 have unrestricted right to enter the licensed premises;
4942 (10) if the person is an entity, proper verification evidencing that a person who signs
4943 the application is authorized to sign on behalf of the entity; and
4944 (11) any other information the commission or department may require.
4945 Section 100. Section 32B-12-203 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4946 32B-12-203 (Effective 07/01/11). Renewal requirements for liquor warehousing
4947 license.
4948 (1) A liquor warehousing license expires on December 31 of each year.
4949 (2) To renew a liquor warehousing license, a person shall submit to the department by
4950 no later than November 30 of the year the license expires:
4951 (a) a completed renewal application in a form prescribed by the department; and
4952 (b) a renewal fee of [
4953 (3) Failure to meet the renewal requirements results in an automatic forfeiture of the
4954 liquor warehousing license effective on the date the existing liquor warehousing license
4955 expires.
4956 Section 101. Section 32B-13-201 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4957 32B-13-201 (Effective 07/01/11). Commission's power to issue beer wholesaling
4958 license.
4959 (1) (a) Before a person may purchase, store, sell, offer for sale, distribute, or import
4960 beer to a person who sells at retail or acts in any way as a beer wholesaler, the person shall first
4961 obtain a beer wholesaling license issued by the commission in accordance with this chapter.
4962 (b) A violation of Subsection (1)(a) is a class A misdemeanor.
4963 (2) (a) The commission may issue a beer wholesaling license for the purchase, storage,
4964 sale, distribution, transportation, and import of beer.
4965 (b) A beer wholesaling license entitles the beer wholesaler licensee to:
4966 (i) purchase and import beer into the state;
4967 (ii) store beer in an approved warehouse; and
4968 (iii) sell and distribute beer directly to:
4969 (A) a beer retailer; or
4970 (B) an event permittee.
4971 [
4972 (3) Nothing in this section precludes a small brewer from selling beer the small brewer
4973 manufactures directly to:
4974 (a) a retail licensee;
4975 (b) an off-premise beer retailer; or
4976 (c) an event permittee.
4977 Section 102. Section 32B-13-202 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
4978 32B-13-202 (Effective 07/01/11). Application requirements for beer wholesaling
4979 license.
4980 To obtain a beer wholesaling license, a person shall submit to the department:
4981 (1) a written application in a form prescribed by the department;
4982 (2) a nonrefundable [
4983 (3) an initial license fee of [
4984 license is not issued;
4985 (4) written consent of the local authority;
4986 (5) a copy of the person's current business license;
4987 (6) a bond as specified in Section 32B-13-206 ;
4988 (7) a statement of the brands of beer the person is authorized to sell and distribute;
4989 (8) a statement of the [
4990 person is authorized [
4991 required by Section 32B-11-201 or 32B-11-503 ;
4992 (9) evidence that the person is carrying public liability insurance in an amount and
4993 form satisfactory to the department;
4994 (10) a signed consent form stating that the beer wholesaling licensee will permit any
4995 authorized representative of the commission, department, or any law enforcement officer to
4996 have unrestricted right to enter the licensed premises;
4997 (11) if the person is an entity, proper verification evidencing that a person who signs
4998 the application is authorized to sign on behalf of the entity; and
4999 (12) any other information that the commission or department may require.
5000 Section 103. Section 32B-13-203 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
5001 32B-13-203 (Effective 07/01/11). Renewal requirements for beer wholesaling
5002 license.
5003 (1) A beer wholesaling license expires on December 31 of each year.
5004 (2) To renew a beer wholesaling license, a person shall submit to the department by no
5005 later than November 30 of the year the license expires:
5006 (a) a completed renewal application in a form prescribed by the department; and
5007 (b) a renewal fee in the following amount:
5008 Case Sales in Previous License Year for the Licensee Renewal Fee
5009 under 500,000 cases [
5010 equals or exceeds 500,000 cases but less than 1,000,000 cases [
5011 equals or exceeds 1,000,000 cases [
5012 (3) Failure to meet the renewal requirements results in an automatic forfeiture of the
5013 beer wholesaling license effective on the date the existing beer wholesaling license expires.
5014 Section 104. Section 32B-13-301 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
5015 32B-13-301 (Effective 07/01/11). General operational requirements for beer
5016 wholesaling license.
