Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

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68th Legislature 2023                                                                                              SB 264.1
  1                                                  SENATE BILL NO. 264
  2                                               INTRODUCED BY K. REGIER
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  4    A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATING TO AIRPORT ALL-BEVERAGES
  5    LICENSES; ALLOWING A LICENSEE TO LEASE THE AIRPORT ALL-BEVERAGES LICENSE TO UP TO
  6    THREE INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES; AMENDING AN AIRPORT'S MINIMUM TOTAL ANNUAL
  7    PASSENGERS TO QUALIFY FOR THE LICENSE; AND AMENDING SECTION 16-4-208, MCA.”
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  9    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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 11            Section 1. Section 16-4-208, MCA, is amended to read:
 12            "16-4-208.   Airport all-beverages license. (1) The department of revenue shall issue one all-
 13    beverages license, to be known as a public airport all-beverages license, f or use at each publicly owned airport
 14    served by scheduled airlines and enplaning and deplaning a minimum total of 20,000 5,000 passengers
 15    annually when:
 16            (a)      application is made;
 17            (b)      upon f inding that this license is justif ied by public convenience and necessity, including the
 18    convenience and necessity of the public traveling by scheduled airlines; and
 19            (c)      f ollowing a hearing as provided in 16-4-207.
 20            (2)      Application must be made by the agency owning and operating the airport. The agency owning
 21    and operating the airport may lease the airport all-beverages license to an individual or entity up to three
 22    individuals or entities approved by the department.
 23            (3)      The lessee of an airport all-beverages license may purchase alcohol and the lease may be
 24    based on the percentage of sales of alcoholic beverages by the lessee.
 25            (3)(4)   A public airport all-beverages license and all retail alcoholic beverage sales under it are subject
 26    to all statutes and rules governing all-beverages licenses.
 27            (4)(5)   The department of revenue shall issue a public airport all-beverages license to a qualif ied
 28    applicant regardless of the number of all-beverages licenses already issued within the all-beverages license
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68th Legislature 2023                                                                                          SB 264.1
  1    quota area in which the airport is situated.
  2            (5)(6)   A license issued under this section may of f er curbside pickup between 8 a.m. and 2 a.m. in
  3    original packaging, prepared servings, or growlers."
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                                                               -2-                    Authorized Print Version – SB 264
Statutes affected: 
SB0264_1.pdf: 16-4-208
SB0264_2.pdf: 16-3-312, 16-4-208
SB0264_X.pdf: 16-3-312, 16-4-208
Amended: 16-3-312, 16-4-208
Introduced: 16-4-208