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HOUSE BILL NO. 775 – Liquor license, outside city limits

HOUSE BILL NO. 775

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H0775......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
LIQUOR LICENSE - Amends existing law to provide, where county ordinance
permits, that a liquor license may be issued to the owner, operator or
lessee of an establishment that is at least five miles outside the nearest
city limits, has had an active beer and wine license continuously for the
preceding ten years, is in the food, beverage, recreation or tourism
industry and serves at least two meals per day to the general public; and
to provide that such license shall not be transferrable except to the
heirs, spouse or children of the owner, operator or lessee.

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H0775


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

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 775

                                BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO RETAIL SALE OF LIQUOR BY THE DRINK; AMENDING SECTION 23-903, IDAHO
 3        CODE, TO PROVIDE WHERE COUNTY ORDINANCE PERMITS, A LIQUOR LICENSE  MAY  BE
 4        ISSUED  TO  THE  OWNER,  OPERATOR OR LESSEE OF AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT IS AT
 5        LEAST FIVE MILES OUTSIDE THE NEAREST CITY LIMITS, THAT HAS HAD  AN  ACTIVE
 6        BEER AND WINE LICENSE CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE PRECEDING TEN YEARS, THAT IS IN
 7        THE  FOOD,  BEVERAGE,  RECREATION  OR  TOURISM INDUSTRY AND THAT SERVES AT
 8        LEAST TWO MEALS A DAY TO THE GENERAL  PUBLIC  AND  TO  PROVIDE  THAT  SUCH
 9        LICENSE  SHALL NOT BE TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT TO THE HEIRS, SPOUSE OR CHILDREN
10        OF THE OWNER, OPERATOR OR LESSEE.

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

12        SECTION 1.  That Section 23-903, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
13    amended to read as follows:

14        23-903.  LICENSE  TO  RETAIL LIQUOR. The director of the department of law
15    enforcement is hereby empowered, authorized, and directed to issue licenses to
16    qualified applicants, as herein provided, whereby the licensee shall be autho-
17    rized and permitted to sell liquor by the drink at retail and, upon the  issu-
18    ance  of  such license, the licensee therein named shall be authorized to sell
19    liquor at retail by the drink, but only in accordance with the  rules  promul-
20    gated  by the director and the provisions of this chapter. No license shall be
21    issued for the sale of liquor on any premises outside the incorporated  limits
22    of  any  city except as provided in this chapter and the number of licenses so
23    issued for any city shall not exceed one (1) license  for  each  one  thousand
24    five hundred (1,500) of population of said city or fraction thereof, as estab-
25    lished  in  the  last  preceding census, or any subsequent special census con-
26    ducted by the United States bureau of the census or by  an  estimate  that  is
27    statistically  valid  including  adding  the number of new residential utility
28    connections or including adding the population of areas annexed into the  city
29    after the last census or special census was conducted, except that upon proper
30    application  thereof  not  more  than  two (2) licenses may be issued for each
31    incorporated city with a population of one thousand five  hundred  (1,500)  or
32    less,  unless  the retail licensing of liquor by the drink has been previously
33    disapproved under the provisions of sections 23-917,  23-918,  23-919,  23-920
34    and  23-921, Idaho Code; provided, however, that any license heretofore issued
35    may be renewed from year to year without regard to the population or status of
36    the city for which such license is issued. Any license issued  and  which  has
37    remained  in effect at its location for a consecutive period of ten (10) years
38    or more shall be deemed to have been validly issued and may  be  renewed  from
39    year  to  year  provided,  however, that the applicant for the renewal of such
40    license is not  otherwise  disqualified  for  licensure  pursuant  to  section
41    23-910,  Idaho Code, and, if the premises required special characteristics for
42    original licensure, other than being either within or without the incorporated
43    limits of a city, that said premises continue to have such special  character-