5017 (1) (a) A beer wholesaler licensee and staff of the beer wholesaler licensee shall
5018 comply with this title and the rules of the commission.
5019 (b) Failure to comply as provided in Subsection (1)(a) may result in disciplinary action
5020 in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and Enforcement Act, against:
5021 (i) a beer wholesaler licensee;
5022 (ii) individual staff of a beer wholesaler licensee; or
5023 (iii) both a beer wholesaler licensee and staff of the beer wholesaler licensee.
5024 (2) (a) A beer wholesaler licensee shall make and maintain the records required by the
5025 department.
5026 (b) Section 32B-1-205 applies to a record required to be made or maintained in
5027 accordance with this Subsection (2).
5028 (3) A beer wholesaler licensee may not employ a minor to handle an alcoholic product.
5029 (4) A beer wholesaler licensee may not sell, transfer, assign, exchange, barter, give, or
5030 attempt in any way to dispose of the beer wholesaling license to a person, whether for monetary
5031 gain or not, unless it is done:
5032 (a) in accordance with the commission rules; and
5033 (b) after written consent is given by the commission.
5034 (5) A beer wholesaler licensee may not wholesale a beer manufactured within the state
5035 by a brewer who is not licensed by the commission as a brewery manufacturing licensee.
5036 (6) A beer wholesaler licensee may not wholesale a beer manufactured out of state by a
5037 brewer who has not obtained a certificate of approval from the department.
5038 (7) (a) A beer wholesaler licensee may not sell or distribute beer to a person within the
5039 state except to:
5040 (i) a retail licensee;
5041 (ii) an off-premise beer retailer; or
5042 (iii) an event permittee.
5043 (b) A violation of this Subsection (7) is a class A misdemeanor.
5044 (8) (a) A beer wholesaler licensee may not sell or distribute a beer to a person who sells
5045 the beer at retail outside of [
5046 and authorized by an agreement described in Subsection 32B-13-202 (8), except that if a beer
5047 wholesaler licensee is temporarily unable to supply a person within the beer wholesaler
5048 licensee's authorized [
5049 authority to another beer wholesaler licensee who distributes the same brand in another [
5050 sales territory to supply:
5051 (i) a retail licensee; or
5052 (ii) an off-premise beer retailer.
5053 (b) A violation of this Subsection (8) is a class B misdemeanor.
5054 (9) (a) A beer wholesaler licensee shall own, lease, or otherwise control and maintain a
5055 warehouse facility located in this state for the receipt, storage, and further distribution of beer
5056 sold by the beer wholesaler licensee to a person within the state.
5057 (b) A beer wholesaler licensee may not sell beer to a person in this state, other than the
5058 department, unless the beer is first:
5059 (i) physically removed from the vehicle used to transport the beer from the supplier to
5060 the beer wholesaler licensee; and
5061 (ii) delivered into the actual possession and control of the beer wholesaler licensee in
5062 its warehouse or other facility.
5063 (10) A beer wholesaler licensee may not sell or distribute an alcoholic product that has
5064 not had its label and packaging approved by the department in accordance with Chapter 1, Part
5065 6, Malted Beverage Act.
5066 (11) The commission may prescribe by policy or rule, consistent with this title, the
5067 general operational requirements of a beer wholesaling licensee relating to:
5068 (a) physical facilities; and
5069 (b) the conditions of importation, purchase, storage, sale, offering for sale, distribution,
5070 or transportation of beer within the state.
5071 Section 105. Section 52-4-205 is amended to read:
5072 52-4-205. Purposes of closed meetings.
