1998 Legislation
Print Friendly

HOUSE BILL NO. 473 – Alcoholic beverage catering permit

HOUSE BILL NO. 473

View Daily Data Tracking History

View Bill Text

View Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



Text to be added within a bill has been marked with Bold and
Underline. Text to be removed has been marked with
Strikethrough and Italic. How these codes are actually displayed will
vary based on the browser software you are using.

This sentence is marked with bold and underline to show added text.

This sentence is marked with strikethrough and italic, indicating
text to be removed.

Daily Data Tracking History



H0473...........................................................by HORNBECK
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CATERING PERMIT - Amends existing law to authorize beer
and wine licensees to obtain an alcoholic beverage catering permit and
serve the beverage for which they are licensed at catered events and to
remove the director of the Department of Law Enforcement from the liquor
catering permit process.

01/13    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/14    Rpt prt - to St Aff
02/06    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/09    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/11    3rd rdg - PASSED - 48-19-3
      AYES -- Alltus, Barrett, Bieter, Bivens, Boe, Campbell, Chase, Clark,
      Crane, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner,
      Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9),
      Jones(22), Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kjellander, Kunz,
      Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Newcomb, Pischner, Reynolds,
      Ridinger, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Stoicheff, Stone, Tilman, Watson,
      Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- Barraclough, Bell, Black(15), Black(23), Bruneel, Callister,
      Ellsworth, Geddes, Kendell, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mortensen,
      Richman, Stevenson, Stubbs, Taylor, Tippets, Wheeler
      Absent and excused -- Pomeroy, Trail, Wood
    Floor Sponsor - Hornbeck
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/12    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff

Bill Text


H0473


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 473

                                       BY HORNBECK

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO LIQUOR CATERING PERMITS; AMENDING SECTION 23-902, IDAHO  CODE,  TO
 3        DEFINE  ADDITIONAL  TERMS AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SEC-
 4        TION 23-934A, IDAHO CODE, TO AUTHORIZE ISSUANCE OF AN  ALCOHOLIC  BEVERAGE
 5        CATERING  PERMIT TO ALCOHOL, BEER AND WINE LICENSEES TO SERVE THE BEVERAGE
 6        FOR WHICH THEY ARE LICENSED AT CATERED EVENTS; AMENDING  SECTION  23-934B,
 7        IDAHO CODE, TO ELIMINATE THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
 8        FROM THE APPROVAL PROCESS IN ISSUANCE OF LIQUOR CATERING PERMITS; AMENDING
 9        SECTION  23-934C,  IDAHO CODE, TO APPLY REGULATORY AND PENAL PROVISIONS TO
10        ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CATERING PERMITTEES AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION;
11        AND AMENDING SECTION 23-944, IDAHO CODE, TO AUTHORIZE MINORS ON THE  PREM-
12        ISE  OF  AN  EVENT  WHERE  BEVERAGES  ARE  SERVED BY AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
13        CATERING PERMITTEE AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

14    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

15        SECTION 1.  That Section 23-902, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
16    amended to read as follows:

17        23-902.  DEFINITIONS. The following words and phrases used in this chapter
18    shall be given the following interpretation:
19          a.  "Director" means the director of the department of law enforce-
20    ment of the state of Idaho.
21        b.  "State liquor store" means a liquor store or  distributor  established
22    under  and  pursuant to the laws of the state of Idaho for the package sale of
23    liquor at retail.
24        c.  "License" means a license issued by the director to a  qualified  per-
25    son,  under  which  it  shall  be lawful for the licensee to sell and dispense
26    liquor by the drink at retail, as provided by law.
27        d.  "Municipal license" means a license issued by a  municipality  of  the
28    state of Idaho under the provisions of law.
29        e.  "Licensee" means the person to whom a license is issued under the pro-
30    visions of law.
31        f.  "Person"  means  every individual, partnership, corporation, organiza-
32    tion, or association holding a retail liquor license, whether  conducting  the
33    business singularly or collectively.
34        g.  "Liquor" means all kinds of liquor sold by and in a state liquor store
35    of the state of Idaho.
36        h.  "Interdicted person" means a person to whom the sale of liquor is pro-
37    hibited under law.
38        i.  "Rules and regulations" means rules and regulations promulgated by the
39    director in accordance with the provisions of law.
40        j.  "Gaming"  means  any  and  all  gambling or games of chance defined in
41    chapters 38 and 49, title 18, Idaho Code, or any section or sections  thereof,
42    whether those games are licensed or unlicensed.
43        k.  "Premises" means the building and contiguous property owned, or leased


