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243.055 Hotel in-room service license.
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As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Hotel" means any hotel, motel, inn, or other establishment which offers
overnight accommodations to the public for hire;
(b) "In-room service" means the delivery of alcoholic beverages in unbroken
packages by an employee of the hotel to a registered guest's room when
the alcoholic beverages have been ordered by a guest and when the
guest shall be billed for the cost of the alcoholic beverages at the time of
delivery, with all sales of the alcoholic beverages being completed upon
delivery; and, additionally, the provision of a cabinet or other facility
located in a hotel guest's room which contains alcoholic beverages and
which is provided upon written request of the guest and which is
accessible by lock and key or remote control device only to the guest,
with the sale of the alcoholic beverages contained therein being final at
the time requested, except for a credit which may be given to the guest
for any unused portion. The licensee may stock a cabinet or other facility
located in a hotel guest's room pursuant to this section, with fifty (50)
milliliter containers of distilled spirits.
The department may issue a hotel in-room service license to any hotel which is
licensed to sell distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages upon the payment of
the fee set forth in KRS 243.030. The license shall authorize the licensee to
sell distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages by in-room service. The sale of
alcoholic beverages by in-room service shall be subject to all restrictions and
limitations contained in KRS Chapters 241 to 244, and the administrative
regulations issued under those chapters, and shall be authorized only on the
days and only during the hours as the sale of alcoholic beverages is otherwise
authorized in the county or municipality. All alcoholic beverages sold pursuant
to this section shall be considered by the drink sales and shall be subject to all
state and local taxes imposed on alcoholic beverages and shall be purchased
from a licensed wholesaler and distributor.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 567, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 518, sec. 9, effective April 13, 1998. -- Created
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 228, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992.
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