5073 (1) A closed meeting described under Section 52-4-204 may only be held for:
5074 (a) discussion of the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health
5075 of an individual;
5076 (b) strategy sessions to discuss collective bargaining;
5077 (c) strategy sessions to discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation;
5078 (d) strategy sessions to discuss the purchase, exchange, or lease of real property,
5079 including any form of a water right or water shares, if public discussion of the transaction
5080 would:
5081 (i) disclose the appraisal or estimated value of the property under consideration; or
5082 (ii) prevent the public body from completing the transaction on the best possible terms;
5083 (e) strategy sessions to discuss the sale of real property, including any form of a water
5084 right or water shares, if:
5085 (i) public discussion of the transaction would:
5086 (A) disclose the appraisal or estimated value of the property under consideration; or
5087 (B) prevent the public body from completing the transaction on the best possible terms;
5088 (ii) the public body previously gave public notice that the property would be offered for
5089 sale; and
5090 (iii) the terms of the sale are publicly disclosed before the public body approves the
5091 sale;
5092 (f) discussion regarding deployment of security personnel, devices, or systems;
5093 (g) investigative proceedings regarding allegations of criminal misconduct;
5094 (h) as relates to the Independent Legislative Ethics Commission, conducting business
5095 relating to the receipt or review of ethics complaints;
5096 (i) as relates to an ethics committee of the Legislature, a purpose permitted under
5097 Subsection 52-4-204 (1)(a)(iii)(B);
5098 (j) as relates to a county legislative body, discussing commercial information as
5099 defined in Section 59-1-404 ; [
5100 (k) as relates to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission issuing a retail license
5101 under Title 32B, Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, after receiving public input in a public
5102 meeting in support or opposition to the commission issuing the retail license, discussing one or
5103 more of the following factors in a closed meeting:
5104 (i) a factor the commission is required to consider under Section 32B-5-203 or that is
5105 specified in the relevant part under Chapter 6, Specific Retail License Act, for the type of retail
5106 license at issue;
5107 (ii) the availability of a retail license under a quota;
5108 (iii) the length of time the applicant has waited for a retail license;
5109 (iv) an opening date for the applicant;
5110 (v) whether the applicant is a seasonal business;
5111 (vi) whether the location of the applicant has been previously licensed or is a new
5112 location;
5113 (vii) whether the application involves a change of ownership of an existing location;
5114 (viii) whether the applicant holds other alcohol licenses at any location;
5115 (ix) whether the applicant has a violation history or a pending violation;
5116 (x) projected alcohol sales for the applicant as it relates to the extent to which the retail
5117 license will be used;
5118 (xi) whether the applicant is a small or entrepreneurial business that would benefit the
5119 community in which it would be located;
5120 (xii) the nature of entertainment the applicant proposes; or
5121 (xiii) public input in support or opposition to granting the retail license; or
5122 [
5123 (2) The following meetings shall be closed:
5124 (a) a meeting of the Health and Human Services Interim Committee to review a fatality
5125 review report described in Subsection 62A-16-301 (1)(a), and the responses to the report
5126 described in Subsections 62A-16-301 (2) and (4); and
5127 (b) a meeting of the Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel to:
5128 (i) review a fatality review report described in Subsection 62A-16-301 (1)(a), and the
5129 responses to the report described in Subsections 62A-16-301 (2) and (4); or
5130 (ii) review and discuss an individual case, as described in Subsection 62A-4a-207 (5).
5131 (3) A public body may not interview a person applying to fill an elected position in a
5132 closed meeting.
5133 Section 106. Section 62A-15-401 (Effective 07/01/11) is amended to read:
5134 62A-15-401 (Effective 07/01/11). Alcohol training and education seminar.
5135 (1) As used in this part:
5136 (a) "Instructor" means a person that directly provides the instruction during an alcohol
5137 training and education seminar for a seminar provider.
5138 (b) "Licensee" means a person who is:
5139 (i) (A) a new or renewing licensee under Title 32B, Alcoholic Beverage Control Act;
5140 and
5141 (B) engaged in the retail sale of an alcoholic product for consumption on the premises
5142 of the licensee; or
5143 (ii) a business that is:
5144 (A) a new or renewing licensee licensed by a city, town, or county; and
5145 (B) engaged in the retail sale of beer for consumption off the premises of the licensee.
5146 (c) "Off-premise beer retailer" is as defined in Section 32B-1-102 .
5147 (d) "Seminar provider" means a person other than the division who provides an alcohol
5148 training and education seminar meeting the requirements of this section.
5149 (2) (a) This section applies to an individual who, as defined by the [
5150 rule:
5151 (i) manages operations at the premises of a licensee engaged in the retail sale of an
5152 alcoholic product for consumption on the premises of the licensee;
5153 (ii) supervises the serving of an alcoholic product to a customer for consumption on the
5154 premises of a licensee;
5155 (iii) serves an alcoholic product to a customer for consumption on the premises of a
5156 licensee;
5157 (iv) directly supervises the sale of beer to a customer for consumption off the premises
5158 of an off-premise beer retailer; or
5159 (v) sells beer to a customer for consumption off the premises of an off-premise beer
5160 retailer.
