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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
SENATE
SENATE
BILL
NO.
1231
BY
STATE
AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
LIQUOR;
AMENDING
CHAPTER
9,
TITLE
23,
IDAHO
CODE,
BY
THE
ADDITION
2
OF
A
NEW
SECTION
23
-
903d,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
ESTABLISH
PROVISIONS
REGARD
-
3
ING
LICENSES
ISSUED
TO
ESTABLISHED
CATERERS;
AMENDING
SECTION
23
-
904,
4
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
PROVIDE
FOR
FEES
FOR
AN
ESTABLISHED
CATERER
LIQUOR
LI
-
5
CENSE;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
6
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
7
SECTION
1.
That
Chapter
9,
Title
23,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
8
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
9
ignated
as
Section
23
-
903d,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
10
23
-
903d.
LICENSES
ISSUED
TO
ESTABLISHED
CATERERS.
(1)
Upon
registra
-
1
1
tion
with
the
director
of
the
Idaho
state
police
as
an
established
caterer,
12
upon
application
to
the
director
for
an
established
caterer
liquor
license,
13
and
upon
meeting
all
licensing
and
regulatory
requirements
imposed
by
a
14
county
or
incorporated
city,
nothing
in
this
chapter
shall
prohibit
the
is
-
15
suance
of
an
established
caterer
liquor
license
to
the
owner,
operator,
or
16
lessee
of
an
established
caterer
for
use
at
events
catered
by
the
established
17
caterer,
subject
to
the
provisions
of
this
section.
"Established
caterer"
18
means
a
catering
business
whose
business
address
is
located
at
a
publicly
19
accessible
premises
and
that
caters
no
fewer
than
fifty
(50)
events
per
year.
20
(2)
An
established
caterer
selling
liquor
pursuant
to
an
established
21
caterer
liquor
license
shall
abide
by
the
following:
22
(a)
Liquor
shall
be
dispensed
and
prepared
for
consumption
by
the
es
-
23
tablished
caterer
licensed
pursuant
to
this
section
only
in
areas
ap
-
24
proved
by
the
local
licensing
authority;
25
(b)
All
liquor
sales
shall
cease
at
the
time
food
services
cease
and
26
shall
be
conducted
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
section
23
-
927,
Idaho
27
Code.
The
local
licensing
authority
may
impose
additional
date
and
time
28
restrictions
on
liquor
sales;
29
(c)
The
license
shall
be
for
use
only
at
an
event
catered
by
the
estab
-
30
lished
caterer;
and
31
(d)
No
established
caterer
licensed
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
pro
-
32
mote
or
operate
the
catering
event
as
a
bar
and
lounge.
33
(3)
Established
caterer
liquor
licenses
shall
not
count
toward
the
lim
-
34
itation
on
the
number
of
licenses
issued
according
to
population,
as
pro
-
35
vided
in
section
23
-
903(1),
Idaho
Code.
36
(4)
An
established
caterer
liquor
license
may
not
be
sold
or
leased
and
37
shall
not
be
transferable
to
any
other
caterer.
38
(5)
The
fees
for
licenses
granted
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
be
as
39
set
forth
in
section
23
-
904(11),
Idaho
Code.
40
2
SECTION
2.
That
Section
23
-
904,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
23
-
904.
LICENSE
FEES.
Each
licensee
licensed
under
the
provisions
of
3
this
act
shall
pay
an
annual
license
fee
to
the
director
as
follows:
4
(1)
For
each
license
in
a
city
of
one
thousand
(1,000)
population
or
5
less,
three
hundred
dollars
($300)
per
annum.
6
(2)
For
each
license
in
a
city
of
from
one
thousand
(1,000)
to
three
7
thousand
(3,000)
population,
five
hundred
dollars
($500)
per
annum.
8
(3)
For
each
license
in
a
city
having
a
population
of
more
than
three
9
thousand
(3,000),
seven
hundred
fifty
dollars
($750)
per
annum.
10
(4)
For
each
railroad
train
for
sale
only
in
buffet,
club
or
dining
1
1
cars,
fifty
dollars
($50.00)
per
annum
of
the
scheduled
run
of
such
train
12
within
the
state
of
Idaho;
provided,
that
such
license
shall
be
in
full,
and
13
in
lieu
of
all
other
licenses
herein
provided
for.
14
(5)
For
each
common
carrier
boat
line
for
sale
only
in
buffet,
club
din
-
15
ing
rooms,
two
hundred
fifty
dollars
($250)
per
annum.
Such
license
shall
be
16
in
full,
and
in
lieu
of
all
other
licenses
herein
provided
for.
