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	1	+	Second Regular Session
	2	+	Seventy-fourth General Assembly
	3	+	STATE OF COLORADO
	4	+	REVISED
	5	+	This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
	6	+	on Second Reading in the Second House
	7	+	LLS NO. 24-1176.01 Yelana Love x2295
1	8		SENATE BILL 24-231
2		-	BY SENATOR(S) Rodriguez and Gardner, Van Winkle;
3		-	also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Snyder and Frizell, Bird, Duran, Lindstedt,
4		-	Titone, Velasco.
	9	+	Senate Committees House Committees
	10	+	Finance Finance
	11	+	Appropriations Appropriations
	12	+	A BILL FOR AN ACT
5	13		C
6		-	ONCERNING IMPLEMENTING CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
7		-	LIQUOR ADVISORY GROUP CONVENED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
8		-	REVENUE TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF
9		-	COLORADO'S
10		-	LIQUOR LAWS
11		-	, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH , MAKING AN
12		-	APPROPRIATION
13		-	.
	14	+	ONCERNING IMPLEMENTING CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE101
	15	+	LIQUOR ADVISORY GROUP CONVENED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF102
	16	+	REVENUE TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF103
	17	+	C
	18	+	OLORADO'S LIQUOR LAWS, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH ,
	19	+	104
	20	+	MAKING AN APPROPRIATION .105
	21	+	Bill Summary
	22	+	(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
	23	+	not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
	24	+	passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
	25	+	applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
	26	+	http://leg.colorado.gov
	27	+	.)
	28	+	In current law, both a lodging facility and an entertainment facility
	29	+	are licensed as a lodging and entertainment facility licensee. Sections 1,
	30	+	HOUSE
	31	+	Amended 2nd Reading
	32	+	May 7, 2024
	33	+	SENATE
	34	+	3rd Reading Unamended
	35	+	May 7, 2024
	36	+	SENATE
	37	+	Amended 2nd Reading
	38	+	May 4, 2024
	39	+	SENATE SPONSORSHIP
	40	+	Rodriguez and Gardner, Van Winkle
	41	+	HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
	42	+	Snyder and Frizell,
	43	+	Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
	44	+	Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
	45	+	Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. 3, 6, 8, 17, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, and 34 of the bill convert the
	46	+	licenses of lodging facilities to lodging facility licenses, convert the
	47	+	licenses of entertainment facilities to entertainment facility licenses, and
	48	+	make necessary conforming amendments.
	49	+	Sections 3, 9, and 30 allow a brewery, a limited winery, and a
	50	+	distillery to manufacture alcohol beverages at up to 2 noncontiguous
	51	+	locations and set an annual fee for such operations.
	52	+	Current law limits the amount of alcohol beverages certain
	53	+	retailers can purchase from retail liquor stores, liquor-licensed drugstores,
	54	+	and fermented malt beverage and wine retailers to $2,000 each year.
	55	+	Sections 15 through 23, 26, and 27 increase the cap to $7,000 and allow
	56	+	for an annual inflation adjustment of the cap.
	57	+	Section 2 requires the state licensing authority to study the
	58	+	feasibility of adopting an online application and renewal system.
	59	+	Section 3:
	60	+	! Gives a local licensing authority the ability to delegate
	61	+	licensing authority to the state licensing authority when a
	62	+	retail business is located on state-owned property;
	63	+	! Allows an off-premises retailer to conduct tastings;
	64	+	! Allows tastings for all authorized retailers to begin at 10
	65	+	a.m. instead of 11 a.m.; and
	66	+	! Allows retail liquor stores to hold educational classes.
	67	+	Under current law, liquor licenses are valid for a one-year period.
	68	+	Sections 4 and 32 will allow certain qualifying licensees to apply for a
	69	+	2-year license.
	70	+	Section 5 updates gendered language, changing "husband and
	71	+	wife" to "spouses or partners in a civil union".
	72	+	Section 7 removes the requirement that a local licensing authority
	73	+	schedule a public hearing on an application for a new retail liquor license.
	74	+	Section 9 allows a distiller that operates a sales room to purchase
	75	+	and use common alcohol modifiers to mix with its spirituous liquors to
	76	+	produce cocktails.
	77	+	Section 10 changes the notice requirement for a festival permittee
	78	+	to hold multiple festivals from 30 business days to 30 calendar days
	79	+	before each festival.
	80	+	Sections 11 and 12 allow wholesalers of vinous or spirituous
	81	+	liquors to obtain an importer's license. Section 12 also allows wholesalers
	82	+	to hold trade show events.
	83	+	Section 13 allows a retail liquor store going out of business to sell
	84	+	its inventory to another retail liquor store.
	85	+	Section 14 specifies that a liquor-licensed drugstore's use of an
	86	+	electronic funds transfer is not an extension of credit.
	87	+	Section 21 allows an arts licensee to place limited advertising of
	88	+	the availability of alcohol beverages for sale on the licensed premises
	89	+	while an artistic or cultural production or performance is taking place.
	90	+	231
	91	+	-2- Section 25 increases the time to process a retail establishment
	92	+	permit from 15 to 30 days.
	93	+	Section 29 creates an alcohol beverage shipper license and permit
	94	+	for wine direct shipping deliveries.
	95	+	Section 29 establishes a catering license to allow a catering
	96	+	company to sell alcohol beverages at a location that is not otherwise
	97	+	licensed to sell or serve alcohol beverages.
	98	+	Section 30 allows the state licensing authority to charge an
	99	+	investigative fee to recover the cost of certain investigations.
	100	+	Section 33:
	101	+	! Allows alcohol beverage sales on Christmas; and
	102	+	! Prohibits the sale of controlled substances on premises
	103	+	licensed to sell alcohol beverages.
	104	+	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
	105	+	SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-103, amend2
	106	+	(11.5)(j), (11.5)(k), (11.5)(l), (15)(c)(XI), (15)(c)(XII), (29), and (38)(b);3
	107	+	and add (2.5), (8.5), (11.5)(m), (14.5), (15)(c)(XIII), (15.5), and (21.5) as4
	108	+	follows:5
	109	+	44-3-103. Definitions. As used in this article 3 and article 4 of6
	110	+	this title 44, unless the context otherwise requires:7
	111	+	(2.5) "A
	112	+	LCOHOL BEVERAGE SHIPPER LICENSEE " MEANS A PERSON8
	113	+	THAT SHIPS TO CONSUMERS VINOUS LIQUORS THAT IT RECEIVED FROM A9
	114	+	WINERY DIRECT SHIPPER'S PERMITTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-104.10
	115	+	(8.5) "C
	116	+	ATERING COMPANY" MEANS A PERSON, NOT INCLUDING11
	117	+	PERSONS IN THE MOBILE FOOD SERVICES INDUSTRY OR FOOD SERVICE12
	118	+	INDUSTRIES, THAT:
	119	+	13
	120	+	(a) I
	121	+	S
	122	+	PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN PROVIDING EVENT -BASED 14
	123	+	ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SERVICES FOR EVENTS :15
	124	+	(I) A
	125	+	T
	126	+	A VENUE THAT DOES NOT POSSESS A LIQUOR LICENSE OR16
	127	+	PERMIT; AND17
	128	+	(II) T
	129	+	HAT HAVE SNACKS AND SANDWICHES AVAILABLE AT THE
	130	+	18
	131	+	231-3- EVENT; AND1
	132	+	(b) H
	133	+	AS
	134	+	EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES TO TRANSPORT MEALS ,2
	135	+	ALCOHOL BEVERAGES, AND SNACKS TO EVENTS OR TO PREPARE FOOD AT3
	136	+	AN OFF-PREMISES SITE.4
	137	+	(11.5) "Communal outdoor dining area" means an outdoor space5
	138	+	that is used for food and alcohol beverage service by two or more6
	139	+	licensees licensed under this article 3 or article 4 of this title 44 as a:7
	140	+	(j) Lodging and Entertainment facility;8
	141	+	(k) Optional premises; or9
	142	+	(l) Fermented malt beverage
	143	+	AND WINE retailer licensed for10
	144	+	consumption on the premises;
	145	+	OR11
	146	+	(m) L
	147	+	ODGING FACILITY.12
	148	+	(14.5) "E
	149	+	DUCATIONAL CLASS" MEANS A CLOSED EVENT ON THE13
	150	+	PREMISES OF A RETAIL LIQUOR STORE, DURING WHICH CONSUMERS WHO14
	151	+	ARE TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER ARE TAUGHT ABOUT ALCOHOL15
	152	+	BEVERAGES THAT ARE SOLD BY THE RETAIL LIQUOR STORE , INCLUDING,16
	153	+	BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE HISTORY OF THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE , FOOD17
	154	+	PAIRINGS, AND SERVING SUGGESTIONS.18
	155	+	(15) "Entertainment district" means an area that:19
	156	+	(c) Contains at least twenty thousand square feet of premises that,20
	157	+	at the time the district is created, is licensed pursuant to this article 3 as21
	158	+	a:22
	159	+	(XI) Lodging and
	160	+	Entertainment facility licensee; or23
	161	+	(XII) Optional premises;
	162	+	OR24
	163	+	(XIII) L
	164	+	ODGING FACILITY LICENSEE.25
	165	+	(15.5) "E
	166	+	NTERTAINMENT FACILITY" MEANS AN ESTABLISHMENT:26
	167	+	(a) I
	168	+	N WHICH THE PRIMARY BUSINESS IS TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC27
	169	+	231
	170	+	-4- WITH SPORTS OR ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES WITHIN ITS LICENSED1
	171	+	PREMISES; AND2
	172	+	(b) T
	173	+	HAT, INCIDENTAL TO ITS PRIMARY BUSINESS , SELLS AND3
	174	+	SERVES ALCOHOL BEVERAGES AT RETAIL FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE4
	175	+	LICENSED PREMISES AND HAS SANDWICHES AND LIGHT SNACKS AVAILABLE5
	176	+	FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE LICENSED PREMISES .6
	177	+	(21.5) "I
	178	+	NFLATION" MEAN THE ANNUAL PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN7
	179	+	THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 'S BUREAU OF LABOR8
	180	+	STATISTICS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX , OR A SUCCESSOR INDEX , FOR9
	181	+	D
	182	+	ENVER-AURORA-LAKEWOOD FOR ALL ITEMS PAID BY URBAN10
	183	+	CONSUMERS.11
	184	+	(29) "Lodging and entertainment
	185	+	facility" means an establishment:12
	186	+	that:13
	187	+	(a) Is either: IN WHICH THE PRIMARY BUSINESS IS TO PROVIDE THE14
	188	+	PUBLIC WITH SLEEPING ROOMS AND MEETING FACILITIES ; AND15
	189	+	(I) A lodging facility, the primary business of which is to provide16
	190	+	the public with sleeping rooms and meeting facilities; or17
	191	+	(II) An entertainment facility, the primary business of which is to18
	192	+	provide the public with sports or entertainment activities within its19
	193	+	licensed premises; and20
	194	+	(b) Incidental to its primary business, THAT sells and serves21
