2011 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 12 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 5 - RESTRICTIONS UPON LICENSEES
12-5-201. Location, regulation and restrictions as to place of sale; inspections; additional dispensing rooms.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the principal place in which alcoholic liquor and malt beverages are sold under a license shall be located in one (1) room upon the premises for which the license is issued and as approved by the licensing authority. Upon payment of an additional license fee equal to two-thirds (2/3) of the fee paid for the original license, a licensee may have and maintain one (1) additional dispensing room in the same building under the authority of the original license. Alcoholic beverages secured in the licensed room by a server may be served only in the building in which the licensed room is located and in an immediately adjacent fenced or enclosed area as approved by the local licensing authority. This area shall not be in another building and shall be located on the licensed premises. Only alcoholic and malt beverages, nonalcoholic beverages, food, tobacco, alcoholic liquor and malt beverage promotional sales items sold to the licensee bearing the name and trademark of the alcoholic liquor and malt beverage firm or company whose product the item is advertising, promotional products bearing the name of the licensed retailer, billiard and dart supplies, newspapers, magazines and periodicals may be sold and served in the licensed room. The licensing authority shall, as often as necessary, inspect the licensed room and adjoining rooms where alcoholic beverages are served to insure that the licensee is in compliance with sanitation and fire hazard requirements and other applicable laws. A licensee may separate the facility for the sale of alcoholic liquor and malt beverages for off-premise consumption from the facility used to serve customers for on-premise consumption without payment of an additional fee. A separated facility for making sales for off-premise consumption shall be located adjoining the facility for making sales for on-premise consumption. The two (2) facilities may be separated by a glass or other suitable partition.

(b) If a licensee is engaged in a business operation with convention facilities, the licensee may maintain more than one (1) additional dispensing room under the same fee referred to in subsection (a) of this section. For purposes of this subsection, a convention facility shall have and maintain all of the following:

(i) Motel or hotel sleeping room accommodations;

(ii) Restaurant facilities; and

(iii) Conference facilities.

(c) Licensing authorities may issue a twenty-four (24) hour permit to any licensee authorizing the sale of alcoholic or malt beverages in one (1) additional dispensing room in the same building licensed by the original license for a twenty-four (24) hour period only. No one (1) licensee shall be issued more than six (6) permits in any one (1) year period. The fee for the permit shall be not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).

(d) If the licensee is engaged in the operation of or is a concessionaire for a public auditorium, civic center or events center, the licensee may dispense alcoholic liquors or malt beverages in any room or other appropriate location within the confines of the licensed premises approved by the licensing authority under the same fee specified in subsection (a) of this section.

(e) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a licensee who holds a license other than a club license issued under W.S. 12-4-301 or restaurant license issued under W.S. 12-4-407, and who is engaged in a business operation with motel or hotel sleeping room accommodations at the same premises may, at an additional fee of not to exceed one-half (1/2) of the fee paid for the original license, sell alcoholic liquor and malt beverages in sealed containers from a minibar located in any sleeping room of the licensee's motel or hotel operation occupied by a registered guest twenty-one (21) years of age or older. Sales under this subsection shall be only to registered guests age twenty-one (21) years or more, are not subject to hours of operation imposed under W.S. 12-5-101 and shall be only for consumption within the motel or hotel sleeping room premises occupied by the guest. Restrictions imposed upon minors under W.S. 12-6-101 apply to sales authorized under this subsection. The price imposed upon alcoholic liquor, malt beverages and all other items available for sale from the minibar shall be clearly posted. A minibar used for purposes of this subsection shall be a closed container, refrigerated or nonrefrigerated, access to the interior of which is restricted by means of a locking device requiring the use of a key, magnetic card or similar device. The appropriate licensing authority may impose additional reasonable restrictions on the operation of a minibar licensed under this subsection.

(f) A holder of a resort retail liquor license may dispense alcoholic beverages from any location within the boundaries of the resort premises. The resort premises shall be a single property within a contiguous boundary upon which the resort is located and which shall be identified in the license. Subsections (a) through (c) and (e) of this section do not apply to holders of a resort retail liquor license with respect to alcoholic beverages dispensed within the contiguous boundaries of the resort premises for which a resort retail liquor license is issued, except that any location on the resort premises where alcoholic beverages are dispensed as approved by the licensing authority shall comply with applicable sanitation and fire hazard requirements and other applicable laws. The licensing authority shall, as often as necessary, inspect the licensed location where alcoholic beverages are dispensed to ensure that the licensee is in compliance with sanitation and fire hazard requirements. For each additional fixed dispensing location, the applicant shall pay an annual fee equal to sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the original license fee.

(g) Any golf club as defined by W.S. 12-1-101(a)(iii)(D) which holds a retail liquor license or a club limited retail liquor license under W.S. 12-4-301 may dispense alcoholic beverages from any location within the boundaries of the golf club premises. The premises shall be a single property within a contiguous boundary upon which the golf club is located and which shall be identified in the license. Subsections (a) through (c) and (e) of this section do not apply to golf clubs as defined by W.S. 12-1-101(a)(iii)(D) which are holders of a retail liquor license or a club limited retail liquor license with respect to alcoholic beverages dispensed within the contiguous boundaries of the golf club premises, except that any location on the golf club premises where alcoholic beverages are dispensed as approved by the licensing authority shall comply with applicable sanitation and fire hazard requirements and other applicable laws. The licensing authority shall, as often as necessary, inspect the licensed location where alcoholic beverages are dispensed to ensure that the licensee is in compliance with sanitation and fire hazard requirements. Any political subdivision issued a club limited retail liquor license for use at a bona fide golf course may contract for or otherwise subcontract the operations of the golf course or any food and beverage services associated therewith to another individual or entity without transferring the license thereto.

(h) With the approval and on the conditions imposed by the licensing authority, any restaurant liquor licensee operating on a golf course may dispense alcoholic beverages from any location on the premises of the golf course. Subsections (a) through (c) and (e) of this section do not apply to holders of such licenses, but such holders shall comply with all applicable sanitation and fire hazard requirements, and other applicable laws.

(j) Any retail or restaurant liquor licensee operating on a guest ranch as defined by W.S. 12-1-101(a)(xxiii) may dispense alcoholic beverages from any location within the boundaries of the guest ranch premises. The guest ranch premises shall be a single property within a contiguous boundary upon which the guest ranch is located and which shall be identified in the license. Subsections (a) through (c) and (e) of this section do not apply to holders of such licenses. The licensing authority shall, as often as necessary, inspect the licensed location where alcoholic beverages are dispensed to ensure that the licensee is in compliance with sanitation and fire hazard requirements and other applicable laws. For each additional fixed dispensing location, the applicant shall pay an annual fee equal to two-thirds (2/3) of the original license fee.

(k) A licensing authority may authorize a licensee holding a retail liquor license issued under W.S. 12-4-201 to hold an event on the licensed premises at which persons under the age of twenty-one (21) are permitted upon the premises if:

(i) No alcoholic liquor or malt beverages are sold, served, consumed or possessed by any person in the dispensing room during the event;

(ii) The dispensing room is closed during the event and all alcoholic liquor and malt beverages are removed from the dispensing room in which the event is held and are stored in an area on the licensed premises not accessible to persons in the closed dispensing room during the event or stored in a manner preventing dispensation during the event;

(iii) The licensee otherwise complies with any additional conditions which may be imposed by rule and regulation of the appropriate licensing authority, including revocation of the authorization to hold the youth event.