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      Sec. 30-37k. Casino permit. (a) As used in this section and subsection (a) of section 30-91: (1) "Casino" means the premises within which a gaming facility is operated with other facilities, including, but not limited to, restaurants, hotels, nightclubs, bingo halls or convention centers; and (2) "gaming facility" means a room or rooms within which class III gaming, as defined in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, P.L. 100-497, 25 USC 2701, et seq., is legally conducted.

      (b) A casino permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor to be consumed on the premises of a casino.

      (c) A casino permit shall allow the manufacture, storage and bottling of beer to be consumed on the premises with or without the sale of food, provided the holder of a casino permit produces at least five thousand gallons of beer on the premises annually.

      (d) A casino permit shall allow the retail sale of alcoholic liquor by means of a guest bar located in hotel guest rooms provided such guest bar is: (1) Accessible only by key, magnetic card or similar device provided by the hotel to a registered guest twenty-one years of age or older; and (2) restocked no earlier than nine o'clock a.m. and no later than one o'clock a.m.

      (e) The annual fee for a casino permit shall be two thousand four hundred dollars plus an additional fifty dollars for each guest room containing a guest bar.

      (P.A. 00-192, S. 76, 102.)

      History: P.A. 00-192 effective May 26, 2000.