2005 Missouri Revised Statutes - § 311.098. — Amusement places, Sunday sales, when, limitation--amusement place defined--temporary license, new business, when.

311.098. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, any person who possesses the qualifications required by this chapter, and who now or hereafter meets the requirements of and complies with the provisions of this chapter, may apply for, and the supervisor of alcohol and tobacco control may issue, a license to sell intoxicating liquor, as defined in this chapter, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and midnight on Sunday by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises of any amusement place as described in the application. As used in this section the term "amusement place" means any establishment whose business building contains a square footage of at least six thousand square feet, and where games of skill commonly known as billiards, volleyball, indoor golf, bowling or soccer are usually played, or has a dance floor of at least two thousand five hundred square feet, or any outdoor golf course with a minimum of nine holes, and which has annual gross receipts of at least one hundred thousand dollars of which at least fifty thousand dollars of such gross receipts is in nonalcoholic sales.

2. The authority for the collection of fees by cities and counties as provided in section 311.220, and all other laws and regulations of the state relating to the sale of liquor by the drink for consumption on the premises where sold, shall apply to an amusement place in the same manner as they apply to establishments licensed under sections 311.085, 311.090 and 311.095, and in addition to all other fees required by law, an amusement place shall pay an additional fee of two hundred dollars a year payable at the same time and in the same manner as its other fees.

3. Any new amusement place having been in operation for less than ninety days may be issued a temporary license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and midnight on Sunday for a period not to exceed ninety days if the amusement place can show a projection of gross receipts of at least one hundred thousand dollars of which at least fifty thousand dollars of such gross receipts are in nonalcoholic sales for the first year of operation. The license fee shall be prorated for the period of the temporary license based on the cost of the annual license for the establishment.

(L. 1983 H.B. 85, et al., A.L. 1984 S.B. 441, A.L. 1993 H.B. 63, A.L. 1994 S.B. 474, A.L. 1995 S.B. 43, A.L. 1997 H.B. 63, A.L. 2003 S.B. 298)