Restaurant liquor licenses.

WORKING DRAFT
2006
STATE OF
WYOMING
06LSO-0082

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0006

Restaurant liquor licenses.

Sponsored by:
Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; providing for restaurant liquor licenses as specified; regulating the sale of alcoholic beverages under a restaurant liquor license as specified; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.
W.S. 12
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410(b) is amended to read:

12
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410.

Sale
of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption prohibited; location, regulation and restrictions on dispensing of liquor; prohibiting certain activities.

(b)

Alcoholic and malt beverages shall be dispensed and prepared for consumption in one (1) room upon the licensed premises separated from the dining area in which alcoholic and malt beverages may be served and in the case of a golf course upon which a restaurant liquor license is operational or in the case of a guest ranch upon which a retail or restaurant liquor license is operational, at dispensing areas on the premises of the golf course or guest ranch as permitted by the licensing authority. No consumption of alcoholic or malt beverages shall be permitted within the dispensing room, nor shall any person other than employees over eighteen (18) years of age be permitted to enter the dispensing room. If a restaurant has a dispensing room separate from the dining area which is licensed prior to February 1, 1979 for purposes of alcoholic or malt beverage sales and consumption, the restaurant may dispense alcoholic or malt beverages in the separate dispensing room under a restaurant liquor license, and any person over eighteen (18) years of age is permitted to enter the separate dispensing room.
A restaurant liquor licensee may provide for a separate dining or waiting area on the premises in which alcohol and malt beverages may be dispensed that is separate from the main dining area. The separate dining or waiting area in which alcohol and malt beverages are dispensed shall not be considered the dispensing room for purposes of the restaurant liquor license, but the provisions of W.S. 12
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203 shall apply to the separate dining or waiting area.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2006.

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