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SENATE BILL NO. 1252 – Liquor license, certain facilities

SENATE BILL NO. 1252

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S1252......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
LIQUOR LICENSE - Amends existing law to provide that, subject to the
approval of the mayor and city council, nothing in the chapter shall
prohibit issuance of a license to the owner, operator or lessee of a food,
conference and lodging facility constructed after July 1, 2004, containing
a minimum of sixty thousand square feet and sixty guest rooms with a
minimum taxable value of fifteen million dollars in a city with a
population of less than five thousand, according to the most recent census.
                                                                        
01/29    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/30    Rpt prt - to St Aff
02/12    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/13    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/20    3rd rdg - PASSED - 24-11-0
      AYES -- Bailey, Brandt, Burkett, Calabretta, Cameron, Compton,
      Darrington, Gannon, Goedde, Ingram, Kennedy, Keough, Little, Lodge,
      Malepeai, Marley, McWilliams, Noble, Noh, Schroeder, Sorensen,
      Stegner, Stennett, Werk
      NAYS -- Andreason, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Davis, Geddes, Hill,
      McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Sweet, Williams
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Sorensen
    Title apvd - to House
02/23    House intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
02/26    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/27    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/02    3rd rdg - PASSED - 48-15-7
      AYES -- Barrett, Bayer, Bell, Black, Boe, Bolz, Clark, Crow, Cuddy,
      Deal, Denney, Douglas, Eberle, Edmunson, Eskridge, Field(18),
      Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood, Henbest, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg,
      Kulczyk, Langhorst, Martinez, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mitchell,
      Naccarato, Pasley-Stuart, Ridinger, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Robison,
      Sayler, Shepherd, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass,
      Stevenson, Trail(Bennett), Wills
      NAYS -- Bauer, Bedke, Block, Bradford, Cannon, Collins, Ellsworth,
      Lake, Langford, McGeachin, Raybould, Rydalch, Sali, Shirley, Wood
      Absent and excused -- Andersen, Barraclough, Campbell, Moyle,
      Nielsen, Schaefer, Mr. Speaker
    Floor Sponsor - Clark
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/03    To enrol
03/04    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/05    Sp signed
03/08    To Governor
03/10    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 44
         Effective: 07/01/04

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1252
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO LICENSES TO RETAIL LIQUOR; AMENDING SECTION 23-903, IDAHO CODE, TO
  3        PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A LICENSE, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL  OF  THE  MAYOR
  4        AND  CITY  COUNCIL, TO THE OWNER, OPERATOR OR LESSEE OF A FOOD, CONFERENCE
  5        AND LODGING FACILITY CONSTRUCTED AFTER JULY 1, 2004, CONTAINING A  MINIMUM
  6        OF SIXTY THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AND SIXTY GUEST ROOMS WITH A MINIMUM TAXABLE
  7        VALUE OF FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS IN  A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN
  8        FIVE  THOUSAND  ACCORDING  TO THE MOST RECENT CENSUS AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL
  9        CORRECTIONS.
                                                                        
 10    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 11        SECTION 1.  That Section 23-903, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 12    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 13        23-903.  LICENSE  TO RETAIL LIQUOR. The director of the Idaho state police
 14    is hereby empowered, authorized, and directed to issue licenses  to  qualified
 15    applicants,  as  herein provided, whereby the licensee shall be authorized and
 16    permitted to sell liquor by the drink at retail and, upon the issuance of such
 17    license, the licensee therein named shall be  authorized  to  sell  liquor  at
 18    retail  by the drink, but only in accordance with the rules promulgated by the
 19    director and the provisions of this chapter. No license shall  be  issued  for
 20    the sale of liquor on any premises outside the incorporated limits of any city
 21    except  as  provided  in this chapter and the number of licenses so issued for
 22    any city shall not exceed one (1) license for each one thousand  five  hundred
 23    (1,500)  of population of said city or fraction thereof, as established in the
 24    last preceding census, or any  subsequent  special  census  conducted  by  the
 25    United  States  bureau  of  the census or by an estimate that is statistically
 26    valid including adding the number of new residential  utility  connections  or
 27    including  adding the population of areas annexed into the city after the last
 28    census or special census was conducted, except that  upon  proper  application
 29    thereof  not  more  than  two (2) licenses may be issued for each incorporated
 30    city with a population of one thousand five hundred (1,500)  or  less,  unless
 31    the  retail  licensing  of liquor by the drink has been previously disapproved
 32    under the provisions of sections 23-917, 23-918, 23-919,  23-920  and  23-921,
 33    Idaho  Code;  provided,  however,  that  any  license heretofore issued may be
 34    renewed from year to year without regard to the population or  status  of  the
 35    city  for  which  such  license  is  issued.  Any license issued and which has
 36    remained in effect at its location for a consecutive period of ten (10)  years
 37    or  more  shall  be deemed to have been validly issued and may be renewed from
 38    year to year provided, however, that the applicant for  the  renewal  of  such
 39    license  is  not  otherwise  disqualified  for  licensure  pursuant to section
 40    23-910, Idaho Code, and, if the premises required special characteristics  for
 41    original licensure, other than being either within or without the incorporated
 42    limits  of a city, that said premises continue to have such special character-
 43    istics at the time of the application for renewal.
                                                                        