5161 (b) If the individual does not have a valid record that the individual has completed an
5162 alcohol training and education seminar, an individual described in Subsection (2)(a) shall:
5163 (i) (A) complete an alcohol training and education seminar within 30 days of the
5164 following if the individual is described in Subsections (2)(a)(i) through (iii):
5165 (I) if the individual is an employee, the day the individual begins employment;
5166 (II) if the individual is an independent contractor, the day the individual is first hired;
5167 or
5168 (III) if the individual holds an ownership interest in the licensee, the day that the
5169 individual first engages in an activity that would result in that individual being required to
5170 complete an alcohol training and education seminar; or
5171 (B) complete an alcohol training and education seminar within the time periods
5172 specified in Subsection 32B-5-404 (1) if the individual is described in Subsections (2)(a)(iv)
5173 and (v); and
5174 (ii) pay a fee:
5175 (A) to the seminar provider; and
5176 (B) that is equal to or greater than the amount established under Subsection (4)(h).
5177 (c) An individual shall have a valid record that the individual completed an alcohol
5178 training and education seminar within the time period provided in this Subsection (2) to engage
5179 in an activity described in Subsection (2)(a).
5180 (d) A record that an individual has completed an alcohol training and education
5181 seminar is valid for:
5182 (i) three years from the day on which the record is issued for an individual described in
5183 Subsection (2)(a)(i), (ii), or (iii); and
5184 (ii) five years from the day on which the record is issued for an individual described in
5185 Subsection (2)(a)(iv) or (v).
5186 (e) On and after July 1, 2011, to be considered as having completed an alcohol training
5187 and education seminar, an individual shall:
5188 (i) attend the alcohol training and education seminar and take any test required to
5189 demonstrate completion of the alcohol training and education seminar in the physical presence
5190 of an instructor of the seminar provider; or
5191 (ii) complete the alcohol training and education seminar and take any test required to
5192 demonstrate completion of the alcohol training and education seminar through an online course
5193 or testing program that meets the requirements described in Subsection (2)(f).
5194 (f) The division shall by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
5195 Administrative Rulemaking Act, establish one or more requirements for an online course or
5196 testing program described in Subsection (2)(e) that are designed to inhibit fraud in the use of
5197 the online course or testing program. In developing the requirements by rule the division shall
5198 consider whether to require:
5199 (i) authentication that the an individual accurately identifies the individual as taking the
5200 online course or test;
5201 (ii) measures to ensure that an individual taking the online course or test is focused on
5202 training material throughout the entire training period;
5203 (iii) measures to track the actual time an individual taking the online course or test is
5204 actively engaged online;
5205 (iv) a seminar provider to provide technical support, such as requiring a telephone
5206 number, email, or other method of communication that allows an individual taking the online
5207 course or test to receive assistance if the individual is unable to participate online because of
5208 technical difficulties;
5209 (v) a test to meet quality standards, including randomization of test questions and
5210 maximum time limits to take a test;
5211 (vi) a seminar provider to have a system to reduce fraud as to who completes an online
5212 course or test, such as requiring a distinct online certificate with information printed on the
5213 certificate that identifies the person taking the online course or test, or requiring measures to
5214 inhibit duplication of a certificate;
5215 (vii) measures for the division to audit online courses or tests;
5216 (viii) measures to allow an individual taking an online course or test to provide an
5217 evaluation of the online course or test;
5218 (ix) a seminar provider to track the Internet protocol address or similar electronic
5219 location of an individual who takes an online course or test;
5220 (x) an individual who takes an online course or test to use an e-signature; or
5221 (xi) a seminar provider to invalidate a certificate if the seminar provider learns that the
5222 certificate does not accurately reflect the individual who took the online course or test.
5223 (3) (a) A licensee may not permit an individual who is not in compliance with
5224 Subsection (2) to:
5225 (i) serve or supervise the serving of an alcoholic product to a customer for
5226 consumption on the premises of the licensee;
5227 (ii) engage in any activity that would constitute managing operations at the premises of
5228 a licensee that engages in the retail sale of an alcoholic product for consumption on the
5229 premises of the licensee;
5230 (iii) directly supervise the sale of beer to a customer for consumption off the premises
5231 of an off-premise beer retailer; or
5232 (iv) sell beer to a customer for consumption off the premises of an off-premise beer
5233 retailer.
