244.050 "Treating" prohibited -- Exceptions -- Sampling.
(1) No retail licensee shall give away any alcoholic beverage in any quantity or deliver
it in any quantity for less than a full monetary consideration, except as provided by <br>KRS 243.155, 243.157, and subsection (2) of this section.
(2) A retailer licensed to sell distilled spirits and wine under KRS 243.030(7), (8), or
(26) may, after acquiring a license under KRS 243.030(39), allow customers to <br>sample distilled spirits and wine under the following conditions: <br>(a) Sampling shall be permitted only on licensed premises and, for licensees
licensed under KRS 243.030(7), (8), or (26), during regular business hours;
(b) A licensee shall not charge for the samples provided to customers; <br>(c) Sample sizes shall not exceed:
1.
One (1) ounce for wine; and
2.
One-half (1/2) ounce for distilled spirits; and
(d) A licensee shall limit a customer to:
1.
Two (2) distilled spirits samples per day; and
2.
Six (6) wine samples per day.
(3) Retailers licensed under KRS 243.030(7) or (8) shall:
(a) Notify the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control at least seven (7) days
in advance of conducting a sampling event; and
(b) Limit a sampling event to a period not to exceed four (4) consecutive hours
between 12 noon and 8 p.m.
Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 586, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended
2006 Ky. Acts ch. 179, sec. 12, effective January 1, 2007. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 20, sec. 11, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 15, sec. 1, <br>effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 182, sec. 2, effective July 14, <br>2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 26, effective July 15, 1998. -- <br>Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 381, sec. 5. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, <br>effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2554b-183.
Legislative Research Commission Note (9/18/2003). In subsection (2) of this statute, a
reference to "KRS 243.030(41)" has been changed by the Reviser of Statutes to read <br>"KRS 243.030(40)." This change correctly codifies the amendments in 2000 Ky. <br>Acts ch. 69, sec. 2, and 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 182, secs. 1 and 2.
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