§ 32B-6-805 — Specific operational requirements for a reception center license.

Utah § 32B-6-805

• Jurisdiction: Utah
• Title 32B: Alcoholic Beverage Control Act
• Ch. 32B-6: Specific Retail License Act
• Part 32B-6-8: Reception Center License

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(1) (1)(a) In addition to complying with Chapter 5, Part 3, Retail Licensee Operational Requirements, a reception center licensee and staff of the reception center licensee shall comply with this section.
(1)(b) Failure to comply as provided in Subsection (1)(a) may result in disciplinary action in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and Enforcement Act, against:
(1)(b)(i) a reception center licensee;
(1)(b)(ii) individual staff of a reception center licensee; or
(1)(b)(iii) both a reception center licensee and staff of the reception center licensee.
(2) In addition to complying with Section 32B-5-303, a reception center licensee shall store an alcoholic product in a storage area described in Subsection (14)(a).
(3) (3)(a) For the purpose described in Subsection (3)(b), a reception center licensee shall provide the following with advance notice of a scheduled event in accordance with rules made by the commission:
(3)(a)(i) the department; and
(3)(a)(ii) the local law enforcement agency responsible for the enforcement of this title in the jurisdiction where the reception center is located.
(3)(b) Any of the following may conduct a random inspection of an event:
(3)(b)(i) an authorized representative of the commission or the department; or
(3)(b)(ii) a law enforcement officer.
(4) (4)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, a reception center licensee may sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product at an event only for consumption at the reception center's licensed premises.
(4)(b) A host of an event, a patron, or a person other than the reception center licensee or staff of the reception center licensee, may not remove an alcoholic product from the reception center's licensed premises.
(4)(c) Notwithstanding Section 32B-5-307, a patron at an event may not bring an alcoholic product into or onto, or remove an alcoholic product from, the reception center.
(5) (5)(a) A reception center licensee may not leave an unsold alcoholic product at an event following the conclusion of the event.
(5)(b) At the conclusion of an event, a reception center licensee shall:
(5)(b)(i) destroy an opened and unused alcoholic product that is not saleable, under conditions established by the department; and
(5)(b)(ii) return to the reception center licensee's approved locked storage area any:

(5)(b)(ii)(A) opened and unused alcoholic product that is saleable; and
(5)(b)(ii)(B) unopened container of an alcoholic product.
(5)(c) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(b) with regard to an open or sealed container of an alcoholic product not sold or consumed at an event, a reception center licensee:
(5)(c)(i) shall store the alcoholic product in accordance with Subsection (2); and
(5)(c)(ii) may use the alcoholic product at more than one event.
(6) Notwithstanding Section 32B-5-308, a reception center licensee may not employ a minor in connection with an event at the reception center at which food is not made available.
(7) A person's willingness to serve an alcoholic product may not be made a condition of employment as a server with a reception center licensee.
(8) A reception center licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product at the licensed premises on any day during the period that:

(8)(a) begins at 1 a.m.; and
(8)(b) ends at 9:59 a.m.
(9) A reception center licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product at an event at which a minor is present unless the reception center licensee makes food available at all times when an alcoholic product is sold, offered for sale, furnished, or consumed during the event.
(10) (10)(a) Subject to the other provisions of this Subsection (10), a patron may not have more than two alcoholic products of any kind at a time before the patron.
(10)(b) An individual portion of wine is considered to be one alcoholic product under Subsection (10)(a).
(11) (11)(a) A reception center licensee shall supervise and direct a person involved in the sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product.
(11)(b) A person involved in the sale, offer for sale, or furnishing of an alcoholic product shall complete an alcohol training and education seminar.
(12) A staff person of a reception center licensee shall remain at an event at all times when an alcoholic product is sold, offered for sale, furnished, or consumed at the event.
(13) A reception center licensee may not sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product to a patron, and a patron may not consume an alcoholic product at a bar structure.
(14) Except as provided in Subsection (15), a reception center licensee may dispense an alcoholic product only if:

(14)(a) the alcoholic product is dispensed from an area that is:
(14)(a)(i) separated from an area for the consumption of food by a patron by a solid, translucent, permanent structural barrier such that the facilities for the storage or dispensing of an alcoholic product are:

(14)(a)(i)(A) not readily visible to a patron; and
(14)(a)(i)(B) not accessible by a patron; and
(14)(a)(ii) apart from an area used:

(14)(a)(ii)(A) for staging; or
(14)(a)(ii)(B) as a lobby or waiting area;
(14)(b) the reception center licensee uses an alcoholic product that is:
(14)(b)(i) stored in an area described in Subsection (14)(a); or
(14)(b)(ii) in an area not described in Subsection (14)(a) on the licensed premises and:

(14)(b)(ii)(A) immediately before the alcoholic product is dispensed it is in an unopened container;
(14)(b)(ii)(B) the unopened container is taken to an area described in Subsection (14)(a) before it is opened; and
(14)(b)(ii)(C) once opened, the container is stored in an area described in Subsection (14)(a); and
(14)(c) any instrument or equipment used to dispense an alcoholic product is located in an area described in Subsection (14)(a).
(15) A reception center licensee may dispense an alcoholic product from a mobile serving area that:

(15)(a) is moved only by staff of the reception center licensee;
(15)(b) is capable of being moved by only one individual; and
(15)(c) is no larger than 6 feet long and 30 inches wide.
(16) (16)(a) A reception center licensee may not have an event on the licensed premises unless the event:
(16)(a)(i) is pursuant to a contract between a third party host of the event and the reception center licensee under which the reception center licensee provides an alcoholic product sold, offered for sale, or furnished at an event; or
(16)(a)(ii) is a private event.
(16)(b) At an event, a reception center licensee may furnish an alcoholic product:
(16)(b)(i) without charge to a patron, except that the third party host of the event shall pay for an alcoholic product furnished at the event; or
(16)(b)(ii) with a charge to a patron at the event.
(16)(c) The commission may by rule define what constitutes a "third-party host" for purposes of this Subsection (16) so that a reception center licensee and the third-party host are not owned by or operated by the same persons, except that the rule shall permit a reception center licensee to host an event for an immediate family member of the reception center licensee.
(17) A reception center licensee shall have culinary facilities that are:

(17)(a) adequate to prepare a full meal; and
(17)(b) (17)(b)(i) located on the licensed premises; or
(17)(b)(ii) under the same control as the reception center licensee.
(18) (18)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (18)(b), a reception center licensee may not operate an event:
(18)(a)(i) that is open to the general public; and
(18)(a)(ii) at which an alcoholic product is sold or offered for sale.
(18)(b) A reception center licensee may operate an event described in Subsection (18)(a) if the event is hosted:
(18)(b)(i) at the reception center no more frequently than once a calendar year; and
(18)(b)(ii) by a nonprofit organization that is organized and qualified under Section 501(c), Internal Revenue Code.

Legislative History

Amended by Chapter 219, 2020 General Session