KRS § 243.082 Nonquota type 1 or NQ1 retail drink license -- Issuance to a convention center or convention hotel complex, horse racetrack, automobile racetrack, railroad system, commercial airline system or charter flight system, or state park -- Privileges, duties, and restrictions for eligible entities.
AI-assisted research summary: This section lets certain applicants get an NQ1 retail drink license and sets what licensees may sell, where they may sell it, and what purchasing and storage rules they must follow.
243.082 Nonquota type 1 or NQ1 retail drink license -- Issuance to a convention center or convention hotel complex, horse racetrack, automobile racetrack, railroad system, commercial airline system or charter flight system, or state park -- Privileges, duties, and restrictions for eligible entities. (1) A "Nonquota type 1" or "NQ1" retail drink license may be issued to an applicant operating as, or in: (a) A convention center or a convention hotel complex; (b) A horse racetrack; (c) An automobile racetrack; (d) A railroad system; (e) A commercial airlines system or charter flight system; or (f) A state park. (2) Any licensee holding an NQ1 retail drink license located in a qualifying convention center or a convention hotel complex, horse racetrack, an automobile racetrack, or state park may purchase, receive, possess, and sell alcoholic beverages at retail by the drink for consumption on the licensed premises. The license shall permit all alcoholic beverage sales on the premises without additional supplemental licenses. The licensee shall purchase alcoholic beverages only from licensed wholesalers or distributors. The holder of an NQ1 retail drink license under this section shall store alcoholic beverages in the manner prescribed in KRS 244.260. (3) A qualifying convention center or a convention hotel complex holding an NQ1 retail drink license may also hold a supplemental hotel in-room service license. (4) A qualifying railroad system holding an NQ1 retail drink license may purchase, receive, possess, and sell alcoholic beverages at retail by the drink or by the package, upon any train that includes a dining car and is operated by the licensee in the state. Sales shall be made only while the train is in motion. A railroad system holding an NQ1 retail drink license may sell alcoholic beverages in unbroken packages smaller than two hundred (200) milliliters of distilled spirits and one hundred (100) milliliters of wine and may purchase alcoholic beverages from nonresidents. (5) A qualifying commercial airlines system or charter flight system holding an NQ1 retail drink license may purchase, receive, possess, and sell alcoholic beverages at retail by the drink, and by miniature bottle, for consumption upon regularly scheduled or charter flights of the licensee, in and out of Kentucky. The license shall authorize the licensee to store alcoholic beverages for retail sale at a location or locations, if operating from more than one (1) airport in Kentucky, as designated on the license application. (6) An NQ1 retail drink license may be issued to any qualifying applicant within a state park meeting the criteria established in KRS 241.010 so long as the state park is located, in whole or in part, within: (a) Any wet territory; or (b) Any precinct that has authorized the sale of alcoholic beverages under KRS 242.022. Effective:June 29, 2017 History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 46, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2014; and ch. 22, sec. 10, effective July 15, 2014. -- Created 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 40, effective June 25, 2013.