5234 (b) A licensee that violates Subsection (3)(a) is subject to Section 32B-5-403 .
5235 (4) The division shall:
5236 (a) (i) provide alcohol training and education seminars; or
5237 (ii) certify one or more seminar providers;
5238 (b) establish the curriculum for an alcohol training and education seminar that includes
5239 the following subjects:
5240 (i) (A) alcohol as a drug; and
5241 (B) alcohol's effect on the body and behavior;
5242 (ii) recognizing the problem drinker or signs of intoxication;
5243 (iii) an overview of state alcohol laws related to responsible beverage sale or service,
5244 as determined in consultation with the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control;
5245 (iv) dealing with the problem customer, including ways to terminate sale or service;
5246 and
5247 (v) for those supervising or engaging in the retail sale of an alcoholic product for
5248 consumption on the premises of a licensee, alternative means of transportation to get the
5249 customer safely home;
5250 (c) recertify each seminar provider every three years;
5251 (d) monitor compliance with the curriculum described in Subsection (4)(b);
5252 (e) maintain for at least five years a record of every person who has completed an
5253 alcohol training and education seminar;
5254 (f) provide the information described in Subsection (4)(e) on request to:
5255 (i) the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control;
5256 (ii) law enforcement; or
5257 (iii) a person licensed by the state or a local government to sell an alcoholic product;
5258 (g) provide the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control on request a list of any
5259 seminar provider certified by the division; and
5260 (h) establish a fee amount for each person attending an alcohol training and education
5261 seminar that is sufficient to offset the division's cost of administering this section.
5262 (5) The [
5263 Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act:
5264 (a) define what constitutes under this section an individual who:
5265 (i) manages operations at the premises of a licensee engaged in the retail sale of an
5266 alcoholic product for consumption on the premises of the licensee;
5267 (ii) supervises the serving of an alcoholic product to a customer for consumption on the
5268 premises of a licensee;
5269 (iii) serves an alcoholic product to a customer for consumption on the premises of a
5270 licensee;
5271 (iv) directly supervises the sale of beer to a customer for consumption off the premises
5272 of an off-premise beer retailer; or
5273 (v) sells beer to a customer for consumption off the premises of an off-premise beer
5274 retailer;
5275 (b) establish criteria for certifying and recertifying a seminar provider; and
5276 (c) establish guidelines for the manner in which an instructor provides an alcohol
5277 education and training seminar.
5278 (6) A seminar provider shall:
5279 (a) obtain recertification by the division every three years;
5280 (b) ensure that an instructor used by the seminar provider:
5281 (i) follows the curriculum established under this section; and
5282 (ii) conducts an alcohol training and education seminar in accordance with the
5283 guidelines established by rule;
5284 (c) ensure that any information provided by the seminar provider or instructor of a
5285 seminar provider is consistent with:
5286 (i) the curriculum established under this section; and
5287 (ii) this section;
5288 (d) provide the division with the names of all persons who complete an alcohol training
5289 and education seminar provided by the seminar provider;
5290 (e) (i) collect a fee for each person attending an alcohol training and education seminar
5291 in accordance with Subsection (2); and
5292 (ii) forward to the division the portion of the fee that is equal to the amount described
5293 in Subsection (4)(h); and
5294 (f) issue a record to an individual that completes an alcohol training and education
5295 seminar provided by the seminar provider.
5296 (7) (a) If after a hearing conducted in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 4,
5297 Administrative Procedures Act, the division finds that a seminar provider violates this section
5298 or that an instructor of the seminar provider violates this section, the division may:
5299 (i) suspend the certification of the seminar provider for a period not to exceed 90 days;
5300 (ii) revoke the certification of the seminar provider;
5301 (iii) require the seminar provider to take corrective action regarding an instructor; or
5302 (iv) prohibit the seminar provider from using an instructor until such time that the
5303 seminar provider establishes to the satisfaction of the division that the instructor is in
5304 compliance with Subsection (6)(b).
5305 (b) The division may certify a seminar provider whose certification is revoked:
5306 (i) no sooner than 90 days from the date the certification is revoked; and
5307 (ii) if the seminar provider establishes to the satisfaction of the division that the
5308 seminar provider will comply with this section.
