2010 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 4 - Alcoholic Beverages
4-203.02 Special event license; rules

4-203.02. Special event license; rules

A. The director may, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors of a county for events to be held in an unincorporated area or the governing body of a city or town for events to be held in a city or town, issue on a temporary basis:

1. A daily on-sale special event license authorizing the sale of spirituous liquor for consumption on the premises where sold. The fee for the license is twenty-five dollars per day. The director shall transfer the monies collected to the department of health services for the purpose prescribed in title 36, chapter 18, article 2.

2. A daily off-sale special event license authorizing a charitable auction for the sale of spirituous liquor for consumption off premises.

B. The director may only issue the special event license to a political party or campaign committee supporting a candidate for public office or a ballot measure, an organization formed for a specific charitable or civic purpose, a fraternal organization in existence for over five years with a regular membership or a religious organization.

C. An organization selling spirituous liquor under a special event license pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section shall purchase such spirituous liquor from the holder of a license authorized to sell off-sale, or, in the case of a nonprofit organization which has obtained a special event license for the purpose of charitable fund raising activities, the nonprofit organization may receive the spirituous liquor from a wholesaler as a donation, except that a licensee licensed pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section may receive spirituous liquor from a donor when the donor receives no remuneration or payment of any kind, directly or indirectly, other than any tax benefits that might result.

D. An organization that is issued a license pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section shall receive at least seventy-five per cent of the gross receipts of the auction. Up to twenty-five per cent of the gross receipts of a special event auction conducted pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section may be used to pay reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the auction. All expenses shall be supported by written contracts, invoices or receipts, which shall be made available to the director on request.

E. The director may adopt those rules the director determines are necessary to implement and administer this section including a limitation on the number of times during a calendar year a qualified organization may apply for and be issued a license under this section. The qualified organization issued a license pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section must receive at least twenty-five per cent of the gross revenues of the special events, which shall be supported by a contract between the parties to be supplied at the time of application.

F. An organization that is issued a license pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section shall not sell more than twenty cases of spirituous liquor annually under a special event license.

G. Section 4-201 does not apply to the licenses provided for under this section.