§ 44-3-419 — Arts license - definition

Colorado § 44-3-419

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 44: Revenue -
• Art.: Alcohol Beverages

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(1) (a) An arts license may be issued to
any nonprofit arts organization that sponsors and presents productions or
performances of an artistic or cultural nature, and the arts license permits the
licensee to sell alcohol beverages only to patrons of the productions or
performances for consumption on the licensed premises in connection with the
productions or performances. A licensee may place limited advertising of the
availability of alcohol beverages for sale on the licensed premises while an artistic
or cultural production or performance is taking place and may include the limited
advertising in email, print, radio, television, and social media marketing about the
production or performance, but the availability of alcohol beverages must not be
the primary focus of the advertisement.

(b) An arts license may be issued to any municipality owning arts facilities at
which productions or performances of an artistic or cultural nature are presented,
in the same manner as provided for in subsection (1)(a) of this section and subject to
the same restrictions.

(2) Any provision of this article 3 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
proximity of premises licensed pursuant to this section to any public or parochial
school or the principal campus of a college, university, or seminary shall not, in and
of itself, affect the granting or denial of such license by the state and the local
licensing authority, but a public or parochial school shall not contain a licensed
premises. The campus of a college, university, or seminary may contain a licensed
premises.

(3) As used in this section, nonprofit arts organization means only an
organization subject to the provisions of articles 121 to 137 of title 7 and held to be
tax-exempt by the federal internal revenue service.

(4) (a) Every person selling alcohol beverages as provided in this section
shall purchase the alcohol beverages only from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to
this article 3; except that, during a calendar year, a person selling alcohol
beverages as provided in this section may purchase not more than seven thousand
dollars' worth of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors from retailers licensed
pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-104 (1)(c). On January 1, 2025,
and each January 1 thereafter, the state licensing authority shall adjust the
purchase limitation specified in this subsection (4)(a) for inflation and shall publish
the adjusted purchase limitation amount on the liquor enforcement division's
website.

(b) An arts licensee shall retain evidence of each purchase of malt, vinous, or
spirituous liquors from a retailer licensed pursuant to section 44-3-409, 44-3-410,
or 44-4-104 (1)(c), in the form of a purchase receipt showing the name of the
licensed retailer, the date of purchase, a description of the alcohol beverages
purchased, and the price paid for the alcohol beverages. The licensee shall retain
the receipt and make it available to the state and local licensing authorities at all
times during business hours.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 18-1025), ch. 152, p. 1022, � 2, effective October 1. L. 2019: (4) amended, (SB 19-011), ch. 1, p. 12, � 18, effective January 31. L. 2024: (1)(a) and (4)(a) amended, (SB 24-231), ch. 205, p. 1260, � 21, effective August 7.