5309 Section 107. Section 63J-1-201 is amended to read:
5310 63J-1-201. Governor to submit budget to Legislature -- Contents -- Preparation --
5311 Appropriations based on current tax laws and not to exceed estimated revenues.
5312 (1) The governor shall deliver, not later than 30 days before the date the Legislature
5313 convenes in the annual general session, a confidential draft copy of the governor's proposed
5314 budget recommendations to the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst.
5315 (2) (a) The governor shall, within the first three days of the annual general session of
5316 the Legislature, submit to the presiding officer of each house of the Legislature:
5317 (i) a proposed budget for the ensuing fiscal year;
5318 (ii) a schedule for all of the proposed appropriations of the budget, with each
5319 appropriation clearly itemized and classified;
5320 (iii) the statement described in Subsection (2)(c); and
5321 (iv) as applicable, a document showing proposed expenditures and estimated revenues
5322 that are based on changes in state tax laws or rates.
5323 (b) The proposed budget shall include:
5324 (i) a projection of estimated revenues and expenditures for the next fiscal year;
5325 (ii) the source of all direct, indirect, and in-kind matching funds for all federal grants or
5326 assistance programs included in the budget;
5327 (iii) a complete plan of proposed expenditures and estimated revenues for the next
5328 fiscal year that is based upon the current fiscal year state tax laws and rates;
5329 (iv) an itemized estimate of the proposed appropriations for:
5330 (A) the Legislative Department as certified to the governor by the president of the
5331 Senate and the speaker of the House;
5332 (B) the Executive Department;
5333 (C) the Judicial Department as certified to the governor by the state court
5334 administrator;
5335 (D) payment and discharge of the principal and interest of the indebtedness of the state;
5336 (E) the salaries payable by the state under the Utah Constitution or under law for the
5337 lease agreements planned for the next fiscal year;
5338 (F) other purposes that are set forth in the Utah Constitution or under law; and
5339 (G) all other appropriations;
5340 (v) for each line item, the average annual dollar amount of staff funding associated
5341 with all positions that were vacant during the last fiscal year; and
5342 (vi) deficits or anticipated deficits.
5343 (c) The budget shall be accompanied by a statement showing:
5344 (i) the revenues and expenditures for the last fiscal year;
5345 (ii) the current assets, liabilities, and reserves, surplus or deficit, and the debts and
5346 funds of the state;
5347 (iii) an estimate of the state's financial condition as of the beginning and the end of the
5348 period covered by the budget;
5349 (iv) a complete analysis of lease with an option to purchase arrangements entered into
5350 by state agencies;
5351 (v) the recommendations for each state agency for new full-time employees for the
5352 next fiscal year, which shall also be provided to the State Building Board as required by
5353 Subsection 63A-5-103 (2);
5354 (vi) any explanation that the governor may desire to make as to the important features
5355 of the budget and any suggestion as to methods for the reduction of expenditures or increase of
5356 the state's revenue; and
5357 (vii) information detailing certain fee increases as required by Section 63J-1-504 .
5358 (3) (a) (i) For the purpose of preparing and reporting the proposed budget, the governor
5359 shall require the proper state officials, including all public and higher education officials, all
5360 heads of executive and administrative departments and state institutions, bureaus, boards,
5361 commissions, and agencies expending or supervising the expenditure of the state money, and
5362 all institutions applying for state money and appropriations, to provide itemized estimates of
5363 revenues and expenditures.
5364 (ii) The governor may also require other information under these guidelines and at
5365 times as the governor may direct, which may include a requirement for program productivity
5366 and performance measures, where appropriate, with emphasis on outcome indicators.
5367 (b) The governor may require representatives of public and higher education, state
5368 departments and institutions, and other institutions or individuals applying for state
5369 appropriations to attend budget meetings.
5370 (c) (i) (A) In submitting the budgets for the Departments of Health and Human
5371 Services and the Office of the Attorney General, the governor shall consider a separate
5372 recommendation in the governor's budget for funds to be contracted to:
5373 (I) local mental health authorities under Section 62A-15-110 ;
5374 (II) local substance abuse authorities under Section 62A-15-110 ;
5375 (III) area agencies under Section 62A-3-104.2 ;
5376 (IV) programs administered directly by and for operation of the Divisions of Substance
5377 Abuse and Mental Health and Aging and Adult Services;
5378 (V) local health departments under Title 26A, Chapter 1, Local Health Departments;
5379 and
5380 (VI) counties for the operation of Children's Justice Centers under Section 67-5b-102 .
