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HB0111 • 2015

Resort liquor licenses.

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; amending the requirements for obtaining a resort retail liquor license; specifying the permissible use of resort retail liquor licenses; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Petroff
Last action
2015-02-25
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2015

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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HB0111HS001

Standing Committee • HTravel

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by HTravel

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Bill History

  1. 2015-02-25 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2015-02-25 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA No. 0038

  3. 2015-02-23 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0038

  4. 2015-02-20 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0038

  5. 2015-02-20 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA No. 0038

  6. 2015-02-20 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 25-4-1-0-0

  7. 2015-02-19 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2015-02-18 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  9. 2015-02-17 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  10. 2015-02-17 Senate

    Revenue:Recommend Do Pass 4-1-0-0-0

  11. 2015-02-09 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S03 - Revenue

  12. 2015-01-29 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2015-01-27 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 59-1-0-0-0

  14. 2015-01-26 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  15. 2015-01-23 House

    H COW:Passed

  16. 2015-01-23 House

    Amendment Adopted

  17. 2015-01-21 House

    H Placed on General File

  18. 2015-01-21 House

    Travel:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

  19. 2015-01-20 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H06 - Travel

  20. 2015-01-16 House

    H Received for Introduction

  21. 2015-01-14 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
HB0111
Effective
:
7/1/2015

LSO No.:
15LSO-0206

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA 38

Chapter No.:
49

Prime Sponsor:
Petroff

Catch Title:
Resort liquor licenses.

Subject:
Resort retail liquor license regulation.

Summary/Major Elements:

Under current law, to qualify for a resort retail liquor license, a resort complex must, in
addition to other requirements:

1)
have
motel or hotel accommodations with a minimum of 100 rooms
, or 2) be a ski resort facility in which the applicant committed or expended
$10
million or more.

This bill
ex
pands the type of
accommodations a
n eligible
resort complex may have
beyond “
motel or hotel accommodations
”
to include
privately owned condominium
s, town houses or home accommodations approved for short-term occupancy with a minimum of 100 rooms.

This bill provides a resort liquor licensee may contract with a person to provide food and beverages on licensed premises without needing to transfer the resort liquor license to that person.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0111

ENROLLED ACT NO.

38
,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2015 General Session

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; amending the requirements for obtaining a resort retail liquor license; specifying the permissible use of resort retail liquor licenses; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S.
12
‑
4
‑
103(
a)(iii),
12
‑
4
‑
401
(a), (b)(iii)
(intro)
and by creating new paragraph (iv)

and
12
‑
4
‑
403(b)
are amended to read:

12
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4
‑
103
.

Restrictions upon license or permit applicants and holders; license limitation per person
.

(a)

A license or permit authorized by this title shall not be held by, issued or transferred to:

(iii)

Any person who does not own the building in which the sales room is located or hold a written lease for the period for which the license will be effective containing an agreement by the lessor that alcoholic or malt beverages may be sold upon the leased premises, except as provided by paragraph (iv) of this subsection
. This paragraph shall not be interpreted to prevent the use of a resort liquor license
by a contractor or subcontractor

as permitted by
W.S.
12
‑
4
‑
403(
b)
;

12
‑
4
‑
401
.

Resort retail liquor licenses; authorized; qualifications; provision for licenses issued prior to January 1, 1980
.

(a)

The appropriate licensing authority in a county, city or town may issue resort retail liquor licenses to applicants who are owners or lessees of a resort complex
meeting
where the resort complex satisfies
the
qualification
s
requirements
of subsection (b)

of this section.

(b)

To qualify for a resort retail liquor license, the appropriate licensing authority shall require the resort complex to:

(iii)

Include
either:

motel, hotel or privately owned condominium, town house or home accommodations approved for short term occupancy with a minimum of one hundred (100) sleeping rooms
; or

(iv)

Without being required to meet the standards of paragraph (iii) of this subsection, be a ski resort facility open to the general public in which the applicant shall have committed or expended on the facility not less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000.00).

12
‑
4
‑
403
.

Population formula not applicable; transfer
.

(b)

No resort liquor license may be transferred to another location. License ownership may be transferred to a purchaser or licensee of the licensed premises with the approval of the licensing authority.
No transfer of a resort liquor license shall be required where the license is used by a person with whom the licensee has contracted or subcontracted for the provision of food and beverage services on the licensed premises. However, the resort liquor
licensee
shall remain subject to all applicable laws, rules, regulations and penalties including the provisions of W.S. 12
‑
2
‑
306 and
12
‑
7
‑
103.

Section 2
.

W.S. 12
‑
4
‑
401(
b)(iii)(A) and (B) is
repealed.

Sectio
n 3
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(END)

Speaker of the
House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief Clerk

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