Section 45-8-21 Prohibited Activity in Licensed Premises; Violations and Penalties.
Licensed establishments in unincorporated Calhoun County may not use or allow nude or sexualized entertainment or conduct on the premises, with a narrow exception for certain performance houses, museums, and theaters.
(a) The Legislature finds that nudity, sexual conduct, and the depiction or simulation thereof in conjunction with the furnishing of alcoholic beverages in public places is contrary to the safety, health, and morals of the inhabitants of Calhoun County, Alabama, and is desirous of prohibiting such conduct. This section is therefore enacted pursuant to the authority granted in Article IV, Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, that allows local legislation to regulate or prohibit alcoholic beverage traffic and as otherwise granted in the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. (b) The following words, terms, and phrases as used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section except where the context clearly otherwise requires: (1) “Person” shall mean any natural person, firm, association, joint venture, partnership, corporation, or any other entity. (2) “Licensed establishment” shall mean any business operating pursuant to a license issued by the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board within an unincorporated area of Calhoun County, Alabama, which sells, serves, or dispenses alcoholic beverages or otherwise allows the consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises. (c) The following types of entertainment, attire, and conduct are prohibited upon any premises, of a licensed establishment, within the unincorporated area of Calhoun County. (1) The employment or use of any person, in any capacity, in the sale or service of alcoholic beverages while such person is unclothed or in such attire, costume, or clothing, as to expose to view any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola, or of any portion of the male or female pubic hair, anus, cleft of the buttocks, vulva, or genitals. (2) Live entertainment where any person appears in the manner described in subdivision (1) or where such persons perform, or person performs, acts of or acts which simulate any of the following: a. Sexual intercourse, masturbation, sodomy, bestiality, oral copulation, flagellation, or any sexual act which is prohibited by law. b. The caressing or fondling of the breasts, buttocks, anus, or genitals. c. The displaying of the male or female pubic hair, anus, vulva, or genitals. (3) The holding, promotion, sponsoring, or allowance of any contest, promotion, special night, event, or any other activity where patrons of the licensed establishment are encouraged or allowed to engage in any of the conduct described in subdivisions (1) and (2); provided, however, that nothing contained in this subsection shall apply to the premises of any performance house, museum, or theater which derives less than 20 percent of its gross annual income from the sale of alcoholic beverages. (d)(1) Any person violating this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar ($1) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) and may also be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not more than six months at the discretion of the court trying the case. (2) Any licensed establishment which knowingly allows any person to violate this section on the licensed establishment’s premises shall also be subject to being prosecuted and punished under the general statutes of this state as if the violator were operating without a valid Alcoholic Beverage Control Board license.