	195	+	alcohol beverages at retail for consumption on the
	196	+	LICENSED premises and22
	197	+	has sandwiches and light snacks available for consumption on the23
	198	+	LICENSED premises.24
	199	+	(38) (b) Notwithstanding subsection (38)(a) of this section, for a25
	200	+	winery,
	201	+	LIMITED WINERY, DISTILLERY, OR BREWERY authorized to26
	202	+	manufacture vinous liquors
	203	+	ALCOHOL BEVERAGES pursuant to section27
	204	+	231
	205	+	-5- 44-3-402 or 44-3-403, the licensed premises may include up to two1
	206	+	noncontiguous locations, both of which are used for manufacturing2
	207	+	purposes, within a radius of ten miles.3
	208	+	SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-202, add (4) as4
	209	+	follows:5
	210	+	44-3-202. Duties of state licensing authority - feasibility study6
	211	+	- rules - repeal. (4) (a) (I) B
	212	+	Y JANUARY 1, 2028, THE STATE LICENSING7
	213	+	AUTHORITY SHALL STUDY THE FEASABILITY OF ADOPTING AN ONLINE8
	214	+	PORTAL SYSTEM THAT:9
	215	+	(A) A
	216	+	LLOWS LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATIONS AND RENEWALS TO BE10
	217	+	COMPLETED ONLINE;11
	218	+	(B) A
	219	+	LLOWS A LICENSEE TO HAVE AN ACCOUNT WHERE ALL12
	220	+	RELEVANT LICENSE INFORMATION FOR ALL OF ITS LICENSES IS STORED ;13
	221	+	AND14
	222	+	(C) A
	223	+	T THE TIME OF RENEWAL, ENABLES A LICENSEE TO RENEW ITS15
	224	+	LICENSE ONLINE BY UPLOADING ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION .16
	225	+	(II) A
	226	+	S PART OF STUDYING THE FEASABILITY OF AN ONLINE PORTAL17
	227	+	SYSTEM, THE STUDY MUST INCLUDE:18
	228	+	(A) A
	229	+	PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SYSTEM ;19
	230	+	(B) A
	231	+	PROPOSED REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS FOR20
	232	+	DEVELOPING THE SYSTEM; AND21
	233	+	(C) T
	234	+	HE ESTIMATED COSTS OF DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING22
	235	+	THE SYSTEM.23
	236	+	(III) I
	237	+	N ADDITION, THE FEASABILITY STUDY MUST INCLUDE A24
	238	+	REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES25
	239	+	THROUGHOUT THE STATE .26
	240	+	(b) B
	241	+	Y MARCH 1, 2028, THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL27
	242	+	231
	243	+	-6- SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FI NANCE1
	244	+	COMMITTEE AND THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE , OR THEIR SUCCESSOR2
	245	+	COMMITTEES, ON THE FEASABILITY OF DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING3
	246	+	AN ONLINE PORTAL SYSTEM. THE REPORT MUST INCLUDE THE ELEMENTS4
	247	+	SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (4)(a)(II) OF THIS SECTION.5
	248	+	(c) T
	249	+	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY ADOPT RULES6
	250	+	NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT AND ADMINISTER THIS SUBSECTION (4).7
	251	+	(d) T
	252	+	HIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1,8
	253	+	2029.9
	254	+	SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-301, amend10
	255	+	(2)(b), (3)(a)(II)(E), (3)(a)(II)(F), (8) introductory portion, (10)(c)(V),11
	256	+	(11)(c)(II) introductory portion, (11)(d), and (11)(e)(I); and add (2)(d),12
	257	+	(2)(e), (3)(a)(II)(G), (3)(a)(II)(H), (10)(g), and (13) as follows:13
	258	+	44-3-301. Licensing in general - rules - tastings - promotional14
	259	+	association - educational classes. (2) (b) A local licensing authority or
	260	+	15
	261	+	the state may DELEGATE ITS LICENSING AUTHORITY TO THE STATE16
	262	+	LICENSING AUTHORITY WHEN AN APPLICANT IS APPLYING FOR OR17
	263	+	RENEWING A LICENSE TO SELL ALCOHOL BEVERAGES AT RETAIL FOR18
	264	+	CONSUMPTION ON OR OFF A LICENSED PREMISES AND THE LICENSED19
	265	+	PREMISES IS LOCATED on state-owned property. A LOCAL LICENSING20
	266	+	AUTHORITY MAY deny the issuance of any new tavern or retail liquor store21
	267	+	license whenever such authority determines that the issuance of the22
	268	+	license would result in or add to an undue concentration of the same class23
	269	+	of license and, as a result, require the use of additional law enforcement24
	270	+	resources.25
	271	+	(d) T
	272	+	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL APPROVE THE26
	273	+	PROPOSED PREMISES FOR A DISTILLERY APPLYING PURSUANT TO SECTION27
	274	+	231
	275	+	-7- 44-3-402, WHICH PREMISES INCLUDES UP TO TWO NONCONTIGUOUS1
	276	+	LOCATIONS USED FOR MANUFACTURING SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS , OR A2
	277	+	MODIFICATION OF THE LICENSED PREMISES OF A DISTILLERY LICENSED3
	278	+	PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-402 TO INCLUDE UP TO TWO NONCONTIGUOUS4
	279	+	LOCATIONS USED FOR MANUFACTURING SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS , IF THE5
	280	+	ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU OF THE UNITED STATES6
	281	+	DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY HAS APPROVED THE DESCRIPTION AND7
	282	+	DIAGRAM OF THE PROPOSED OR MODIFIED PREMISES . ADDITIONALLY, WITH8
	283	+	THE INITIAL LICENSE APPLICATION THAT INCLUDES NONCONTIGUOUS9
	284	+	LOCATIONS WITHIN THE PROPOSED PREMISES OR A SUBSEQUENT10
	285	+	APPLICATION TO MODIFY THE PREMISES TO INCLUDE NONCONTIGUOUS11
	286	+	LOCATIONS, THE LICENSEE SHALL SUBMIT PROOF FROM THE LOCAL12
	287	+	LICENSING AUTHORITY IN WHICH THE PREMISES IS LOCATED OF13
	288	+	COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE ZONING , BUILDING, FIRE, AND OTHER14
	289	+	REQUIREMENTS FOR OCCUPANCY AND OPERATION . THE STATE LICENSING15
	290	+	AUTHORITY MAY, BY RULE, ESTABLISH A ONE-TIME APPLICATION FEE AND16
	291	+	AN ANNUAL RENEWAL FEE , NEITHER OF WHICH MAY EXCEED FIVE17
	292	+	HUNDRED DOLLARS PER LOCATION , FOR APPLICATIONS UNDER THIS18
	293	+	SUBSECTION (2)(d).19
	294	+	(e) T
	295	+	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL APPROVE THE20
	296	+	PROPOSED PREMISES FOR A BREWERY APPLYING PURSUANT TO SECTION21
	297	+	44-3-402,
	298	+	WHICH PREMISES INCLUDES UP TO TWO NONCONTIGUOUS22
	299	+	LOCATIONS USED FOR MANUFACTURING MALT LI QUORS , OR A23
	300	+	MODIFICATION OF THE LICENSED PREMISES OF A BREWERY LICENSED24
	301	+	PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-402 TO INCLUDE UP TO TWO NONCONTIGUOUS25
	302	+	LOCATIONS USED FOR MANUFACTURING MALT LIQUORS , IF THE ALCOHOL26
	303	+	AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU OF THE UNITED STATES27
	304	+	231
	305	+	-8- DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY HAS APPROVED THE DESCRIPTION AND1
	306	+	DIAGRAM OF THE PROPOSED OR MODIFIED PREMISES . ADDITIONALLY, WITH2
	307	+	THE INITIAL LICENSE APPLICATION THAT INCLUDES NONCONTIGUOUS3
	308	+	LOCATIONS WITHIN THE PROPOSED PREMISES OR A SUBSEQUENT4
	309	+	APPLICATION TO MODIFY THE PREMISES TO INCLUDE NONCONTIGUOUS5
	310	+	LOCATIONS, THE LICENSEE SHALL SUBMIT PROOF FROM THE LOCAL6
	311	+	LICENSING AUTHORITY IN WHICH THE PREMISES IS LOCATED OF7
	312	+	COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE ZONING , BUILDING, FIRE, AND OTHER8
	313	+	REQUIREMENTS FOR OCCUPANCY AND OPERATION . THE STATE LICENSING9
	314	+	AUTHORITY MAY, BY RULE, ESTABLISH A ONE-TIME APPLICATION FEE AND10
	315	+	AN ANNUAL RENEWAL FEE , NEITHER OF WHICH MAY EXCEED FIVE11
	316	+	HUNDRED DOLLARS PER LOCATION , FOR APPLICATIONS UNDER THIS12
	317	+	SUBSECTION (2)(e).13
	318	+	(3) (a) (II) For purposes of this section, each of the following is14
	319	+	considered a single business and location:15
	320	+	(E) A winery
	321	+	OR LIMITED WINERY licensed pursuant to section16
	322	+	44-3-402 or 44-3-403 that has noncontiguous locations included in the17
	323	+	licensed premises; and
	324	+	18
	325	+	(F) A festival at which more than one licensee participates19
	326	+	pursuant to a festival permit. A BREWERY LICENSED PURSUANT TO20
	327	+	SECTION 44-3-402 THAT HAS NONCONTIGUOUS LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN21
	328	+	THE LICENSED PREMISES;22
	329	+	(G) A
	330	+	DISTILLERY LICENSED PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-402 THAT23
	331	+	HAS NONCONTIGUOUS LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THE LICENSED PREMISES ;24
	332	+	AND25
	333	+	(H) A
	334	+	FESTIVAL AT WHICH MORE THAN ONE LICENSEE26
	335	+	PARTICIPATES PURSUANT TO A FESTIVAL PERMIT .27
	336	+	231
	337	+	-9- (8) Each licensee holding a fermented malt beverage AND WINE1
	338	+	on-premises license or on- and off-premises license, beer and wine2
	339	+	license, hotel and restaurant license,
	340	+	LODGING FACILITY LICENSE, tavern3
	341	+	license, lodging and
	342	+	entertainment FACILITY license, club license, arts4
	343	+	license, or racetrack license shall manage the premises himself or herself5
	344	+	or employ a separate and distinct manager on the premises and shall6
	345	+	report the name of the manager to the state and local licensing authorities.7
	346	+	The licensee shall report any change in managers to the state and local8
	347	+	licensing authorities within thirty days after the change. When a hotel and9
	348	+	restaurant,
	349	+	LODGING FACILITY, tavern, or lodging and
	350	+	entertainment10
	351	+	FACILITY licensee reports a change in manager to the state and local11
	352	+	licensing authority AUTHORITIES, the licensee shall pay:12
	353	+	(10) (c) Tastings are subject to the following limitations:13
	354	+	(V) The licensee may conduct tastings only during the operating14
	355	+	hours in which the licensee on whose premises the tastings occur is15
	356	+	permitted to sell alcohol beverages, and in no case earlier than 11 a.m. 1016
	357	+	a.m. or later than 9 p.m.17
	358	+	(g) (I) A
	359	+	N OFF-PREMISES RETAILER MAY CONDUCT A TASTING OF18
	360	+	ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FROM THE OFF -PREMISES RETAIL LICENSEE'S19
	361	+	EXISTING INVENTORY.20
14	362
15		-	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
16		-	SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-103, amend
17		-	(11.5)(j), (11.5)(k), (11.5)(l), (15)(c)(XI), (15)(c)(XII), (29), and (38)(b);
18		-	and add (2.5), (8.5), (11.5)(m), (14.5), (15)(c)(XIII), (15.5), and (21.5) as
19		-	follows:
20		-	44-3-103. Definitions. As used in this article 3 and article 4 of this
21		-	title 44, unless the context otherwise requires:
22		-	(2.5) "A
23		-	LCOHOL BEVERAGE SHIPPER LICENSEE " MEANS A PERSON
24		-	THAT SHIPS TO CONSUMERS VINOUS LIQUORS THAT IT RECEIVED FROM A
25		-	NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative
26		-	officers and the Governor. To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill
27		-	or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
28		-	history, or the Session Laws.