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  1        Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the issuance of a license  to  the
  2    owner, operator, or lessee of an actual, bona fide golf course whether located
  3    within or without the limits of any city, or located on premises also operated
  4    as  a winery, or ski resort, or to the lessee of any premises situate thereon,
  5    no part of which ski resort or the premises  thereon  is  situate  within  the
  6    incorporated limits of any city. For the purpose of this section a golf course
  7    shall  comprise  an actual, bona fide golf course, which is regularly used for
  8    the playing of the game of golf, and having  not  less  than  nine  (9)  tees,
  9    fairways  and  greens  laid out and used in  the usual and regular manner of a
 10    golf course. Nine (9) hole courses must have a total yardage of at  least  one
 11    thousand  (1,000)  yards,  and  eighteen  (18)  hole courses must have a total
 12    yardage of at least two thousand (2,000) yards as  measured  by  totaling  the
 13    tee-to-green distance of all holes. The course must be planted in grass except
 14    that  it  may provide artificial tee mats. Where any such golf course is owned
 15    or leased by an association of members and is used or enjoyed by such members,
 16    or their guests, none of the disqualifications contained  in  section  23-910,
 17    Idaho Code, shall apply to such association as a licensee where such disquali-
 18    fications,  or  any  of them, would apply only to a member of such association
 19    where such member has no interest therein except as a member thereof.
 20        Also for the purpose of this section a  ski  resort  shall  comprise  real
 21    property  of  not  less  than ten (10) acres in size, exclusive of the terrain
 22    used for skiing and upon which the owner,  operator,  or  lessee  of  the  ski
 23    resort  has made available himself, or through others, including, but not lim-
 24    ited to, the owners of condominiums, permanent bona fide overnight  accommoda-
 25    tions  available  to the general public for one hundred (100) persons or more,
 26    and which real property is contiguous to or located within the area  in  which
 27    skiing  occurs,  and which real property is regularly operated as a ski resort
 28    in the winter time, and where the owner, operator, or lessee of the ski resort
 29    is also the owner, operator, or lessee of the area served by a bona fide chair
 30    ski lift facility or facilities. Alternatively, for the purpose of  this  sec-
 31    tion a ski resort may also be defined as a downhill ski area, open to the pub-
 32    lic, comprising real property of not less than two hundred fifty (250) skiable
 33    acres, operating two (2) or more chair lifts with a vertical lift of one thou-
 34    sand  (1,000) feet or more, and capable of transporting a minimum of one thou-
 35    sand eight hundred (1,800) skiers per hour. A ski resort qualifying under this
 36    definition shall also have on the premises a lodge facility providing  shelter
 37    and  food service to the public, the operator of which shall also be the valid
 38    owner or lessee of the grounds and facilities upon which the ski resort offers
 39    downhill skiing services to the public. The fees for licenses granted  to  ski
 40    resorts shall be the same as those prescribed for golf courses as set forth in
 41    section  23-904,  Idaho Code. Not more than one (1) licensed premises shall be
 42    permitted on any golf course or any ski resort or within the  area  comprising
 43    the same.
 44        Nothing  herein  contained shall prohibit the issuance of a license to the
 45    owner, operator or lessee of an actual, bona fide equestrian facility  located
 46    on not less than forty (40) contiguous acres, with permanently erected seating
 47    of  not  less  than  six  thousand  (6,000) seats, no part of which equestrian
 48    facility or the premises thereon is situate within the incorporated limits  of
 49    any  city, and which facility shall have at least three (3) days per year of a
 50    professionally sanctioned rodeo. Not more than one (1) licensed premises shall
 51    be permitted at any equestrian facility or within an area  comprising  such  a
 52    facility.  The  license  shall be solely for the equestrian facility and shall
 53    not be transferred to any other location. The fees  for  licenses  granted  to
 54    equestrian  facilities  shall be the same as those prescribed for golf courses
 55    as set forth in section 23-904, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
