2019 Montana Code Annotated
Title 16. Alcohol and Tobacco
Chapter 4. License Administration
Part 2. All-Beverages Licenses
16-4-213. Resort retail all-beverages licenses
16-4-213. Resort retail all-beverages licenses. (1) After a resort area has been approved, applications may be filed with the department for the issuance of resort retail all-beverages licenses within the resort area.
(2) (a) Except as provided in subsections (2)(b) and (2)(c), the department may issue one resort retail all-beverages license for the first 100 accommodation units and an additional license for each additional 50 accommodation units within an approved resort area as long as the recreational facilities under 16-4-212 have also been completed.
(b) For a resort area with a perimeter containing at least 1,000 contiguous acres that has a current actual valuation of completed recreational facilities, including land and improvements, of not less than $30 million, the department may issue up to 10 resort retail all-beverages licenses regardless of the number of accommodation units.
(c) A resort area designation application to the department that received approval prior to January 1, 1999, is entitled to the issuance of one resort retail all-beverages license for a $20,000 license fee. Any additional resort retail all-beverages licenses issued to a resort area under this subsection (2)(c) must meet the accommodation unit requirement in subsection (2)(a) of this section and pay the license fee and renewal fees as provided in 16-4-501.
(d) For purposes of this code, "accommodation unit" means a unit that is available for short-term guest rental and includes:
(i) a single-family home;
(ii) a single unit of an apartment, condominium, or multiplex;
(iii) a single room of a hotel or motel; or
(iv) similar living space for occupants making up a single household. A space under this subsection (2)(d)(iv) must be distinctly separated from other living spaces within the building and have its own sleeping, bath, and toilet facilities.
(3) Regardless of how many resort area all-beverages licenses are issued in a resort area, no more than 20 gambling machine permits may be issued for the resort area.
(4) A resort retail all-beverages license within the resort area:
(a) is subject to all other requirements of an all-beverages license in this code;
(b) is not subject to the quota limitations set forth in 16-4-201; and
(c) is transferable to another location within the boundaries of the resort area or to another owner to be used at a location within the boundaries of the resort area.
(5) For licenses issued under this section, the delivery of alcohol is allowed to the accommodation units on the designated resort area property as long as the purchaser is present, the purchaser's age is verified, and the purchaser is not intoxicated.
(6) Employees of the resort licensee who sell, serve, or deliver alcohol must be trained as provided in 16-4-1005.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 336, L. 2019.