29		-	________
30		-	Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
31		-	through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
32		-	the act. WINERY DIRECT SHIPPER'S PERMITTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-104.
33		-	(8.5) "C
34		-	ATERING COMPANY" MEANS A PERSON, NOT INCLUDING
35		-	PERSONS IN THE MOBILE FOOD SERVICES INDUSTRY OR FOOD SERVICE
36		-	INDUSTRIES
37		-	, THAT:
38		-	(a) I
39		-	S PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN PROVIDING EVENT -BASED ALCOHOL
40		-	BEVERAGE SERVICES FOR EVENTS
41		-	:
42		-	(I) A
43		-	T A VENUE THAT DOES NOT POSSESS A LIQUOR LICENSE OR
44		-	PERMIT
45		-	; AND
46		-	(II) THAT HAVE SNACKS AND SANDWICHES AVAILABLE AT THE
47		-	EVENT
48		-	; AND
49		-	(b) HAS EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES TO TRANSPORT MEALS , ALCOHOL
50		-	BEVERAGES
51		-	, AND SNACKS TO EVENTS OR TO PREPARE FOOD AT AN
52		-	OFF
53		-	-PREMISES SITE.
54		-	(11.5) "Communal outdoor dining area" means an outdoor space that
55		-	is used for food and alcohol beverage service by two or more licensees
56		-	licensed under this article 3 or article 4 of this title 44 as a:
57		-	(j) Lodging and
58		-	Entertainment facility;
59		-	(k) Optional premises; or
60		-	(l) Fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer licensed for
61		-	consumption on the premises;
62		-	OR
63		-	(m) LODGING FACILITY.
64		-	(14.5) "E
65		-	DUCATIONAL CLASS" MEANS A CLOSED EVENT ON THE
66		-	PREMISES OF A RETAIL LIQUOR STORE
67		-	, DURING WHICH CONSUMERS WHO ARE
68		-	TWENTY
69		-	-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER ARE TAUGHT ABOUT ALCOHOL
70		-	BEVERAGES THAT ARE SOLD BY THE RETAIL LIQUOR STORE
71		-	, INCLUDING, BUT
72		-	NOT LIMITED TO
73		-	, THE HISTORY OF THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE , FOOD PAIRINGS,
74		-	AND SERVING SUGGESTIONS.
75		-	(15) "Entertainment district" means an area that:
76		-	PAGE 2-SENATE BILL 24-231 (c) Contains at least twenty thousand square feet of premises that,
77		-	at the time the district is created, is licensed pursuant to this article 3 as a:
78		-	(XI) Lodging and Entertainment facility licensee; or
79		-	(XII) Optional premises; OR
80		-	(XIII) LODGING FACILITY LICENSEE.
81		-	(15.5) "E
82		-	NTERTAINMENT FACILITY" MEANS AN ESTABLISHMENT:
83		-	(a) I
84		-	N WHICH THE PRIMARY BUSINESS IS TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH
85		-	SPORTS OR ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES WITHIN ITS LICENSED PREMISES
86		-	; AND
87		-	(b) THAT, INCIDENTAL TO ITS PRIMARY BUSINESS, SELLS AND SERVES
88		-	ALCOHOL BEVERAGES AT RETAIL FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE LICENSED
89		-	PREMISES AND HAS SANDWICHES AND LIGHT SNACKS AVAILABLE FOR
90		-	CONSUMPTION ON THE LICENSED PREMISES
91		-	.
92		-	(21.5) "I
93		-	NFLATION" MEAN THE ANNUAL PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN THE
94		-	UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 'S BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
95		-	CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
96		-	, OR A SUCCESSOR INDEX , FOR
97		-	DENVER-AURORA-LAKEWOOD FOR ALL ITEMS PAID BY URBAN CONSUMERS .
98		-	(29) "Lodging and entertainment
99		-	facility" means an establishment:
100		-	that:
101		-	(a) Is either: IN WHICH THE PRIMARY BUSINESS IS TO PROVIDE THE
102		-	PUBLIC WITH SLEEPING ROOMS AND MEETING FACILITIES
103		-	; AND
104		-	(I) A lodging facility, the primary business of which is to providethe public with sleeping rooms and meeting facilities; or
105		-	(II) An entertainment facility, the primary business of which is to
106		-	provide the public with sports or entertainment activities within its licensed
107		-	premises; and
108		-	(b) Incidental to its primary business, THAT sells and serves alcohol
109		-	beverages at retail for consumption on the
110		-	LICENSED premises and has
111		-	sandwiches and light snacks available for consumption on the
112		-	LICENSED
113		-	PAGE 3-SENATE BILL 24-231 premises.
114		-	(38) (b) Notwithstanding subsection (38)(a) of this section, for a
115		-	winery,
116		-	LIMITED WINERY, DISTILLERY, OR BREWERY authorized to
117		-	manufacture vinous liquors
118		-	ALCOHOL BEVERAGES pursuant to section
119		-	44-3-402 or 44-3-403, the licensed premises may include up to two
120		-	noncontiguous locations, both of which are used for manufacturing
121		-	purposes, within a radius of ten miles.
122		-	SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-202, add (4) as
123		-	follows:
124		-	44-3-202. Duties of state licensing authority - feasibility study -
125		-	rules - repeal. (4) (a) (I) B
126		-	Y JANUARY 1, 2028, THE STATE LICENSING
127		-	AUTHORITY SHALL STUDY THE FEASABILITY OF ADOPTING AN ONLINE PORTAL
128		-	SYSTEM THAT
129		-	:
130		-	(A) A
131		-	LLOWS LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATIONS AND RENEWALS TO BE
132		-	COMPLETED ONLINE
133		-	;
	363	+	21
	364	+	(II) OFF-PREMISES RETAILERS MAY HOLD TASTINGS , SUBJECT TO22
	365	+	RESTRICTIONS AS TO THE SERVING SIZE OF ANY ONE SAMPLE AND OVERALL23
	366	+	TOTAL AMOUNTS OF ALL ALCOHOL BEVERAGES THAT ARE TASTED . THE24
	367	+	TOTAL AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES TO BE SAMPLED AT A TASTING25
	368	+	SHALL BE LIMITED TO, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF ITEMS BEING26
	369	+	TASTED, NOT MORE THAN FOUR OUNCES OF MALT LIQUOR , FOUR OUNCES27
	370	+	231
	371	+	-10- OF VINOUS LIQUOR, AND TWO OUNCES OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR PER1
	372	+	CUSTOMER PER DAY.2
	373	+	(11) (c) (II) An association or licensed tavern, lodging and3
	374	+	entertainment facility,
	375	+	LODGING FACILITY, hotel and restaurant, brew pub,4
	376	+	distillery pub, retail gaming tavern, vintner's restaurant, beer and wine5
	377	+	licensee, manufacturer or beer wholesaler that operates a sales room, or6
	378	+	limited winery that wishes to create a promotional association may submit7
	379	+	an application to the local licensing authority. To qualify for certification,8
	380	+	the promotional association must:9
	381	+	(d) A person shall not attach a premises licensed under this article10
	382	+	3 to a common consumption area unless authorized by the local licensing11
	383	+	authority. Any noncontiguous location included in the licensed premises12
	384	+	of a winery,
	385	+	LIMITED WINERY, DISTILLERY, OR BREWERY licensed pursuant13
	386	+	to section 44-3-402 or 44-3-403 that falls outside the approved14
	387	+	boundaries of an entertainment district or a common consumption area15
	388	+	authorized pursuant to this subsection (11) shall not be included as part16
	389	+	of a certified promotional association or entertainment district even17
	390	+	though the licensed premises of that winery,
	391	+	LIMITED WINERY,18
	392	+	DISTILLERY, OR BREWERY is within the entertainment district.19
	393	+	(e) (I) A licensed tavern, lodging and
	394	+	entertainment facility,20
	395	+	LODGING FACILITY, hotel and restaurant, brew pub, distillery pub, retail21
	396	+	gaming tavern, vintner's restaurant, beer and wine licensee, manufacturer22
	397	+	or beer wholesaler that operates a sales room, limited winery, or optional23
	398	+	premises that wishes to attach to a common consumption area may submit24
	399	+	an application to the local licensing authority. To qualify, the licensee25
	400	+	must include a request for authority to attach to the common consumption26
	401	+	area from the certified promotional association of the common27
	402	+	231
	403	+	-11- consumption area unless the promotional association does not exist when1
	404	+	the application is submitted. If so THE PROMOTIONAL ASSOCIATION EXISTS2
	405	+	WHEN THE APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED , the applicant shall request the3
	406	+	authority when a promotional association is certified and shall4
	407	+	demonstrate to the local licensing authority that the authority has been5
	408	+	obtained by the time the applicant's license issued under this article 3 is6
	409	+	renewed.7
	410	+	(13) (a) A
	411	+	PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-409 MAY8
	412	+	HOLD EDUCATIONAL CLASSES PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION (13) AND9
	413	+	MAY CHARGE A FEE FOR THE EDUCATIONAL CLASSES IT HOLDS ; EXCEPT10
	414	+	THAT THE LICENSEE SHALL NOT CHARGE A FEE BY THE DRINK .11
134	415		(b) A
135		-	LLOWS A LICENSEE TO HAVE AN ACCOUNT WHERE ALL
136		-	RELEVANT LICENSE INFORMATION FOR ALL OF ITS LICENSES IS STORED
137		-	; AND
138		-	(C) AT THE TIME OF RENEWAL, ENABLES A LICENSEE TO RENEW ITS
139		-	LICENSE ONLINE BY UPLOADING ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION
140		-	.
