2017 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
General - Continued
Article 48 - Liquors - Special Event Permits
§ 12-48-102. Qualifications for permit

(1) A special event permit issued under this article may be issued to an organization, whether or not presently licensed under articles 46 and 47 of this title, which has been incorporated under the laws of this state for purposes of a social, fraternal, patriotic, political, or athletic nature, and not for pecuniary gain, or which is a regularly chartered branch, lodge, or chapter of a national organization or society organized for such purposes and being nonprofit in nature, or which is a regularly established religious or philanthropic institution, or which is a state institution of higher education, and to any political candidate who has filed the necessary reports and statements with the secretary of state pursuant to article 45 of title 1, C.R.S. For purposes of this article, a state institution of higher education includes each principal campus of a state system of higher education.

(2) A special event permit may be issued to any municipality owning arts facilities at which productions or performances of an artistic or cultural nature are presented for use at such facilities, subject to the provisions of this article.

(3) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and subject to this article 48, the state or local licensing authority may issue a special event permit to a state agency, the Colorado wine industry development board, created in section 35-29.5-103, or an instrumentality of a municipality or county that promotes:

(a) Alcohol beverages manufactured in the state; or

(b) Tourism in an area of the state where alcohol beverages are manufactured.