                                          2

 1    or used under a government permit by a licensee as part of the business estab-
 2    lishment in the business of sale of liquor by the drink at retail, which prop-
 3    erty  is  improved  to  include decks, docks, boardwalks, lawns, gardens, golf
 4    courses, ski resorts, courtyards, patios, poolside areas or  similar  improved
 5    appurtenances in which the sale of liquor by the drink at retail is authorized
 6    under the provisions of law. 
 7          (  l .  )    "Club" includes any of the
 8    following organizations where the sale of spirituous liquor for consumption on
 9    the premises is made to members and to bona fide guests of members only:
10        ( l  a )  A post, chapter, camp or other local  unit
11        composed solely of veterans and their duly recognized auxiliary, and which
12        is  a  post, chapter, camp or other local unit composed solely of veterans
13        which has been chartered by the Congress of the United States  for  patri-
14        otic,  fraternal or benevolent purposes, and which has, as the owner, les-
15        see or occupant, operated an establishment for that purpose in this state;
16        or
17        ( 2  b )  A chapter, aerie, parlor, lodge  or  other
18        local  unit  of  an American national fraternal organization, which has as
19        the owner, lessee or occupant, operated  an  establishment  for  fraternal
20        purposes  in  this state and actively operates in not less than thirty-six
21        (36) states or has been in continuous existence for not less  than  twenty
22        (20)  years;  and  which has not less than fifty (50) bona fide members in
23        each unit, and which owns, maintains or operates  club  quarters,  and  is
24        authorized  and incorporated to operate as a nonprofit club under the laws
25        of this state, and which has recognized tax exempt  status  under  section
26        501(c)(8) or 501(c)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code, and has been contin-
27        uously  incorporated  and  operating for a period of not less than one (1)
28        year. The club shall have had during that period of one (1) year,  a  bona
29        fide  membership with regular meetings conducted at least once each month,
30        and the membership shall be and shall have been actively engaged in carry-
31        ing out the objects of the club. The club membership shall consist of bona
32        fide dues paying members, recorded by the secretary of the club, paying at
33        least six dollars ($6.00) per year in dues, payable monthly, quarterly  or
34        annually;  and  the  members at the time of application for a club license
35        shall be in good standing, having paid dues for  at  least  one  (1)  full
36        year.
37          (2)  "Convention"  means  a  formal meeting of members, representa-
38    tives, or delegates, as of a political party, fraternal society, profession or
39    industry.
40        (3)  "Director" means the director of the department of law enforcement of
41    the state of Idaho.
42        (4)  "Gaming" means any and all gambling or games  of  chance  defined  in
43    chapters  38 and 49, title 18, Idaho Code, or any section or sections thereof,
44    whether those games are licensed or unlicensed.
45        (5)  "Interdicted person" means a person to whom the  sale  of  liquor  is
46    prohibited under law.
47        (6)  "License"  means a license issued by the director to a qualified per-
48    son, under which it shall be lawful for the  licensee  to  sell  and  dispense
49    liquor by the drink at retail, as provided by law.
50        (7)  "Licensee"  means  the  person  to whom a license is issued under the
51    provisions of law.
52        (8)  "Liquor" means all kinds of liquor sold by  and  in  a  state  liquor
53    store of the state of Idaho.
54        (9)  "Municipal  license"  means a license issued by a municipality of the
55    state of Idaho under the provisions of law.


                                          3

 1        (10) "Party" means a social gathering especially for pleasure or amusement
 2    and includes, but is not limited to, such social events  as  weddings,  birth-
 3    days,  and special holiday celebrations to include, but not be limited to, New
 4    Year's celebrations, Super Bowl Sunday, St. Patrick's Day, the Fourth of  July
 5    and Labor Day.
 6        (11) "Person"  means every individual, partnership, corporation, organiza-
 7    tion, or association holding a retail liquor license, whether  conducting  the
 8    business singularly or collectively.
 9        (12) "Premises"  means  the  building  and  contiguous  property owned, or
10    leased or used under a government permit by a licensee as part of the business
11    establishment in the business of sale of liquor by the drink at retail,  which
12    property is improved to include decks, docks, boardwalks, lawns, gardens, golf
13    courses,  ski  resorts, courtyards, patios, poolside areas or similar improved
14    appurtenances in which the sale of liquor by the drink at retail is authorized
15    under the provisions of law.
16        (13) "Rules" means rules promulgated by the director  in  accordance  with
17    the provisions of law.
18        (14) "State  liquor store" means a liquor store or distributor established
19    under and pursuant to the laws of the state of Idaho for the package  sale  of
20    liquor at retail. 

21        SECTION  2.  That  Section 23-934A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
22    amended to read as follows:

23        23-934A.   LIQUOR    ALCOHOLIC  BEVERAGE    CATERING
24    PERMIT -- APPLICATION.  Any person holding an Idaho retail liquor license
25    may  serve  and  sell liquor retail by the drink at a party or convention, and
26    not to exceed three (3) consecutive days, upon obtaining a liquor  
27    An alcoholic beverage  catering permit  is a permit issued pursuant
28    to this section which authorizes the permittee to serve and sell liquor retail
29    by the drink, beer and wine or beer or wine, at a party or convention, and not
30    to exceed three (3) consecutive days. An alcoholic  beverage  catering  permit
31    shall  be limited to authorization to sell liquor or beer or wine, or any com-
32    bination thereof, based upon the type of license which the applicant possesses
33    . Applications for such permit shall be made to the  city  within  which
34    the liquor , beer or wine  is to be served, or if not within a city
35    then  to  the  county, on such form as prescribed by the  director 
36     city or county  which shall contain  at a  minimum,  but  not
37    limited to,  the following information:
38        1.  The  name  and  address  of  the applicant and the number of his state
39    liquor , beer or wine  license.
40        2.  The dates and hours during which the permit is to be effective, not to
41    exceed three (3) consecutive days.
42        3.  The names of the organizations,  groups,  or  persons  sponsoring  the
43    event.
44        4.  The  address  at  which the liquor , beer or wine  is to be
45    served, and if a public building, the rooms in which the liquor , beer or
46    wine  is to be served.
47        The application shall be verified by the  applicant  and  filed  with  the
48    appropriate  governing  body  or  its  designee. A filing fee in the amount of
49    twenty dollars ($20.00) for each day the permit is to be  effective  shall  be
50    paid  to the treasury of the governing body which shall not be refunded in any
51    event. Any  alcoholic beverage  catering permit shall be valid only
52    within the issuing jurisdiction.