141		-	(II) A
142		-	S PART OF STUDYING THE FEASABILITY OF AN ONLINE PORTAL
143		-	SYSTEM
144		-	, THE STUDY MUST INCLUDE:
145		-	(A) A
146		-	PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SYSTEM ;
147		-	(B) A
148		-	PROPOSED REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING
149		-	THE SYSTEM
150		-	; AND
151		-	(C) THE ESTIMATED COSTS OF DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING THE
152		-	SYSTEM
153		-	.
154		-	(III) I
155		-	N ADDITION, THE FEASABILITY STUDY MUST INCLUDE A
156		-	REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES THROUGHOUT
157		-	THE STATE
158		-	.
159		-	PAGE 4-SENATE BILL 24-231 (b) BY MARCH 1, 2028, THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL
160		-	SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FINANCE COMMITTEE
161		-	AND THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
162		-	, OR THEIR SUCCESSOR COMMITTEES,
163		-	ON THE FEASABILITY OF DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING AN ONLINE
164		-	PORTAL SYSTEM
165		-	. THE REPORT MUST INCLUDE THE ELEMENTS SPECIFIED IN
166		-	SUBSECTION
167		-	(4)(a)(II) OF THIS SECTION.
168		-	(c) T
169		-	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY ADOPT RULES NECESSARY
170		-	TO IMPLEMENT AND ADMINISTER THIS SUBSECTION
171		-	(4).
172		-	(d) T
173		-	HIS SUBSECTION (4) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2029.
174		-	SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-301, amend
175		-	(2)(b), (3)(a)(II)(E), (3)(a)(II)(F), (8) introductory portion, (10)(c)(V),
176		-	(11)(c)(II) introductory portion, (11)(d), and (11)(e)(I); and add (2)(d),
177		-	(2)(e), (3)(a)(II)(G), (3)(a)(II)(H), (10)(g), and (13) as follows:
178		-	44-3-301. Licensing in general - rules - tastings - promotional
179		-	association - educational classes. (2) (b) A local licensing authority or the
180		-	state may DELEGATE ITS LICENSING AUTHORITY TO THE STATE LICENSING
181		-	AUTHORITY WHEN AN APPLICANT IS APPLYING FOR OR RENEWING A LICENSE
182		-	TO SELL ALCOHOL BEVERAGES AT RETAIL FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR OFF A
183		-	LICENSED PREMISES AND THE LICENSED PREMISES IS LOCATED
184		-	on
185		-	state-owned property. A
186		-	LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY deny the
187		-	issuance of any new tavern or retail liquor store license whenever such
188		-	authority determines that the issuance of the license would result in or add
189		-	to an undue concentration of the same class of license and, as a result,
190		-	require the use of additional law enforcement resources.
191		-	(d) T
192		-	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL APPROVE THE
193		-	PROPOSED PREMISES FOR A DISTILLERY APPLYING PURSUANT TO SECTION
194		-	44-3-402, WHICH PREMISES INCLUDES UP TO TWO NONCONTIGUOUS
195		-	LOCATIONS USED FOR MANUFACTURING SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS
196		-	, OR A
197		-	MODIFICATION OF THE LICENSED PREMISES OF A DISTILLERY LICENSED
198		-	PURSUANT TO SECTION
199		-	44-3-402 TO INCLUDE UP TO TWO NONCONTIGUOUS
200		-	LOCATIONS USED FOR MANUFACTURING SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS
201		-	, IF THE
202		-	ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU OF THE
203		-	UNITED STATES
204		-	DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY HAS APPROVED THE DESCRIPTION AND
205		-	DIAGRAM OF THE PROPOSED OR MODIFIED PREMISES
206		-	. ADDITIONALLY, WITH
207		-	THE INITIAL LICENSE APPLICATION THAT INCLUDES NONCONTIGUOUS
208		-	PAGE 5-SENATE BILL 24-231 LOCATIONS WITHIN THE PROPOSED PREMISES OR A SUBSEQUENT APPLICATION
209		-	TO MODIFY THE PREMISES TO INCLUDE NONCONTIGUOUS LOCATIONS
210		-	, THE
211		-	LICENSEE SHALL SUBMIT PROOF FROM THE LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITY IN
212		-	WHICH THE PREMISES IS LOCATED OF COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE
213		-	ZONING
214		-	, BUILDING, FIRE, AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR OCCUPANCY AND
215		-	OPERATION
216		-	. THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY , BY RULE, ESTABLISH A
217		-	ONE
218		-	-TIME APPLICATION FEE AND AN ANNUAL RENEWAL FEE , NEITHER OF
219		-	WHICH MAY EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER LOCATION
220		-	, FOR
221		-	APPLICATIONS UNDER THIS SUBSECTION
222		-	(2)(d).
	416	+	LICENSEE AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION (13) TO12
	417	+	HOLD EDUCATIONAL CLASSES SHALL NOT ALLOW CLASS PARTICIPANTS TO13
	418	+	PARTICIPATE IN ANY OTHER TASTING EVENTS ON THE LICENSED PREMISES14
	419	+	HELD ON THE SAME DAY AND SHALL IMPLEMENT A MEANS OF TRACKING15
	420	+	HOW MANY SAMPLES EACH CLASS PARTICIPANT IS PROVIDED , WHICH MAY16
	421	+	INCLUDE THE USE OF A WRISTBAND OR OTHER MEANS OF ACCURATELY17
	422	+	TRACKING AN INDIVIDUAL CLASS PARTICIPANT 'S CONSUMPTION.18
	423	+	(c) I
	424	+	N ORDER TO TEACH AN EDUCATIONAL CLASS PURS UANT TO19
	425	+	THIS SUBSECTION (13), A CLASS INSTRUCTOR MUST HAVE SUCCESSFULLY20
	426	+	COMPLETED THE RESPONSIBLE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE VENDOR TRAINING21
	427	+	PROVIDED IN SECTION 44-3-1002.22
	428	+	(d) N
	429	+	OTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY , A23
	430	+	WHOLESALER OR MANUFACTURER MAY PROVIDE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES24
	431	+	FOR AN EDUCATIONAL CLASS HELD BY A LICENSEE PURS UANT TO THIS25
	432	+	SUBSECTION (13). SUCH ALCOHOL BEVERAGES MUST BE USED ONLY FOR26
	433	+	THE SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL CLASS FOR WHICH THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES27
	434	+	231
	435	+	-12- WERE PROVIDED. A WHOLESALER OR MANUFACTURER THAT PROVIDES1
	436	+	ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FOR AN EDUCATIONAL CLASS SHALL REMOVE ALL2
	437	+	UNOPENED PRODUCTS THAT REMAIN AT THE END OF THE CLASS . OPENED,3
	438	+	UNFINISHED ALCOHOL BEVERAGES MAY BE USED BY THE LICENSEE ONLY4
	439	+	AT A FUTURE EDUCATIONAL CLASS AND MUST BE LOCKED UP OFF THE5
	440	+	SALES FLOOR.6
223	441		(e) T
224		-	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL APPROVE THE PROPOSED
225		-	PREMISES FOR A BREWERY APPLYING PURSUANT TO SECTION
226		-	44-3-402,
227		-	WHICH PREMISES INCLUDES UP TO TWO NONCONTIGUOUS LOCATIONS USED
228		-	FOR MANUFACTURING MALT LIQUORS
229		-	, OR A MODIFICATION OF THE LICENSED
230		-	PREMISES OF A BREWERY LICENSED PURSUANT TO SECTION
231		-	44-3-402 TO
232		-	INCLUDE UP TO TWO NONCONTIGUOUS LOCATIONS USED FOR
233		-	MANUFACTURING MALT LIQUORS
234		-	, IF THE ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND
235		-	TRADE BUREAU OF THE
236		-	UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY HAS
237		-	APPROVED THE DESCRIPTION AND DIAGRAM OF THE PROPOSED OR MODIFIED
238		-	PREMISES
239		-	. ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE INITIAL LICENSE APPLICATION THAT
240		-	INCLUDES NONCONTIGUOUS LOCATIONS WITHIN THE PROPOSED PREMISES OR
241		-	A SUBSEQUENT APPLICATION TO MODIFY THE PREMISES TO INCLUDE
242		-	NONCONTIGUOUS LOCATIONS
243		-	, THE LICENSEE SHALL SUBMIT PROOF FROM THE
244		-	LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITY IN WHICH THE PREMISES IS LOCATED OF
245		-	COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE ZONING
246		-	, BUILDING, FIRE, AND OTHER
247		-	REQUIREMENTS FOR OCCUPANCY AND OPERATION
248		-	. THE STATE LICENSING
249		-	AUTHORITY MAY
250		-	, BY RULE, ESTABLISH A ONE-TIME APPLICATION FEE AND AN
251		-	ANNUAL RENEWAL FEE
252		-	, NEITHER OF WHICH MAY EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED
253		-	DOLLARS PER LOCATION
254		-	, FOR APPLICATIONS UNDER THIS SUBSECTION (2)(e).
255		-	(3) (a) (II) For purposes of this section, each of the following is
256		-	considered a single business and location:
257		-	(E) A winery
258		-	OR LIMITED WINERY licensed pursuant to section
259		-	44-3-402 or 44-3-403 that has noncontiguous locations included in the
260		-	licensed premises; and
261		-	(F) A festival at which more than one licensee participates pursuant
262		-	to a festival permit. A BREWERY LICENSED PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-402
263		-	THAT HAS NONCONTIGUOUS LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THE LICENSED
264		-	PAGE 6-SENATE BILL 24-231 PREMISES;
265		-	(G) A
266		-	DISTILLERY LICENSED PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-402 THAT
267		-	HAS NONCONTIGUOUS LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THE LICENSED PREMISES
268		-	;
269		-	AND
270		-	(H) A FESTIVAL AT WHICH MORE THAN ONE LICENSEE PARTICIPATES
271		-	PURSUANT TO A FESTIVAL PERMIT
272		-	.