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  1        Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the issuance of a license  to  the
  2    owner,  operator,  or  lessee  of a restaurant operated on an airport owned or
  3    operated by a county or municipal corporation or on an airport owned or  oper-
  4    ated  jointly by a county and municipal corporation, and which said airport is
  5    served by a trunk or local service air carrier holding a certificate of public
  6    convenience and necessity issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board of the  United
  7    States  of  America. Not more than one (1) license shall be issued on any air-
  8    port.
  9        Nothing herein contained shall prohibit  the  issuance  of  one  (1)  club
 10    license    to a club as defined in section 23-902, Idaho Code. The holder of a
 11    club license is authorized to sell and serve alcoholic beverages for  consump-
 12    tion  only  within the licensed establishment owned, leased or occupied by the
 13    club, and only to bona fide members of the club, and  to  serve  and  to  sell
 14    alcoholic  beverages  for  consumption  to  bona  fide members' guests. A club
 15    license issued pursuant to the provisions of this section is not  transferable
 16    and  may  not  be  sold. Any club license issued pursuant to the provisions of
 17    this section will revert to the director when, in his judgment,  the  licensee
 18    ceases  to  operate  as  a  bona fide club as defined in section 23-902, Idaho
 19    Code. No club may hold a liquor license and a club license  simultaneously.  A
 20    club  which  on  July 1, 1983, holds a liquor license, may continue to possess
 21    that license. Any club which possesses a liquor license on January 1, 1983, or
 22    thereafter, and then sells that liquor license, may not obtain a club license,
 23    and the director shall not issue a club license to that club for a  period  of
 24    five (5) years following such sale. The fee for any license issued to a quali-
 25    fying  club within an incorporated municipality shall be as prescribed in sub-
 26    sections (a), (b) and (c) of section 23-904,  Idaho  Code.  The  fee  for  any
 27    license issued to a qualifying club not situate within an incorporated munici-
 28    pality  shall  be as specified for golf courses under section 23-904(f), Idaho
 29    Code. The provisions of section 23-916, Idaho Code, regarding county and  city
 30    licenses,  shall  pertain to club licenses. The burden of producing sufficient
 31    documentation of qualifications for club licensure  shall  be  with  the  club
 32    applicant.
 33        Nothing  in  this chapter to the contrary shall prohibit the issuance of a
 34    license to the owner, operator, or lessee of an actual, bona  fide  convention
 35    center  which  is within the incorporated limits of a city having a population
 36    of three thousand (3,000) or greater, and which city  does  not  have  located
 37    therein  a  convention  center  with a valid convention center license to sell
 38    liquor by the drink. For the purpose of  this  section,  a  convention  center
 39    means  a facility having at least thirty-five thousand (35,000) square feet of
 40    floor space or a facility having at least one hundred  twenty  (120)  sleeping
 41    rooms and an adjoining meeting room which will accommodate not less than three
 42    hundred  fifty (350) persons, whether or not such room may be partitioned into
 43    smaller rooms, and provided that such meeting  room  shall  contain  at  least
 44    three thousand (3,000) square feet of floor space. Such license must be placed
 45    in  actual  use in said convention center within one (1) year from the date of
 46    its issuance. The fee for any license issued to a qualifying convention center
 47    shall be as prescribed in subsection (c) of section  23-904,  Idaho  Code.  No
 48    license  issued  to  a  convention  center  hereunder shall be transferable to
 49    another location or facility, nor shall the  holder  of  a  convention  center
 50    license be eligible for the issuance of a license in the same city pursuant to
 51    any  other  provision  of this chapter. For purposes of this section, the term
 52    holder shall include an owner, operator or lessee and shall include  a  stock-
 53    holder,  director, or officer of a corporation, or a partner in a partnership,
 54    which corporation or partnership has been issued a convention  center  license
 55    pursuant  to  this  chapter.  Not more than one (1) licensed premises shall be
                                                                        