                                          4

 1        SECTION 3.  That Section 23-934B, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 2    amended to read as follows:

 3        23-934B.  FILING OF APPLICATION -- APPROVAL  -- DISAPPROVAL BY DIREC-
 4    TOR  . Upon the filing of an application for  a liquor  
 5    an alcoholic beverage  catering permit, the city council or  its  desig-
 6    nee,  or  county commissioners receiving the application shall upon the advice
 7    and recommendation of the chief of police or sheriff,  approve  or  disapprove
 8    the  application and indicate the determination on the face of the application
 9    by indorsement signed by the clerk of the city or county. Copies of the appli-
10    cation with signed indorsements thereon shall be mailed or  delivered  immedi-
11    ately  to  the  chief  of police or sheriff , the director  and the
12    applicant, and a signed copy retained by the clerk. An application approved in
13    this manner shall constitute  a  n  alcoholic  beverage  catering  
14    permit  ,  unless  disapproved  by the director by notice served upon the
15    applicant for the retail sale of liquor by the drink, beer and  wine  for  the
16    period authorized by the permit .

17        SECTION  4.  That  Section 23-934C, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
18    amended to read as follows:

19        23-934C.  REGULATORY AND PENALTY PROVISIONS APPLICABLE. All of the regula-
20    tory and penal provisions of  chapter 9 of  title 23,  Idaho  Code,
21    shall  apply  to  the exercise of  liquor   alcoholic beverage
22     catering permits,  including  the  penalties  for  violations  thereof,
23    except  such  provisions  declared  to  be inapplicable to  liquor 
24     alcoholic beverage  catering permits by   regulations  
25      rules    prescribed by the director of law enforcement; provided,
26    however, the director shall have no power to declare inapplicable any  of  the
27    provisions of section 23-927, Idaho Code.

28        SECTION  5.  That  Section  23-944, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
29    amended to read as follows:

30        23-944.  EXCEPTIONS FROM RESTRICTION ON ENTERING OR  REMAINING.  It  shall
31    not  be  unlawful  for,  nor shall section 23-943, Idaho Code, be construed to
32    restrict, any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years from  entering  or
33    being:
34        (a)  upon  the  premises  of  any restaurant, as herein defined, or in any
35    railroad observation or club car or any airplane of a commercial airline, not-
36    withstanding that such premises may also be licensed for the sale of liquor by
37    the drink or for the sale of beer for consumption  on  the  premises  or  that
38    alcoholic  beverages,  or  beer, or both, are prepared, mixed or dispensed and
39    served and consumed therein.
40        (b)  in any building, a part or portions of which is used as a  place,  as
41    herein  defined,  provided  such  place  is  separated or partitioned from the
42    remainder of said building and access to  such  place  through  a  doorway  or
43    doorways  or other means of ingress can be controlled to prevent persons under
44    the ages specified with respect thereto in section 23-943,  Idaho  Code,  from
45    entering therein.
46        (c)  in  any  baseball  park, sports arena or fairgrounds, notwithstanding
47    that such premises or any portion thereof may be licensed for the sale of beer
48    for consumption on the premises or that beer is dispensed and served and  con-
49    sumed therein.
50        (d)  upon  the  premises  of any licensed winery notwithstanding that such


                                          5

 1    premise or any portion thereof may also be licensed for the sale  of  beer  or
 2    wine  for  consumption  on the premise s  or that wine is dispensed
 3    and served and consumed therein.
 4        (e)  upon the licensed premises of a wine retailer, wholly owned and oper-
 5    ated by a licensed winery which retails exclusively the products of that  win-
 6    ery.
 7          (f)  at  a  location,  other  than a liquor, beer, or wine licensed
 8    premises, authorized to serve alcoholic beverages under a valid alcoholic bev-
 9    erage catering permit. 

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


    





                         STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
      RS07391
    
    This legislation would allow beer and wine licensees to cater 
    beer and wine at events serving beer and wine under the same 
    conditions as liquor licensees are allowed to cater liquor at 
    events.
    
    FISCAL NOTE
    
    None .
    
    Contact: Representative Twila Hornbeck
             332-1000
    
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE
    
             Bill No    H 473