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(a)Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
principal place in which alcoholic liquor and malt beverages are
sold under a license shall be located in the licensed building
for which the license is issued and as approved by the licensing
authority. Alcoholic beverages may be served only in the
licensed building and in an immediately adjacent fenced or
enclosed area as approved by the local licensing authority.
This adjacent area shall not be in another building. The
licensing authority shall, as often as necessary, inspect the
licensed building and adjacent areas where alcoholic beverages
are served to insure that the licensee is in compliance with
sanitation and fire hazard requirements and other applicable
laws.
(b)Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 63, § 2.
(c)Repealed by Laws 2017,
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
principal place in which alcoholic liquor and malt beverages are
sold under a license shall be located in the licensed building
for which the license is issued and as approved by the licensing
authority. Alcoholic beverages may be served only in the
licensed building and in an immediately adjacent fenced or
enclosed area as approved by the local licensing authority.
This adjacent area shall not be in another building. The
licensing authority shall, as often as necessary, inspect the
licensed building and adjacent areas where alcoholic beverages
are served to insure that the licensee is in compliance with
sanitation and fire hazard requirements and other applicable
laws.
(b) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 63, § 2.
(c) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 63, § 2.
(d) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 63, § 2.
(e) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a
licensee who holds a license other than a club license issued
under W.S. 12-4-301 or restaurant license issued under W.S.
12-4-407, and who is engaged in a business operation with motel
or hotel sleeping room accommodations at the same premises may
sell alcoholic liquor and malt beverages in sealed containers
from a minibar located in any sleeping room of the licensee's
motel or hotel operation occupied by a registered guest
twenty-one (21) years of age or older. Sales under this
subsection shall be only to registered guests age twenty-one
(21) years or more, are not subject to hours of operation set
pursuant to W.S. 12-5-101 and shall be only for consumption
within the motel or hotel sleeping room premises occupied by the
guest. Restrictions imposed upon minors under W.S. 12-6-101
apply to sales authorized under this subsection. The price
imposed upon alcoholic liquor, malt beverages and all other
items available for sale from the minibar shall be clearly
posted. A minibar used for purposes of this subsection shall be
a closed container, refrigerated or nonrefrigerated, access to
the interior of which is restricted by means of a locking device
requiring the use of a key, magnetic card or similar device.
The appropriate licensing authority may impose additional
reasonable restrictions on the operation of a minibar licensed
under this subsection.
(f) A holder of a resort hotel liquor license, a resort
retail liquor license, a golf club that holds a retail liquor
license, a restaurant liquor license or a club limited retail
liquor license or a holder of a retail liquor license or
restaurant liquor license operating on a guest ranch may
dispense alcoholic beverages from any location within the
boundaries of the licensee's premises. Any holder of a resort
hotel liquor license may sell an unopened bottle of liquor or
wine to a registered guest not less than twenty-one (21) years
of age for consumption on the holder's premises. The premises
shall be a single property within a contiguous boundary upon
which the licensee is located and which shall be identified in
the license. Any location on the premises where alcoholic
beverages are dispensed as approved by the licensing authority
shall comply with applicable sanitation and fire hazard
requirements and other applicable laws. The licensing authority
shall, as often as necessary, inspect the licensed location
where alcoholic beverages are dispensed to ensure that the
licensee is in compliance with sanitation and fire hazard
requirements.
(g) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 22, § 3.
(h) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 22, § 3.
(j) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 22, § 3.
(k) A licensing authority may authorize a licensee holding
a retail liquor license issued under W.S. 12-4-201 to hold an
event in the licensed building at which persons under the age of
twenty-one (21) are permitted if:
(i) No alcoholic liquor or malt beverages are sold,
served, consumed or possessed by any person attending the event;
(ii) No alcoholic liquor or malt beverages are
accessible to persons attending the event;
(iii) The licensee otherwise complies with any
additional conditions which may be imposed by rule and
regulation of the appropriate licensing authority, including
revocation of the authorization to hold the youth event.
(m) Nothing under this act shall prohibit more than one
(1) liquor license holder to operate within the same building
provided that each licensee maintains distinct areas within the
building.