273		-	(8) Each licensee holding a fermented malt beverage
274		-	AND WINE
275		-	on-premises license or on- and off-premises license, beer and wine license,
276		-	hotel and restaurant license,
277		-	LODGING FACILITY LICENSE, tavern license,
278		-	lodging and
279		-	entertainment FACILITY license, club license, arts license, or
280		-	racetrack license shall manage the premises himself or herself or employ a
281		-	separate and distinct manager on the premises and shall report the name of
282		-	the manager to the state and local licensing authorities. The licensee shall
283		-	report any change in managers to the state and local licensing authorities
284		-	within thirty days after the change. When a hotel and restaurant,
285		-	LODGING
286		-	FACILITY
287		-	, tavern, or lodging and
288		-	entertainment FACILITY licensee reports a
289		-	change in manager to the state and local licensing authority AUTHORITIES,
290		-	the licensee shall pay:
291		-	(10) (c) Tastings are subject to the following limitations:
292		-	(V) The licensee may conduct tastings only during the operating
293		-	hours in which the licensee on whose premises the tastings occur is
294		-	permitted to sell alcohol beverages, and in no case earlier than 11 a.m.
295		-	10
296		-	A.M. or later than 9 p.m.
297		-	(g) (I) A
298		-	N OFF-PREMISES RETAILER MAY CONDUCT A TASTING OF
299		-	ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FROM THE OFF
300		-	-PREMISES RETAIL LICENSEE'S EXISTING
301		-	INVENTORY
302		-	.
303		-	(II) O
304		-	FF-PREMISES RETAILERS MAY HOLD TASTINGS , SUBJECT TO
305		-	RESTRICTIONS AS TO THE SERVING SIZE OF ANY ONE SAMPLE AND OVERALL
306		-	TOTAL AMOUNTS OF ALL ALCOHOL BEVERAGES THAT ARE TASTED
307		-	. THE
308		-	TOTAL AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES TO BE SAMPLED AT A TASTING
309		-	SHALL BE LIMITED TO
310		-	, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF ITEMS BEING TASTED ,
311		-	NOT MORE THAN FOUR OUNCES OF MALT LIQUOR , FOUR OUNCES OF VINOUS
312		-	LIQUOR
313		-	, AND TWO OUNCES OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR PER CUSTOMER PER DAY .
314		-	PAGE 7-SENATE BILL 24-231 (11) (c) (II) An association or licensed tavern, lodging and
315		-	entertainment facility, LODGING FACILITY, hotel and restaurant, brew pub,
316		-	distillery pub, retail gaming tavern, vintner's restaurant, beer and wine
317		-	licensee, manufacturer or beer wholesaler that operates a sales room, or
318		-	limited winery that wishes to create a promotional association may submit
319		-	an application to the local licensing authority. To qualify for certification,
320		-	the promotional association must:
321		-	(d) A person shall not attach a premises licensed under this article
322		-	3 to a common consumption area unless authorized by the local licensing
323		-	authority. Any noncontiguous location included in the licensed premises of
324		-	a winery,
325		-	LIMITED WINERY, DISTILLERY, OR BREWERY licensed pursuant to
326		-	section 44-3-402 or 44-3-403 that falls outside the approved boundaries of
327		-	an entertainment district or a common consumption area authorized
328		-	pursuant to this subsection (11) shall not be included as part of a certified
329		-	promotional association or entertainment district even though the licensed
330		-	premises of that winery,
331		-	LIMITED WINERY, DISTILLERY, OR BREWERY is
332		-	within the entertainment district.
333		-	(e) (I) A licensed tavern, lodging and
334		-	entertainment facility,
335		-	LODGING FACILITY, hotel and restaurant, brew pub, distillery pub, retail
336		-	gaming tavern, vintner's restaurant, beer and wine licensee, manufacturer
337		-	or beer wholesaler that operates a sales room, limited winery, or optional
338		-	premises that wishes to attach to a common consumption area may submit
339		-	an application to the local licensing authority. To qualify, the licensee must
340		-	include a request for authority to attach to the common consumption area
341		-	from the certified promotional association of the common consumption area
342		-	unless the promotional association does not exist when the application is
343		-	submitted. If so
344		-	THE PROMOTIONAL ASSOCIATION EXISTS WHEN THE
345		-	APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED
346		-	, the applicant shall request the authority when
347		-	a promotional association is certified and shall demonstrate to the local
348		-	licensing authority that the authority has been obtained by the time the
349		-	applicant's license issued under this article 3 is renewed.
350		-	(13) (a) A
351		-	PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-409 MAY
352		-	HOLD EDUCATIONAL CLASSES PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION
353		-	(13) AND MAY
354		-	CHARGE A FEE FOR THE EDUCATIONAL CLASSES IT HOLDS
355		-	; EXCEPT THAT THE
356		-	LICENSEE SHALL NOT CHARGE A FEE BY THE DRINK
357		-	.
358		-	(b) A
359		-	LICENSEE AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION (13) TO HOLD
360		-	PAGE 8-SENATE BILL 24-231 EDUCATIONAL CLASSES SHALL NOT ALLOW CLASS PARTICIPANTS TO
361		-	PARTICIPATE IN ANY OTHER TASTING EVENTS ON THE LICENSED PREMISES
362		-	HELD ON THE SAME DAY AND SHALL IMPLEMENT A MEANS OF TRACKING HOW
363		-	MANY SAMPLES EACH CLASS PARTICIPANT IS PROVIDED
364		-	, WHICH MAY
365		-	INCLUDE THE USE OF A WRISTBAND OR OTHER MEANS OF ACCURATELY
366		-	TRACKING AN INDIVIDUAL CLASS PARTICIPANT
367		-	'S CONSUMPTION.
368		-	(c) I
369		-	N ORDER TO TEACH AN EDUCATIONAL CLASS PURSUANT TO THIS
370		-	SUBSECTION
371		-	(13), A CLASS INSTRUCTOR MUST HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
372		-	COMPLETED THE RESPONSIBLE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE VENDOR TRAINING
373		-	PROVIDED IN SECTION
374		-	44-3-1002.
375		-	(d) N
376		-	OTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY , A WHOLESALER
377		-	OR MANUFACTURER MAY PROVIDE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FOR AN
378		-	EDUCATIONAL CLASS HELD BY A LICENSEE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION
379		-	(13). SUCH ALCOHOL BEVERAGES MUST BE USED ONLY FOR THE SPECIFIC
380		-	EDUCATIONAL CLASS FOR WHICH THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES WERE PROVIDED
381		-	.
382		-	A
383		-	WHOLESALER OR MANUFACTURER THAT PROVIDES ALCOHOL BEVERAGES
384		-	FOR AN EDUCATIONAL CLASS SHALL REMOVE ALL UNOPENED PRODUCTS
385		-	THAT REMAIN AT THE END OF THE CLASS
386		-	. OPENED, UNFINISHED ALCOHOL
387		-	BEVERAGES MAY BE USED BY THE LICENSEE ONLY AT A FUTURE
388		-	EDUCATIONAL CLASS AND MUST BE LOCKED UP OFF THE SALES FLOOR
389		-	.
390		-	(e) T
391		-	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY PROMULGATE RULES
392		-	ESTABLISHING SAMPLE SIZE LIMITS AND TOTAL VOLUME LIMITS FOR
393		-	EDUCATIONAL CLASSES HELD PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION
394		-	(13).
395		-	SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-302, amend
396		-	(1)(a), (2)(b), (2)(d)(I), and (2)(d)(VIII); and add (3) as follows:
397		-	44-3-302. License renewal - rules. (1) (a) Ninety days before the
	442	+	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY PROMULGATE RULES7
	443	+	ESTABLISHING SAMPLE SIZE LIMITS AND TOTAL VOLUME LIMITS FOR8
	444	+	EDUCATIONAL CLASSES HELD PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION (13).9
	445	+	SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-302, amend10
	446	+	(1)(a), (2)(b), (2)(d)(I), and (2)(d)(VIII); and add (3) as follows:11
	447	+	44-3-302. License renewal - rules. (1) (a) Ninety days before the12
398	448		expiration date of an existing license, the state licensing authority
399		-	AND, FOR
400		-	LICENSES ISSUED BY A LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITY
401		-	, THE LOCAL LICENSING
402		-	AUTHORITY
403		-	shall notify the licensee of the expiration date by any method
404		-	reasonably likely to actually notify the licensee. The state licensing
405		-	authority shall promulgate rules setting the procedure
406		-	FOR THE STATE
407		-	LICENSING AUTHORITY
408		-	to notify a licensee in accordance with this
409		-	subsection (1)(a).
410		-	(2) (b) A state or local licensing authority shall not accept a late
411		-	PAGE 9-SENATE BILL 24-231 renewal application more than ninety days after the expiration of a
	449	+	AND,13
	450	+	FOR LICENSES ISSUED BY A LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITY , THE LOCAL14
	451	+	LICENSING AUTHORITY shall notify the licensee of the expiration date by15
	452	+	any method reasonably likely to actually notify the licensee. The state16
	453	+	licensing authority shall promulgate rules setting the procedure
	454	+	FOR THE17
	455	+	STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY to notify a licensee in accordance with this18
	456	+	subsection (1)(a).19
	457	+	(2) (b) A state or local licensing authority shall not accept a late20
	458	+	renewal application more than ninety days after the expiration of a21
412	459		licensee's permanent annual
413	460		OR BIENNIAL license. Any
414		-	A licensee ~~whose~~
	461	+	A licensee whose22
415	462		permanent annual
416		-	OR BIENNIAL license has been expired for more than
417		-	ninety days must apply for a new license pursuant to section 44-3-311 or a
418		-	reissued license pursuant to subsection (2)(d) of this section.
419		-	(d) (I) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(b) of this section, with the
420		-	permission of the licensing authority, a licensee whose permanent annual
421		-	OR BIENNIAL license has been expired for more than ninety days but less
422		-	than one hundred eighty days may submit to the local licensing authority,
423		-	or to the state licensing authority in the case of a licensee whose alcohol
424		-	beverage license is not subject to issuance or approval by a local licensing
425		-	authority, an application for a reissued license. The licensing authority has
426		-	the sole discretion to determine whether to allow a licensee to apply for a
427		-	reissued license.