5381 (B) In the governor's budget recommendations under Subsections (3)(c)(i)(A)(I), (II),
5382 and (III), the governor shall consider an amount sufficient to grant local health departments,
5383 local mental health authorities, local substance abuse authorities, and area agencies the same
5384 percentage increase for wages and benefits that the governor includes in the governor's budget
5385 for persons employed by the state.
5386 (C) If the governor does not include in the governor's budget an amount sufficient to
5387 grant the increase described in Subsection (3)(c)(i)(B), the governor shall include a message to
5388 the Legislature regarding the governor's reason for not including that amount.
5389 (ii) (A) In submitting the budget for the Department of Agriculture, the governor shall
5390 consider an amount sufficient to grant local conservation districts and Utah Association of
5391 Conservation District employees the same percentage increase for wages and benefits that the
5392 governor includes in the governor's budget for persons employed by the state.
5393 (B) If the governor does not include in the governor's budget an amount sufficient to
5394 grant the increase described in Subsection (3)(c)(ii)(A), the governor shall include a message to
5395 the Legislature regarding the governor's reason for not including that amount.
5396 (iii) (A) In submitting the budget for the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation and the
5397 Division of Services for People with Disabilities, the Division of Child and Family Services,
5398 and the Division of Juvenile Justice Services within the Department of Human Services, the
5399 governor shall consider an amount sufficient to grant employees of corporations that provide
5400 direct services under contract with those divisions, the same percentage increase for
5401 cost-of-living that the governor includes in the governor's budget for persons employed by the
5402 state.
5403 (B) If the governor does not include in the governor's budget an amount sufficient to
5404 grant the increase described in Subsection (3)(c)(iii)(A), the governor shall include a message
5405 to the Legislature regarding the governor's reason for not including that amount.
5406 (iv) (A) The Families, Agencies, and Communities Together Council may propose a
5407 budget recommendation to the governor for collaborative service delivery systems operated
5408 under Section 63M-9-402 , as provided under Subsection 63M-9-201 (4)(e).
5409 (B) The Legislature may, through a specific program schedule, designate funds
5410 appropriated for collaborative service delivery systems operated under Section 63M-9-402 .
5411 (v) The governor shall include in the governor's budget the state's portion of the budget
5412 for the Utah Communications Agency Network established in Title 63C, Chapter 7, Utah
5413 Communications Agency Network Act.
5414 (vi) (A) The governor shall include a separate recommendation in the governor's
5415 budget for funds to maintain the operation and administration of the Utah Comprehensive
5416 Health Insurance Pool.
5417 (B) In making the recommendation, the governor may consider:
5418 (I) actuarial analysis of growth or decline in enrollment projected over a period of at
5419 least three years;
5420 (II) actuarial analysis of the medical and pharmacy claims costs projected over a period
5421 of at least three years;
5422 (III) the annual Medical Care Consumer Price Index;
5423 (IV) the annual base budget for the pool established by the Commerce and Revenue
5424 Appropriations Subcommittee for each fiscal year;
5425 (V) the growth or decline in insurance premium taxes and fees collected by the State
5426 Tax Commission and the Insurance Department; and
5427 (VI) the availability of surplus General Fund revenue under Section 63J-1-312 and
5428 Subsection 59-14-204 (5)(b).
5429 (vii) (A) In submitting the budget for the Department of Public Safety, the governor
5430 shall include a separate recommendation in the governor's budget for maintaining a sufficient
5431 number of alcohol-related law enforcement officers to maintain the enforcement ratio equal to
5432 or below the number specified in Subsection 32B-1-201 (2).
5433 (B) If the governor does not include in the governor's budget an amount sufficient to
5434 maintain the number of alcohol-related law enforcement officers described in Subsection
5435 (3)(c)(vii)(A), the governor shall include a message to the Legislature regarding the governor's
5436 reason for not including that amount.
5437 (d) (i) The governor may revise all estimates, except those relating to the Legislative
5438 Department, the Judicial Department, and those providing for the payment of principal and
5439 interest to the state debt and for the salaries and expenditures specified by the Utah
5440 Constitution or under the laws of the state.
5441 (ii) The estimate for the Legislative Department, as certified by the presiding officers
5442 of both houses, shall be included in the budget without revision by the governor.