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  1    permitted on any convention center or within the  area  comprising  the  same,
  2    including convention centers that also comprise golf courses or ski resorts as
  3    herein defined.
  4        Nothing  in  this  chapter shall prohibit the issuance of a license to the
  5    owner, operator or lessee of a food, beverage and/or lodging facility that has
  6    been in continuous operation in the same location for  at  least  seventy-five
  7    (75)  years, except for temporary closings for refurbishing or reconstruction,
  8    or a food, beverage and lodging facility serving  the  public  by  reservation
  9    only,  having  a  minimum  of five (5) rooms operating in a structure that has
 10    been in existence for at least seventy-five (75) years and  has  been  on  the
 11    historic  register  for  a minimum  of ten (10) years, is situated within five
 12    hundred (500) yards of a natural lake containing a minimum of thirty-six thou-
 13    sand (36,000) acre feet of water when full with a minimum of  thirty-two  (32)
 14    miles  of  shoreline,  and is located in a county with a minimum population of
 15    sixty-five thousand (65,000). The provisions of section  23-910,  Idaho  Code,
 16    shall  apply  to  licenses issued to continuous operation facilities. The fees
 17    shall be the same as those prescribed for golf courses as set forth in section
 18    23-904, Idaho Code. Licenses issued to continuous operation facilities are not
 19    transferable.
 20        Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the issuance of a  license  to  the
 21    owner,  operator or lessee of the lodging, dining and entertainment facilities
 22    owned by a gondola resort complex and operated in conjunction with  the  other
 23    public  services  provided  by  a  gondola  resort  complex located within the
 24    ownership/leasehold boundaries of a gondola resort complex.
 25        A gondola resort complex means an actual, bona  fide  gondola  capable  of
 26    transporting  people  for  recreational and/or entertainment purposes at least
 27    three (3) miles in length with a vertical rise of three thousand (3,000) feet,
 28    portions of which may be located within or over the limits of one (1) or  more
 29    cities.
 30        Nothing  in  this  chapter shall prohibit the issuance of a license to the
 31    owner, operator or lessee of a winery also operating  a  golf  course  on  the
 32    premises.
 33        Subject  to approval of the mayor and  city council, nothing in this chap-
 34    ter shall prohibit the issuance of a license to the owner, operator or  lessee
 35    of  a  food,  conference  and lodging facility constructed after July 1, 2004,
 36    containing a minimum of sixty thousand (60,000) square  feet  and  sixty  (60)
 37    guest   rooms  with  a  minimum  taxable  value  of  fifteen  million  dollars
 38    ($15,000,000) in  a city with a population of less than five thousand  (5,000)
 39    according to the most recent census.
 40        The  provisions  of  section  23-910,  Idaho Code, shall apply to licenses
 41    issued under the provisions of this subsection section. The fees shall be  the
 42    same  as  those  prescribed  for  golf courses as set forth in section 23-904,
 43    Idaho Code. Licenses issued under the provisions of  this  subsection  section
 44    are not transferable.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 13737

The purpose of RS13737 is to encourage tourism and economic
development in Idaho's smaller communities by allowing the Mayor
and City Council of cities with a population of 5,000 or less to
approve the issuing of a non transferable liquor license in
exchange for a fifteen million dollar or greater taxable
investment in newly constructed lodging and hospitality
facilities


                          FISCAL IMPACT

Any time a non transferable liquor license is issued as a result
of this act becoming law, tangible economic development has
occurred and there will be positive fiscal impact on the city,
the state general account and the affected local taxing
districts.


Contact
Name: Senator Sheila Sorensen 
Phone: 208-332-1319




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                   S 1252