	463	+	OR BIENNIAL license has been expired for more than23
	464	+	ninety days must apply for a new license pursuant to section 44-3-311 or24
	465	+	a reissued license pursuant to subsection (2)(d) of this section.25
	466	+	(d) (I) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(b) of this section, with the26
	467	+	permission of the licensing authority, a licensee whose permanent annual27
	468	+	231
	469	+	-13- OR BIENNIAL license has been expired for more than ninety days but less1
	470	+	than one hundred eighty days may submit to the local licensing authority,2
	471	+	or to the state licensing authority in the case of a licensee whose alcohol3
	472	+	beverage license is not subject to issuance or approval by a local licensing4
	473	+	authority, an application for a reissued license. The licensing authority5
	474	+	has the sole discretion to determine whether to allow a licensee to apply6
	475	+	for a reissued license.7
428	476		(VIII) (A) E
429		-	XCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (2)(d)(VIII)(B) OF
430		-	THIS SECTION
431		-	, if the state licensing authority approves the reissuance OF A
432		-	LICENSE
433		-	, the licensee will maintain
434		-	MAINTAINS the same license period
435		-	dates as if the license had been renewed prior to the expiration date.
	477	+	XCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (2)(d)(VIII)(B) OF8
	478	+	THIS SECTION, if the state licensing authority approves the reissuance OF9
	479	+	A LICENSE, the licensee will maintain
	480	+	MAINTAINS the same license period10
	481	+	dates as if the license had been renewed prior to the expiration date.11
436	482		(B) I
437		-	F THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY APPROVES THE REISSUANCE
438		-	OF AN EXPIRED LICENSE THAT WAS A BIENNIAL LICENSE
439		-	, THE STATE
440		-	LICENSING AUTHORITY MUST REISSUE AN ANNUAL LICENSE INSTEAD OF A
441		-	BIENNIAL LICENSE
442		-	.
443		-	(3) (a) A
444		-	PERSON LICENSED SOLELY BY THE STATE LICENSING
445		-	AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE
446		-	3 OR ARTICLE 4 OF THIS TITLE 44
447		-	AND IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY FILE
448		-	AN APPLICATION WITH THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY TO RENEW THE
449		-	LICENSE FOR A TWO
450		-	-YEAR PERIOD. A PERSON LICENSED BY BOTH THE STATE
451		-	AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE
452		-	3 OR
453		-	ARTICLE
454		-	4 OF THIS TITLE 44 AND IN GOOD STANDING WITH BOTH THE STATE
455		-	LICENSING AUTHORITY AND A LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY FILE AN
456		-	APPLICATION AS SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION
457		-	(1)(b) OF THIS SECTION TO RENEW
458		-	THE LICENSE FOR A TWO
459		-	-YEAR PERIOD.
	483	+	F THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY APPROVES THE12
	484	+	REISSUANCE OF AN EXPIRED LICENSE THAT WAS A BIENNIAL LICENSE , THE13
	485	+	STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MUST REISSUE AN ANNUAL LICENSE INSTEAD14
	486	+	OF A BIENNIAL LICENSE.15
	487	+	(3) (a) A PERSON LICENSED SOLELY BY THE STATE LICENSING16
	488	+	AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE 3 OR ARTICLE 4 OF THIS TITLE 4417
	489	+	AND IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY FILE18
	490	+	AN APPLICATION WITH THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY TO RENEW THE19
	491	+	LICENSE FOR A TWO-YEAR PERIOD. A PERSON LICENSED BY BOTH THE20
	492	+	STATE AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE 321
	493	+	OR ARTICLE 4 OF THIS TITLE 44 AND IN GOOD STANDING WITH BOTH THE22
	494	+	STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY AND A LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY23
	495	+	FILE AN APPLICATION AS SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (1)(b) OF THIS SECTION24
	496	+	TO RENEW THE LICENSE FOR A TWO-YEAR PERIOD.25
460	497		(b) A
461		-	LICENSEE GRANTED A BIENNIAL LICENSE PURSUANT TO THIS
462		-	SUBSECTION
463		-	(3) SHALL PAY THE APPLICABLE FEE REQUIRED BY SECTIONS
464		-	44-3-501 (1) AND (3) AND 44-3-505 (1) ANNUALLY AS FOLLOWS:
465		-	PAGE 10-SENATE BILL 24-231 (I) THE FIRST PAYMENT MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION
466		-	TO RENEW THE LICENSE FOR A TWO
467		-	-YEAR PERIOD; AND
468		-	(II) THE SECOND PAYMENT MUST BE SUBMITTED BY A DATE
469		-	SPECIFIED BY THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY THAT IS TWELVE MONTHS
470		-	AFTER THE BIENNIAL LICENSE APPLICATION IS FILED
471		-	.
	498	+	LICENSEE GRANTED A BIENNIAL LICENSE PURSUANT TO THIS26
	499	+	SUBSECTION (3) SHALL PAY THE APPLICABLE FEE REQUIRED BY SECTIONS27
	500	+	231
	501	+	-14- 44-3-501 (1) AND (3) AND 44-3-505 (1) ANNUALLY AS FOLLOWS:1
	502	+	(I) T
	503	+	HE FIRST PAYMENT MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH THE2
	504	+	APPLICATION TO RENEW THE LICENSE FOR A TWO -YEAR PERIOD; AND3
	505	+	(II) T
	506	+	HE SECOND PAYMENT MUST BE SUBMITTED BY A DATE4
	507	+	SPECIFIED BY THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY THAT IS TWELVE MONTHS5
	508	+	AFTER THE BIENNIAL LICENSE APPLICATION IS FILED.6
	509	+	(c) THIS SUBSECTION (3) APPLIES TO LICENSES ISSUED BY A LOCAL7
	510	+	LICENSING AUTHORITY ONLY IF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE COUNTY,8
	511	+	CITY AND COUNTY, OR MUNICIPALITY WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE LOCAL9
	512	+	LICENSING AUTHORITY ADOPTS AN ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION10
	513	+	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BIENNIAL LICENSES .11
	514	+	(d) THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADOPT RULES12
	515	+	NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT AND ADMINISTER THIS SUBSECTION (3).13
	516	+	SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-303, amend14
	517	+	(1)(b) as follows:15
	518	+	44-3-303. Transfer of ownership and temporary permits.16
	519	+	(1) (b) When a license has been issued to a husband and wife SPOUSES,17
	520	+	PARTNERS IN A CIVIL UNION, or to general or limited partners, the death of18
	521	+	a spouse or partner shall DOES not require the surviving spouse or partner19
	522	+	to obtain a new license. All rights and privileges granted under the20
	523	+	original license shall continue in full force and effect as to such THE21
	524	+	survivors for the balance of the license period.22
	525	+	SECTION 6. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-309, amend23
	526	+	(1)(n); and add (1)(o) as follows:24
	527	+	44-3-309. Local licensing authority - applications - optional25
	528	+	premises licenses. (1) A local licensing authority may issue only the26
	529	+	following alcohol beverage licenses upon payment of the fee specified in27
	530	+	231
	531	+	-15- section 44-3-505:1
	532	+	(n) Lodging and Entertainment FACILITY license;2
	533	+	(o) L
	534	+	ODGING FACILITY LICENSE.3
	535	+	SECTION 7. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-311, amend (1)4
	536	+	as follows:5
	537	+	44-3-311. Public notice - posting and publication - definition.6
	538	+	(1) Upon receipt of an application, except an application for renewal or7
	539	+	for transfer of ownership, the
	540	+	A local licensing authority shall MAY8
	541	+	schedule a public hearing upon the application not less than thirty days9
	542	+	from AFTER the date of the application and shall post and publish the10
	543	+	public notice thereof OF THE HEARING not less than ten days prior to the11
	544	+	hearing. I
	545	+	F A PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED , THE LOCAL LICENSING12
	546	+	AUTHORITY SHALL GIVE public notice shall be given
	547	+	by the posting of a13
	548	+	sign in a conspicuous place on the premises for which application has14
	549	+	been made and by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the15
	550	+	county in which the premises are located.16
	551	+	SECTION 8. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-401, amend17
	552	+	(1)(w); and add (1)(y) and (1)(z) as follows:18
	553	+	44-3-401. Classes of licenses and permits - rules. (1) For the19
	554	+	purpose of regulating the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcohol20
	555	+	beverages, the state licensing authority in its discretion, upon application21
	556	+	in the prescribed form made to it, may issue and grant to the applicant a22
	557	+	license or permit from any of the following classes, subject to the23
	558	+	provisions and restrictions provided by this article 3:24
	559	+	(w) Lodging and Entertainment FACILITY license;25
	560	+	(y) L
	561	+	ODGING FACILITY LICENSE;26
	562	+	(z) C
	563	+	ATERING LICENSE.27
	564	+	231
	565	+	-16- SECTION 9. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-402, amend1
	566	+	(7)(a) as follows:2
	567	+	44-3-402. Manufacturer's license - rules. (7) (a) (I) A3
	568	+	manufacturer of spirituous liquors licensed pursuant to this section may4
	569	+	conduct tastings and sell to customers spirituous liquors of its own5
	570	+	manufacture on its licensed premises and at one other approved sales6
	571	+	room location at no additional cost. A sales room location may be7
	572	+	included in the license at the time of the original license issuance or by8
	573	+	supplemental application. I
	574	+	F THE LICENSED PREMISES INCLUDES MULTIPLE9
	575	+	NONCONTIGUOUS LOCATIONS , THE MANUFACTURER MAY OPERATE A SALES10
	576	+	ROOM ON ONLY ONE OF THOSE NONCONTIGUOUS LOCATIONS .11
	577	+	(II) A
	578	+	MANUFACTURER OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS LICENSED12
	579	+	PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION THAT OPERATES A SALES ROOM MAY13
	580	+	PURCHASE AND USE COMMON ALCOHOL MODIFIERS , INCLUDING14
	581	+	VERMOUTH, AMAROS, AND LIQUEURS, TO COMBINE WITH SPIRITUOUS15
	582	+	LIQUORS TO PRODUCE COCKTAILS FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR OFF THE SALES16
	583	+	ROOM PREMISES. A MANUFACTURER THAT USES AN ALCOHOL MODIFIER
	584	+	17
	585	+	PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION (7)(a)(II) SHALL COMBINE THE MODIFIER18
	586	+	WITH A SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR PRODUCED BY THE MANUFACTURER . A19
	587	+	MANUFACTURER SHALL NOT SELL AN ALCOHOL MODIFIER THAT HAS NOT20
	588	+	BEEN COMBINED WITH A SPIRITOUS LIQUOR . THE STATE LICENSING21
	589	+	AUTHORITY MAY ADOPT RULES NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT AND22
	590	+	ADMINISTER THIS SUBSECTION (7)(a)(II).23
	591	+	SECTION 10. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-404, amend24
	592	+	(1)(c) as follows:25
	593	+	44-3-404. Festival permit - rules. (1) (c) If a festival permittee26
	594	+	notifies the state licensing authority and the appropriate local licensing27
	595	+	231
	596	+	-17- authority of the location of and dates of each festival at least thirty1
