AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; exempting specified airports from liquor license limitations; authorizing a commercial service airport to retain its retail liquor license when contracting specified services; and providing for an effective date.
Enacted
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
Sponsor
Representative Walters
Last action
2022-03-15
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2022
Plain English Breakdown
The specific details about the number of licenses issued are based on population data, but exemptions apply specifically for commercial service airports.
Airport Liquor License Exemption
This law allows commercial service airports to retain their retail liquor licenses when contracting food and beverage services, exempting them from population-based limitations.
What This Bill Does
Exempts commercial service airports from restrictions on the number of retail liquor licenses based on population data in cities or towns.
Allows a commercial service airport to retain its retail liquor license when contracting for food and beverage services with another entity.
Who It Names or Affects
Commercial service airports
Entities providing food and beverage services at these airports
Terms To Know
commercial service airport
An airport that provides regular commercial flights for passengers.
retail liquor license
A permit allowing a business to sell alcoholic beverages to customers.
Limits and Unknowns
The law only applies to commercial service airports and does not affect other types of businesses or locations.
It is unclear how many airports will be affected by this change.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Plain English: The amendment allows commercial service airports with a retail liquor license to contract food and beverage services to other entities without losing their liquor license.
Adds language allowing commercial service airports to retain their retail liquor licenses when contracting out food and beverage services.
Inserts new subsection (m) into the bill text, detailing how airports can subcontract these services while keeping their liquor license.
The exact nature of 'specified services' is not defined in this amendment, which may cause some uncertainty about what types of contracts are covered.
Plain English: The amendment removes certain limitations on retail liquor licenses for commercial service airports located within cities and towns.
Removes the phrase 'outside of incorporated cities and towns' from the bill text, allowing airports in these areas to be considered under new rules.
Adds a new paragraph (iv) to subsection 12-4-201(d), which exempts commercial service airports located within incorporated cities or towns from existing retail liquor license number restrictions.
The amendment's text does not specify the exact conditions under which these exemptions apply, leaving some details unclear.
Standing Committee • Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivi
Adopted
Plain English: The amendment modifies the conditions under which additional liquor licenses can be granted to incorporated cities or towns based on their population.
Adds new provisions allowing for one additional liquor license for every 500 people in incorporated areas up to a population of 9,500.
Allows one additional liquor license for each full 3,000 people over the population of 9,500.
The amendment text does not specify how these changes will affect existing airports or their liquor licensing exemptions.
Bill History
2022-03-15LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 77
2022-03-15Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0038
2022-03-09Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0038
2022-03-09House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0038
2022-03-08LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0038
2022-03-08House
H Concur:Passed 44-14-2-0-0
2022-03-07House
H Received for Concurrence
2022-03-07Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 23-1-2-0-4
2022-03-04Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2022-03-03Senate
S COW:Passed
2022-03-03Senate
S Placed on General File
2022-03-03Senate
S07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 4-0-0-0-1
2022-03-01Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S07 - Corporations
2022-03-01Senate
S Received for Introduction
2022-02-28House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 44-15-1-0-0
2022-02-25House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2022-02-24House
H COW:Passed
2022-02-21House
H Placed on General File
2022-02-21House
H07 - Corporations:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-1-0-0-0
2022-02-16House
H Introduced and Referred to H07 - Corporations 41-18-1-0-0
2022-02-11House
H Received for Introduction
2022-02-02LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Official Summary Text
Bill Summary - 22LSO-0310
Bill No.:
HB0055
Effective:
7/1/2022 12:00:00 AM
LSO No.:
22LSO-0310
Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0038
Chapter No.:
77
Prime Sponsor:
Walters
Catch Title:
Liquor licenses-airport exemption.
Subject:
Exempts commercial service airports from retail liquor license limitations.
Summary/Major Elements:
Retail liquor licenses are generally limited to a certain number of available licenses based on population data, but this act exempts commercial service airports from any restrictions on the number of licenses that are available in incorporated cities or towns as well as any county location that is within five (5) miles of a city or town limit.
This act allows a commercial service airport to contract for food and beverage services without requiring the airport to transfer its retail liquor license.
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
22LSO-0310
ORIGINAL House
ENGROSSED
Bill No
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HB0055
ENROLLED ACT NO. 38,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2022 Budget Session
AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; exempting specified airports from liquor license limitations; authorizing a commercial service airport to retain its retail liquor license when contracting specified services; 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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201(d)(ii), (iii) and by creating a new paragraph (iv), (f)(ii) and by creating a new subsection (m) is amended to read:
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201.
Retail liquor licenses and malt beverage permits; population formulas; fees.
(d)
The number of retail liquor licenses issued shall be based on the following population formula:
(ii)
Not more than one (1) additional license for each additional five hundred (500) population or major fraction thereof in incorporated cities or towns up to a population of nine thousand five hundred (9,500);
and
(iii)
Not more than one (1) additional license for each additional full three thousand (3,000) population over nine thousand five hundred (9,500)
;
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and
(iv)
Retail liquor licenses issued to commercial service airports in incorporated cities or towns shall be exempt from the number restrictions in paragraphs (i) through (iii) of this subsection.
(f)
Retail liquor licenses and malt beverage permits may be granted by the county commissioners as the appropriate licensing authority in a county outside of incorporated cities and towns as follows:
(ii)
No more than three (3) retail liquor licenses issued for locations within five (5) miles of the corporate limits of a city or town
.
Retail liquor licenses issued to commercial service airports in a county shall be exempt from this paragraph
; and
(m)
A commercial service airport holding a retail liquor license may contract for or otherwise subcontract any food and beverage services provided at the airport to another individual or entity without transferring the retail liquor license held by the airport under this section.
Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2022
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(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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