17
(6)
For
each
license
issued
to
the
owner,
operator,
or
lessee
of
a
golf
18
course
as
described
in
section
23
-
903,
Idaho
Code,
or
to
the
lessee
of
any
19
premises
situate
on
such
golf
course,
situate
in
any
county
having
a
popula
-
20
tion
of:
21
(a)
Less
than
twenty
thousand
(20,000),
two
hundred
dollars
($200)
per
22
annum;
23
(b)
Twenty
thousand
(20,000)
but
less
than
forty
thousand
(40,000),
24
three
hundred
dollars
($300)
per
annum;
and
25
(c)
Forty
thousand
(40,000)
or
more,
four
hundred
dollars
($400)
per
26
annum.
27
(7)
For
each
common
carrier
airline
for
sale
only
in
common
carrier
air
-
28
craft,
two
hundred
fifty
dollars
($250)
per
annum.
Such
license
shall
be
in
29
full,
and
in
lieu
of
all
other
licenses
herein
provided
for.
30
(8)
For
each
license
issued
to
the
owner,
operator,
or
lessee
of
a
31
restaurant
operated
on
an
airport,
as
described
in
section
23
-
903,
Idaho
32
Code,
situate
within
the
corporate
limits
of
a
city,
the
fee
shall
be
the
same
33
as
provided
in
paragraphs
(1)
through
(3),
inclusive,
of
this
section.
34
(9)
For
each
license
issued
to
the
owner,
operator,
or
lessee
of
a
35
restaurant
operated
on
an
airport,
as
described
in
section
23
-
903,
Idaho
36
Code,
situate
without
the
corporate
limits
of
a
city,
the
fee
shall
be
the
37
same
as
provided
in
paragraph
(6)
of
this
section.
Licenses
issued
under
and
38
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
this
act
shall
expire
at
1:00
o'clock
a.m.
on
39
the
first
day
of
January
of
the
following
year.
40
(10)
For
each
license
issued
to
an
owner
or
operator
of
a
year
-
round
41
resort
as
described
in
section
23
-
957,
Idaho
Code,
a
one
(1)
time
fee
of
42
twenty
-
five
thousand
dollars
($25,000),
with
a
subsequent
renewal
fee
of
43
three
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
($3,500)
per
annum.
For
each
license
44
issued
to
an
owner
or
operator
of
a
beverage,
lodging
or
dining
facility
45
within
the
premises
of
a
year
-
round
resort
as
described
in
section
23
-
957,
46
Idaho
Code,
a
one
(1)
time
fee
of
twenty
-
five
thousand
dollars
($25,000)
with
47
a
subsequent
renewal
fee
of
three
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
($3,500)
per
48
annum.
For
each
license
issued
to
a
lessee
of
a
beverage,
lodging
or
dining
49
3
facility
within
the
premises
of
the
year
-
round
resort
as
described
in
sec
-
1
tion
23
-
957,
Idaho
Code,
a
one
(1)
time
fee
of
twenty
-
five
thousand
dollars
2
($25,000)
with
a
subsequent
renewal
fee
of
three
thousand
five
hundred
dol
-
3
lars
($3,500)
per
annum.
4
(11)
For
each
license
issued
to
the
owner,
operator,
or
lessee
of
an
5
established
caterer,
as
described
in
section
23
-
903d,
Idaho
Code,
the
fee
6
shall
be
four
hundred
dollars
($400)
per
annum.
7
Provided
that
any
licensee
who
operates
for
only
a
portion
of
a
year
may
8
have
his
license
fee
prorated
from
the
date
he
commences
operation
to
the
end
9
of
the
calendar
year,
but
in
no
event
for
less
than
six
(6)
months.
10
In
the
event
a
licensee
who
was
previously
issued
a
license
on
a
prorated
1
1
basis
under
the
provisions
hereof
desires
to
have
such
license
renewed
for
12
the
same
period
for
the
next
succeeding
year,
he
shall
file
his
intention
to
13
so
apply
for
such
license
with
the
director,
accompanied
by
the
fee
required
14
for
the
issuance
of
such
license
on
or
before
December
31
of
the
year
preced
-
15
ing.
16
The
license
fees
herein
provided
for
are
exclusive
of
and
in
addition
to
17
other
license
fees
chargeable
in
the
state
of
Idaho.
18
The
basis
upon
which
respective
populations
of
municipalities
shall
be
19
determined
is
the
last
preceding
census
or
any
subsequent
special
census
20
conducted
by
the
United
States
bureau
of
the
census,
unless
a
direct
enumer
-
21
ation
of
the
inhabitants
thereof
be
made
by
the
state
of
Idaho,
in
which
case
22
such
later
direct
enumeration
shall
constitute
such
basis.
23
SECTION
3.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
24
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
25
July
1,
2026.
26