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 1    istics at the time of the application for renewal.
 2        Nothing  herein  contained shall prohibit the issuance of a license to the
 3    owner, operator, or lessee of an actual, bona fide golf course whether located
 4    within or without the limits of any city, or located on premises also operated
 5    as a winery, or ski resort, or to the lessee of any premises situate  thereon,
 6    no  part  of  which  ski  resort or the premises thereon is situate within the
 7    incorporated limits of any city. For the purpose of this section a golf course
 8    shall comprise an actual, bona fide golf course, which is regularly  used  for
 9    the  playing  of  the    game of golf, and having not less than nine (9) tees,
10    fairways and greens laid out and used in the usual and  regular  manner  of  a
11    golf  course.  Nine (9) hole courses must have a total yardage of at least one
12    thousand (1,000) yards, and eighteen (18)  hole  courses  must  have  a  total
13    yardage  of  at  least  two thousand (2,000) yards as measured by totaling the
14    tee-to-green distance of all holes. The course must be planted in grass except
15    that it may provide artificial tee mats. Where any such golf course  is  owned
16    or leased by an association of members and is used or enjoyed by such members,
17    or  their  guests,  none of the disqualifications contained in section 23-910,
18    Idaho Code, shall apply to such association as a licensee where such disquali-
19    fications, or any of them, would apply only to a member  of  such  association
20    where such member has no interest therein except as a member thereof.
21        Also  for  the  purpose  of  this section a ski resort shall comprise real
22    property of not less than ten (10) acres in size,  exclusive  of  the  terrain
23    used  for  skiing  and  upon  which  the owner, operator, or lessee of the ski
24    resort has made available himself, or through others, including but  not  lim-
25    ited  to  the owners of condominiums, permanent bona fide overnight accommoda-
26    tions available to the general public for one hundred (100) persons  or  more,
27    and  which  real property is contiguous to or located within the area in which
28    skiing occurs, and which real property is regularly operated as a  ski  resort
29    in the winter time, and where the owner, operator, or lessee of the ski resort
30    is also the owner, operator, or lessee of the area served by a bona fide chair
31    ski  lift  facility or facilities. Alternatively, for the purpose of this sec-
32    tion a ski resort may also be defined as a downhill ski area, open to the pub-
33    lic, comprising real property of not less than two hundred fifty (250) skiable
34    acres, operating two (2) or more chair lifts with a vertical lift of one thou-
35    sand (1,000) feet or more, and capable of transporting a minimum of one  thou-
36    sand eight hundred (1,800) skiers per hour. A ski resort qualifying under this
37    definition  shall also have on the premises a lodge facility providing shelter
38    and food service to the public, the operator of which shall also be the  valid
39    owner or lessee of the grounds and facilities upon which the ski resort offers
40    downhill  skiing  services to the public. The fees for licenses granted to ski
41    resorts shall be the same as those prescribed for golf courses as set forth in
42    section 23-904, Idaho Code. Not more than one (1) licensed premises  shall  be
43    permitted  on  any golf course or any ski resort or within the area comprising
44    the same.
45        Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the issuance of a license  to  the
46    owner,  operator or lessee of an actual, bona fide equestrian facility located
47    on not less than forty (40) contiguous acres, with permanently erected seating
48    of not less than six thousand (6,000)  seats,  no  part  of  which  equestrian
49    facility  or the premises thereon is situate within the incorporated limits of
50    any city, and which facility shall have at least three (3) days per year of  a
51    professionally sanctioned rodeo. Not more than one (1) licensed premises shall
52    be  permitted  at  any equestrian facility or within an area comprising such a
53    facility. The license shall be solely for the equestrian  facility  and  shall
54    not  be  transferred  to  any other location. The fees for licenses granted to
55    equestrian facilities shall be the same as those prescribed for  golf  courses


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 1    as set forth in section 23-904, Idaho Code.
 2        Nothing  herein  contained shall prohibit the issuance of a license to the
 3    owner, operator, or lessee of a restaurant operated on  an  airport  owned  or
 4    operated  by a county or municipal corporation or on an airport owned or oper-
 5    ated jointly by a county and municipal corporation, and which said airport  is
 6    served by a trunk or local service air carrier holding a certificate of public
 7    convenience  and necessity issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board of the United
 8    States of America. Not more than one (1) license shall be issued on  any  air-
 9    port.
10        Nothing  herein  contained  shall  prohibit  the  issuance of one (1) club
11    license to a club as defined in section 23-902, Idaho Code. The  holder  of  a
12    club  license is authorized to sell and serve alcoholic beverages for consump-
13    tion only within the licensed establishment owned, leased or occupied  by  the
14    club,  and  only  to  bona  fide members of the club, and to serve and to sell
15    alcoholic beverages for consumption to  bona  fide  members'  guests.  A  club
16    license  issued pursuant to the provisions of this section is not transferable
17    and may not be sold. Any club license issued pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
18    this  section  will revert to the director when, in his judgment, the licensee
19    ceases to operate as a bona fide club as  defined  in  section  23-902,  Idaho
20    Code.  No  club may hold a liquor license and a club license simultaneously. A
21    club which on July 1, 1983, holds a liquor license, may  continue  to  possess
22    that license. Any club which possesses a liquor license on January 1, 1983, or
23    thereafter, and then sells that liquor license, may not obtain a club license,
24    and  the  director shall not issue a club license to that club for a period of
25    five (5) years following such sale. The fee for any license issued to a quali-
26    fying club within an incorporated municipality shall be as prescribed in  sub-
27    sections  (a),  (b)  and  (c)  of  section 23-904, Idaho Code. The fee for any
28    license issued to a qualifying club not situate within an incorporated munici-
29    pality shall be as specified for golf courses under section  23-904(f),  Idaho
30    Code.  The provisions of section 23-916, Idaho Code, regarding county and city
31    licenses, shall pertain to club licenses. The burden of  producing  sufficient
32    documentation  of  qualifications  for  club  licensure shall be with the club
33    applicant.
34        Nothing in this chapter to the contrary shall prohibit the issuance  of  a
35    license  to  the owner, operator, or lessee of an actual, bona fide convention
36    center which is within the incorporated limits of a city having  a  population
37    of  three  thousand  (3,000)  or greater, and which city does not have located
38    therein a convention center with a valid convention  center  license  to  sell
39    liquor  by  the  drink.  For  the purpose of this section, a convention center
40    means a facility having at least thirty-five thousand (35,000) square feet  of
41    floor  space  or  a facility having at least one hundred twenty (120) sleeping
42    rooms and an adjoining meeting room which will accommodate not less than three
43    hundred fifty (350) persons, whether or not such room may be partitioned  into
44    smaller  rooms,  and  provided  that  such meeting room shall contain at least
45    three thousand (3,000) square feet of floor space. Such license must be placed
46    in actual use in said convention center within one (1) year from the  date  of
47    its issuance. The fee for any license issued to a qualifying convention center
48    shall  be  as  prescribed  in subsection (c) of section 23-904, Idaho Code. No
49    license issued to a convention  center  hereunder  shall  be  transferable  to
50    another  location  or  facility,  nor  shall the holder of a convention center
51    license be eligible for the issuance of a license in the same city pursuant to
52    any other provision of this chapter. For purposes of this  section,  the  term
53    holder  shall  include an owner, operator or lessee and shall include a stock-
54    holder, director, or officer of a corporation, or a partner in a  partnership,
55    which  corporation  or partnership has been issued a convention center license


