2012 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 243 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- LICENSES AND TAXES
243.250 Business authorized by retail drink license.
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243.250 Business authorized by retail drink license.
A distilled spirits and wine retail drink license shall authorize the licensee to purchase,
receive, possess, and sell distilled spirits and wine at retail by the drink for consumption
on the licensed premises. The licensee shall purchase distilled spirits and wine only from
licensed wholesalers, and unless he or she also holds a retail package license, he or she
shall not buy or possess distilled spirits or wine in containers smaller than two hundred
(200) milliliters. A licensee may purchase wine in containers not smaller than one
hundred (100) milliliters if the wine does not exceed fourteen percent (14%) alcohol by
volume and the retail drink license is held by a restaurant or private club which receives a
minimum of fifty percent (50%) of its food and beverage income from the sale of food
and has a minimum seating capacity of fifty (50) people at tables. A licensee may buy
mixed drinks in containers of a capacity not smaller than three hundred fifty-five (355)
milliliters if the mixed drinks contain a substantial proportion of carbonated water. A
retail drink license shall not authorize the licensee to sell distilled spirits or wine by the
package.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 125, sec. 6, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 522, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts
ch. 194, sec. 16, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 1. - Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat.
sec. 2554b-123.
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