	597	+	business CALENDAR days before holding the festival, the permittee may2
	598	+	hold up to, but no more than, nine festivals during the twelve months after3
	599	+	the festival permit is issued. Beginning January 1, 2024, a permittee may4
	600	+	hold up to nine festivals during each calendar year.5
	601	+	SECTION 11. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-405, repeal (2)6
	602	+	as follows:7
	603	+	44-3-405. Importer's license. (2) It is unlawful for any licensed8
	604	+	importer of vinous or spirituous liquors or any person, partnership,9
	605	+	association, organization, or corporation interested financially in or with10
	606	+	such a licensed importer to be interested financially, directly or indirectly,11
	607	+	in the business of any vinous or spirituous wholesale licensee; except that12
	608	+	any such financial interest that occurred on or before July 1, 1969, shall13
	609	+	be lawful.14
	610	+	SECTION 12. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-407, amend15
	611	+	(3); and add (1.5) as follows:16
	612	+	44-3-407. Wholesaler's license - discrimination in wholesale17
	613	+	sales prohibited - rules. (1.5) (a) A
	614	+	LICENSED WHOLESALER MAY HOLD18
	615	+	TRADE SHOW EVENTS TO ALLOW RETAILERS TO SAMPLE PRODUCTS ON THE19
	616	+	WHOLESALER'S LICENSED PREMISES IN AN AREA DESIGNATED FOR TRADE20
	617	+	SHOW EVENTS. A WHOLESALER SHALL NOT OPEN TRADE SHOW EVENTS TO21
	618	+	THE GENERAL PUBLIC.22
	619	+	(b) (I) E
	620	+	XCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (1.5)(b)(II) OF THIS23
	621	+	SECTION, A WHOLESALER MAY HOLD A TRADE SHOW EVENT ON THE24
	622	+	WHOLESALER'S LICENSED PREMISES.25
	623	+	(II) A
	624	+	WHOLESALER SHALL NOT HOLD A TRADE SHOW EVENT IN :26
	625	+	(A) T
	626	+	HE DOCKING, DELIVERY, OR WAREHOUSE STORAGE AREAS OF27
	627	+	231
	628	+	-18- THE LICENSED PREMISES, UNLESS THE WAREHOUSE IS A DESIGNATED AREA1
	629	+	FOR A TRADE SHOW EVENT OR IS ISOLATED AND EXCLUDED FROM ONGOING2
	630	+	BUSINESS ACTIVITY; OR3
	631	+	(B) A
	632	+	SALES ROOM DURING ANY TIME WHEN THE SALES ROOM IS4
	633	+	OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.5
472	634		(c) T
473		-	HIS SUBSECTION (3) APPLIES TO LICENSES ISSUED BY A LOCAL
474		-	LICENSING AUTHORITY ONLY IF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE COUNTY
475		-	, CITY
476		-	AND COUNTY
477		-	, OR MUNICIPALITY WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE LOCAL
478		-	LICENSING AUTHORITY ADOPTS AN ORDI NANCE OR RESOLUTION
479		-	AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BIENNIAL LICENSES
480		-	.
	635	+	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY PROMULGATE RULES6
	636	+	IMPLEMENTING THIS SUBSECTION (1.5).7
	637	+	(3) It is unlawful for a licensed wholesaler of vinous or spirituous8
	638	+	liquors or any person, partnership, association, organization, or9
	639	+	corporation interested financially in or with such a wholesaler to be10
	640	+	interested financially in the business of any licensed manufacturer or
	641	+	11
	642	+	importer of vinous or spirituous liquors; except that any such financial12
	643	+	interest that occurred on or before July 1, 1969, shall be IS lawful.13
	644	+	SECTION 13. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-409, amend14
	645	+	(2)(a)(I); and add (6), (7), and (8) as follows:15
	646	+	44-3-409. Retail liquor store license - rules - definitions.16
	647	+	(2) (a) A person licensed under this section to sell malt, vinous, and17
	648	+	spirituous liquors in a retail liquor store:18
	649	+	(I) E
	650	+	XCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (6) OF THIS SECTION, shall19
	651	+	purchase the malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors only from a wholesaler20
	652	+	licensed pursuant to this article 3; and21
	653	+	(6) (a) A
	654	+	SELLING LICENSEE MAY SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER22
	655	+	ALL OF THE LICENSEE'S ALCOHOL BEVERAGE INVENTORY TO ANOTHER23
	656	+	LICENSED RETAIL LIQUOR STORE AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBSECTION (6).24
	657	+	(b) (I) T
	658	+	HE SELLING LICENSEE MUST SELL ALL OF THE LICENSEE 'S25
	659	+	ALCOHOL BEVERAGE INVENTORY TO ONLY ONE ACQUIRING LICENSEE .26
	660	+	(II) I
	661	+	N DETERMINING THE COST OF THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE27
	662	+	231
	663	+	-19- INVENTORY, THE SELLING LICENSEE SHALL CHARGE, AND THE ACQUIRING1
	664	+	LICENSEE MUST PAY, THE HIGHEST AMOUNT THE SELLING LICENSEE PAID2
	665	+	FOR EACH ALCOHOL BEVERAGE IN THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE 'S INVENTORY3
	666	+	AT THE TIME THE INVENTORY IS ACQUIRED .4
	667	+	(c) B
	668	+	OTH THE SELLING LICENSEE AND THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE5
	669	+	SHALL GIVE NOTICE TO THE STATE AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES OF6
	670	+	THE SALE OR TRANSFER OF THE INVENTORY NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN DAYS7
	671	+	BEFORE THE SALE OCCURS.8
	672	+	(d) (I) P
	673	+	RIOR TO ACCEPTING PAYMENT FROM AN ACQUIRING9
	674	+	LICENSEE, THE SELLING LICENSEE SHALL NOTIFY ALL WHOLESALERS FROM10
	675	+	WHICH THE SELLING LICENSEE PURCHASED ALCOHOL BEVERAGES WITHIN11
	676	+	THE FOUR MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE SALE OR12
	677	+	TRANSFER, INFORMING THE WHOLESALERS OF THE IMPENDING SALE OR13
	678	+	TRANSFER.14
	679	+	(II) W
	680	+	ITHIN FIFTEEN BUSINESS DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE NOTICE15
	681	+	SENT PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (6)(d)(I) OF THIS SECTION, A16
	682	+	WHOLESALER SHALL NOTIFY THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE AND THE SELLING17
	683	+	LICENSEE OF ANY OUTSTANDING DEBT OWED BY THE SELLING LICENSEE TO18
	684	+	THE WHOLESALER FOR THE PRODUCTS BEING SOLD OR TRANSFERRED .19
	685	+	(III) I
	686	+	F AN ACQUIRING LICENSEE RECEIVES NOTICE OF AN20
	687	+	OUTSTANDING DEBT OWED BY THE SELLING LICENSEE PURSUANT TO21
	688	+	SUBSECTION (6)(d)(II) OF THIS SECTION, THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE SHALL22
	689	+	FIRST SATISFY THE SELLING LICENSEE'S DEBT WITH THE WHOLESALER. THE23
	690	+	ACQUIRING LICENSEE SHALL PAY ANY REMAINING MONEY OWED FOR THE24
	691	+	PURCHASED INVENTORY AFTER PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE TO ANY25
	692	+	WHOLESALERS THAT NOTIFIED THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE IN A MANNER26
	693	+	CONSISTENT WITH THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SELLING LICENSEE AND27
	694	+	231
	695	+	-20- THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE.1
	696	+	(IV) I
	697	+	F A WHOLESALER FAILS TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF ANY2
	698	+	INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO THE WHOLESALER BY THE SELLING LICENSEE3
	699	+	WITHIN THE TIME SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (6)(d)(II) OF THIS SECTION,4
	700	+	THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE IS EXCUSED OF ANY LIABILITY FOR THE5
	701	+	OUTSTANDING DEBT THE SELLING LICENSEE OWES THE WHOLESALER .6
	702	+	(e) A
	703	+	T THE TIME THAT THE SELLING LICENSEE OFFERS ITS ALCOHOL7
	704	+	BEVERAGE INVENTORY FOR SALE TO AN ACQUIRING LICENSEE , THE8
	705	+	SELLING LICENSEE SHALL ALSO GIVE NOTICE TO ALL LICENSED9
	706	+	WHOLESALERS OF THE OFFER , AND THE SELLING LICENSEE SHALL10
	707	+	IMMEDIATELY, UPON GIVING NOTICE, CEASE TO PURCHASE ANY FURTHER11
	708	+	PRODUCT FROM A LICENSED WHOLESALER .12
	709	+	(f) (I) A
	710	+	FTER THE SELLING LICENSEE 'S ALCOHOL BEVERAGE13
	711	+	INVENTORY IS PURCHASED, THE SELLING LICENSEE'S LICENSE IS CANCELED,14
	712	+	INVALID, AND CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN SURRENDERED . EXCEPT AS15
	713	+	PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (6)(f)(II) OF THIS SECTION, THE STATE OR A16
	714	+	LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL NOT ISSUE A NEW RETAIL LIQUOR17
	715	+	STORE LICENSE AT THE LOCATION OF THE SELLING LICENSEE'S PREMISES OR18
	716	+	WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF THE LICENSED PREMISES19
	717	+	FOR THE FIVE YEARS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE DATE THE LICENSE IS20
	718	+	CANCELED, INVALIDATED, OR CONSIDERED SURRENDERED .21
	719	+	(II) T
	720	+	HE STATE AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES MAY APPROVE22
	721	+	A TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP THAT ENABLES A NEW LICENSEE TO OPERATE23
	722	+	AT THE SAME PREMISES IF THE CONDITIONS IN SUBSECTION (7) OF THIS24
	723	+	SECTION ARE MET.25
	724	+	(7) (a) A
	725	+	N ACQUIRING LICENSEE MAY, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL FROM26
	726	+	THE STATE AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES AND THE LIMITATIONS27
	727	+	231
	728	+	-21- SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (4)(b)(III) OF THIS SECTION, OBTAIN THE RETAIL1
	729	+	LIQUOR LICENSE OF A SELLING LICENSEE WHEN THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE2
	730	+	INVENTORY OF THE SELLING LICENSEE IS TRANSFERRED TO THE ACQUIRING3
	731	+	LICENSEE IF:4
	732	+	(I) T
	733	+	HE LICENSED PREMISES OF THE SELLING LICENSEE DOES NOT5
	734	+	EXCEED TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET ; AND6
	735	+	(II) T
	736	+	HE ACQUISITION OF THE LICENSE IS APPROVED BY THE STATE7
	737	+	AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES FOR A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP AS8
	738	+	REQUIRED BY SECTION 44-3-303.9
	739	+
	740	+	10
	741	+	(b) IF THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE OWNS MORE THAN ONE RETAIL11
	742	+	LIQUOR STORE LICENSE, THE PURCHASED ALCOHOL BEVERAGE INVENTORY12
	743	+	MAY BE PAID FOR BY THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE , AND THE ACQUIRING13
	744	+	LICENSEE MAY ALLOCATE THE COST BETWEEN OR AMONG ALL OF THE14
	745	+	RETAIL LIQUOR STORES OWNED BY THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE , SO LONG AS15
	746	+	THE ALLOCATION OCCURS PRIOR TO OR AT THE TIME THE ALCOHOL16
	747	+	BEVERAGE IS REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES OF THE SELLING LICENSEE .17
	748	+	(c) UPON ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE OF THE18
	749	+	SELLING LICENSEE'S ALCOHOL BEVERAGE INVENTORY , THE SELLING19
	750	+	LICENSEE AND THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE20
	751	+	PENDING SALE TO THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY , WHICH SHALL POST21
	752	+	THE NOTICE ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION 'S WEBSITE.22
	753	+	(d) THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE MUST TRANSPORT THE ALCOHOL23
	754	+	BEVERAGE IT PURCHASED FROM THE SELLING LICENSEE AND MAY ONLY24