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 1    pursuant to this chapter. Not more than one (1)  licensed  premises  shall  be
 2    permitted  on  any  convention  center or within the area comprising the same,
 3    including convention centers that also comprise golf courses or ski resorts as
 4    herein defined.
 5        Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the issuance of a  license  to  the
 6    owner, operator or lessee of a food, beverage and/or lodging facility that has
 7    been  in  continuous  operation in the same location for at least seventy-five
 8    (75) years, except for temporary closings for refurbishing or  reconstruction,
 9    or  a  food,  beverage  and lodging facility serving the public by reservation
10    only, having a minimum of five (5) rooms operating in  a  structure  that  has
11    been  in    existence for at least seventy-five (75) years and has been on the
12    historic register for a minimum of ten (10) years,  is  situated  within  five
13    hundred (500) yards of a natural lake containing a minimum of thirty-six thou-
14    sand  (36,000)  acre feet of water when full with a minimum of thirty-two (32)
15    miles of shoreline, and is located in a county with a  minimum  population  of
16    sixty-five  thousand  (65,000).  The provisions of section 23-910, Idaho Code,
17    shall apply to licenses issued to continuous operation  facilities.  The  fees
18    shall be the same as those prescribed for golf courses as set forth in section
19    23-904, Idaho Code. Licenses issued to continuous operation facilities are not
20    transferable.
21        Nothing  in  this  chapter shall prohibit the issuance of a license to the
22    owner, operator or lessee of the lodging, dining and entertainment  facilities
23    owned  by  a gondola resort complex and operated in conjunction with the other
24    public services provided by  a  gondola  resort  complex  located  within  the
25    ownership/leasehold boundaries of a gondola resort complex.
26        A  gondola  resort  complex  means an actual, bona fide gondola capable of
27    transporting people for recreational and/or entertainment  purposes  at  least
28    three (3) miles in length with a vertical rise of three thousand (3,000) feet,
29    portions  of which may be located within or over the limits of one (1) or more
30    cities.
31        Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the issuance of a  license  to  the
32    owner,  operator  or  lessee  of  a winery also operating a golf course on the
33    premises.
34         Where county ordinance permits, nothing in this chapter  shall  pro-
35    hibit  the issuance of a license to the owner, operator or lessee of an estab-
36    lishment that: (1) is at least five (5) miles outside the nearest city limits;
37    and (2) has had an active beer and wine license continuously for the preceding
38    ten (10) years; and (3) is in the food and  beverage,  recreation  or  tourism
39    industry;  and  (4) serves at least two (2) meals a day to the general public.
40    Such license shall not be transferable except to the heirs, spouse or children
41    of the owner, operator or lessee. 
42        The provisions of section 23-910, Idaho  Code,  shall  apply  to  licenses
43    issued  under the provisions of this subsection. The fees shall be the same as
44    those prescribed for golf courses as set forth in section 23-904, Idaho  Code.
45    Licenses issued under the provisions of this subsection are not transferable.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


    





                           STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                                RS 07860C1
    
    This measure would allow counties (at the county commissioners option) to issue liquor licenses to 
    establishments outside the city limits that meet certain requirements and apply to the commissioners for 
    said license.
    
    FISCAL NOTE
    A statutory fee is charged by the state, county and local jurisdictions. These agencies should
    receive a minor positive fiscal impact.
    
    
    CONTACT- REPRESENTATIVE LARRY WATSON
             332-1227
             MR CLIFF REHART
             (208)682-3803
             
    
    H 775