5443 (iii) The estimate for the Judicial Department, as certified by the state court
5444 administrator, shall also be included in the budget without revision, but the governor may make
5445 separate recommendations on the estimate.
5446 (e) The total appropriations requested for expenditures authorized by the budget may
5447 not exceed the estimated revenues from taxes, fees, and all other sources for the next ensuing
5448 fiscal year.
5449 (4) In considering the factors in Subsections (3)(c)(vi)(B)(I), (II), and (III) and
5450 Subsections (5)(b)(ii)(A), (B), and (C), the governor and the Legislature may consider the
5451 actuarial data and projections prepared for the board of the Utah Comprehensive Health
5452 Insurance Pool as it develops its financial statements and projections for each fiscal year.
5453 (5) (a) In adopting a budget for each fiscal year, the Legislature shall consider an
5454 amount sufficient to grant local health departments, local mental health authorities, local
5455 substance abuse authorities, area agencies on aging, conservation districts, and Utah
5456 Association of Conservation District employees the same percentage increase for wages and
5457 benefits that is included in the budget for persons employed by the state.
5458 (b) (i) In adopting a budget each year for the Utah Comprehensive Health Insurance
5459 Pool, the Legislature shall determine an amount that is sufficient to fund the pool for each
5460 fiscal year.
5461 (ii) When making a determination under Subsection (5)(b)(i), the Legislature shall
5462 consider factors it determines are appropriate, which may include:
5463 (A) actuarial analysis of growth or decline in enrollment projected over a period of at
5464 least three years;
5465 (B) actuarial analysis of the medical and pharmacy claims costs projected over a period
5466 of at least three years;
5467 (C) the annual Medical Care Consumer Price Index;
5468 (D) the annual base budget for the pool established by the Commerce and Revenue
5469 Appropriations Subcommittee for each fiscal year;
5470 (E) the growth or decline in insurance premium taxes and fees collected by the tax
5471 commission and the insurance department from the previous fiscal year; and
5472 (F) the availability of surplus General Fund revenue under Section 63J-1-312 and
5473 Subsection 59-14-204 (5)(b).
5474 (iii) The funds appropriated by the Legislature to fund the Utah Comprehensive Health
5475 Insurance Pool as determined under Subsection (5)(b)(i):
5476 (A) shall be deposited into the fund established by Section 31A-29-120 ; and
5477 (B) are restricted and are to be used to maintain the operation, administration, and
5478 management of the Utah Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool created by Section
5479 31A-29-104 .
5480 (6) If any item of the budget as enacted is held invalid upon any ground, the invalidity
5481 does not affect the budget itself or any other item in it.
5482 Section 108. Repealer.
5483 This bill repeals:
5484 Section 26-7-6 (Effective 07/01/11), Alcohol retailers to post warnings related to
5485 consumption of alcohol and pregnancy.
5486 Section 32B-4-506 (Effective 07/01/11), Conflicting interests.
5487 Section 32B-4-507 (Effective 07/01/11), Interfering with manufacturer, supplier, or
5488 importer.
5489 Section 109. Appropriation.
5490 Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, the
5491 following sums of money are appropriated from resources not otherwise appropriated out of the
5492 funds or accounts indicated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, and ending June 30,
5493 2012. These are additions to amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2012.
5494 To Department of Public Safety - Programs and Operations
5495 From General Fund, one-time
$83,600
5496 From General Fund ($2,642,900)
5497 Schedule of Programs:
5498 Highway Patrol - Special Services ($2,559,300)
5499 Section 110. Effective date.
5500 (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), this bill takes effect on July 1, 2011.
5501 (2) (a) The repeal of Subsection 32B-6-603 (4) (Effective 07/01/11) in this bill takes
5502 effect on November 1, 2011.
5503 (b) Title 32B, Chapter 6, Part 8, Reception Center License, enacted by this bill takes
5504 effect on November 1, 2011.
5505 (c) Title 32B, Chapter 6, Part 9, Beer-only Restaurant License, enacted by this bill
5506 takes effect on March 1, 2012.
5507 (d) The following take effect on July 1, 2012:
5508 (i) Section 32B-5-309 (Effective 07/01/11) as amended by this bill; and
5509 (ii) Title 32B, Chapter 8a, Transfer of Retail License Act, enacted by this bill.
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