	755	+	TRANSPORT THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES TO THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE 'S25
	756	+	LICENSED PREMISES OR TO ONE OF THE OTHER LICENSED PREMISES OWNED26
	757	+	BY THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE.27
	758	+	231
	759	+	-22- (8) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:1
	760	+	(a) "A
	761	+	CQUIRING LICENSEE" MEANS A LICENSED RETAIL LIQUOR2
	762	+	STORE PURCHASING OR ATTEMPTING TO PURCHASE THE INVENTORY OF A3
	763	+	SELLING LICENSEE.4
	764	+	(b) "S
	765	+	ELLING LICENSEE" MEANS A LICENSED RETAIL LIQUOR STORE5
	766	+	THAT IS SURRENDERING ITS LICENSE.6
	767	+	SECTION 14. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-410, amend7
	768	+	(2)(b) as follows:8
	769	+	44-3-410. Liquor-licensed drugstore license - multiple licenses9
	770	+	permitted - requirements - rules. (2) (b) A person licensed under this10
	771	+	section on or after January 1, 2017, shall not purchase malt, vinous, or11
	772	+	spirituous liquors from a wholesaler on credit and shall effect payment12
	773	+	upon delivery of the alcohol beverages. T
	774	+	HE ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF AN13
	775	+	ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER IS NOT AN EXTENSION OR ACCEPTANCE OF14
	776	+	CREDIT AS PROHIBITED BY THIS SUBSECTION (2)(b) IF THE TRANSFER IS15
	777	+	INITIATED ON OR BEFORE THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE DELIVERY16
	778	+	OF THE MALT, VINOUS, OR SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS.17
	779	+	SECTION 15. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-411, amend18
	780	+	(2)(a) as follows:19
	781	+	44-3-411. Beer and wine license. (2) (a) Every person selling20
	782	+	malt and vinous liquors as provided in this section shall purchase malt21
	783	+	and vinous liquors only from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this article22
	784	+	3; except that, during a calendar year, any
	785	+	A person selling malt and23
	786	+	vinous liquors as provided in this section may purchase not more than two24
	787	+	SEVEN thousand dollars' worth of malt and vinous liquors from retailers25
	788	+	licensed pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-104 (1)(c).26
	789	+	O
	790	+	N JANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE27
	791	+	231
	792	+	-23- LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE PURCHASE LIMITATION1
	793	+	SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION (2)(a) FOR INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH2
	794	+	THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR3
	795	+	ENFORCEMENT DIVISION'S WEBSITE.4
	796	+	SECTION 16. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-413, amend5
	797	+	(7)(b)(I) as follows:6
	798	+	44-3-413. Hotel and restaurant license - definitions - rules.7
	799	+	(7) (b) (I) During a calendar year, a person selling alcohol beverages as8
	800	+	provided in this section may purchase not more than two SEVEN thousand9
	801	+	dollars' worth of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors from retailers10
	802	+	licensed pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-104 (1)(c).11
	803	+	O
	804	+	N JANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE12
	805	+	LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE PURCHASE LIMITATION13
	806	+	SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION (7)(b)(I) FOR INFLATION AND SHALL14
	807	+	PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR15
	808	+	ENFORCEMENT DIVISION'S WEBSITE.16
	809	+	SECTION 17. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-414, amend17
	810	+	(2)(a); and repeal (9) as follows:18
	811	+	44-3-414. Tavern license. (2) (a) Every person selling alcohol19
	812	+	beverages as provided in this section shall purchase alcohol beverages20
	813	+	only from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this article 3; except that,21
	814	+	during a calendar year, a person selling alcohol beverages as provided in22
	815	+	this section may purchase not more than two
	816	+	SEVEN thousand dollars'23
	817	+	worth of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors from retailers licensed24
	818	+	pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-104 (1)(c). O
	819	+	N25
	820	+	J
	821	+	ANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE26
	822	+	LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE PURCHASE LIMITATION27
	823	+	231
	824	+	-24- SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION (2)(a) FOR INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH1
	825	+	THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR2
	826	+	ENFORCEMENT DIVISION'S WEBSITE.3
	827	+	(9) (a) At the time a tavern license is due for renewal or by one4
	828	+	year after August 10, 2016, whichever occurs later, a tavern licensed5
	829	+	under this section that does not have as its principal business the sale of6
	830	+	alcohol beverages, has a valid license on August 10, 2016, and is a7
	831	+	lodging and entertainment facility may apply to, and the applicable local8
	832	+	licensing authority shall, convert the tavern license to a lodging and9
	833	+	entertainment license under section 44-3-428, and the licensee may10
	834	+	continue to operate as a lodging and entertainment facility licensee. If a11
	835	+	tavern licensee does not have as its principal business the sale of alcohol12
	836	+	beverages but is not a lodging and entertainment facility, at the time the13
	837	+	tavern license is due for renewal or by one year after August 10, 2016,14
	838	+	whichever occurs later, the licensee may apply to, and the applicable local15
	839	+	licensing authority shall, convert the tavern license to another license16
	840	+	under this article 3, if any, for which the person qualifies.17
	841	+	(b) A person applying under this subsection (9) to convert an18
	842	+	existing tavern license to another license under this article 3 may apply to19
	843	+	convert the license, even if the location of the licensed premises is within20
	844	+	five hundred feet of any public or parochial school or the principal21
	845	+	campus of any college, university, or seminary, so long as the local22
	846	+	licensing authority has previously approved the location of the licensed23
	847	+	premises in accordance with section 44-3-313 (1)(d).24
	848	+	SECTION 18. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-416, amend25
	849	+	(2)(a) as follows:26
	850	+	44-3-416. Retail gaming tavern license. (2) (a) Every person27
	851	+	231
	852	+	-25- selling alcohol beverages as described in this section shall purchase the1
	853	+	alcohol beverages only from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this article2
	854	+	3; except that, during a calendar year, a person selling alcohol beverages3
	855	+	as provided in this section may purchase not more than two SEVEN4
	856	+	thousand dollars' worth of malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors from5
	857	+	retailers licensed pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-1046
	858	+	(1)(c). O
	859	+	N JANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE7
	860	+	STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE PURCHASE LIMITATION8
	861	+	SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION (2)(a) FOR INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH9
	862	+	THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR10
	863	+	ENFORCEMENT DIVISION'S WEBSITE.11
	864	+	SECTION 19. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-417, amend12
	865	+	(3)(a) as follows:13
	866	+	44-3-417. Brew pub license - definitions. (3) (a) Every person14
	867	+	selling alcohol beverages pursuant to this section shall purchase alcohol15
	868	+	beverages, other than those that are manufactured at the licensed brew16
	869	+	pub, from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this article 3; except that,17
	870	+	during a calendar year, a person selling alcohol beverages as provided in18
	871	+	this section may purchase not more than two
	872	+	SEVEN thousand dollars'19
	873	+	worth of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors from retailers licensed20
	874	+	pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-104 (1)(c). O
	875	+	N21
	876	+	J
	877	+	ANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE22
	878	+	LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE PURCHASE LIMITATION23
	879	+	SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION (3)(a) FOR INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH24
	880	+	THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR25
	881	+	ENFORCEMENT DIVISION'S WEBSITE.26
	882	+	SECTION 20. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-418, amend27
	883	+	231
	884	+	-26- (2)(a) as follows:1
	885	+	44-3-418. Club license - legislative declaration. (2) (a) Every2
	886	+	person selling alcohol beverages as provided in this section shall purchase3
	887	+	the alcohol beverages only from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this4
	888	+	article 3; except that, during a calendar year, a person selling alcohol5
	889	+	beverages as provided in this section may purchase not more than two6
	890	+	SEVEN thousand dollars' worth of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors7
	891	+	from retailers licensed pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and8
	892	+	44-4-104 (1)(c). O
	893	+	N JANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY 19
	894	+	THEREAFTER, THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE10
	895	+	PURCHASE LIMITATION SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION (2)(a) FOR11
	896	+	INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION12
	897	+	AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION 'S WEBSITE.13
	898	+	SECTION 21. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-419, amend14
	899	+	(1)(a) and (4)(a) as follows:15
	900	+	44-3-419. Arts license - definition. (1) (a) An arts license may16
	901	+	be issued to any nonprofit arts organization that sponsors and presents17
	902	+	productions or performances of an artistic or cultural nature, and the arts18
	903	+	license permits the licensee to sell alcohol beverages only to patrons of19
	904	+	the productions or performances for consumption on the licensed20
	905	+	premises in connection with the productions or performances. No person
	906	+	21
	907	+	licensed pursuant to this section shall permit any exterior or interior22
	908	+	advertising concerning the sale of alcohol beverages on the licensed23
	909	+	premises A LICENSEE MAY PLACE LIMITED ADVERTISING OF THE24
	910	+	AVAILABILITY OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FOR SALE ON THE LICENSED25
	911	+	PREMISES WHILE AN ARTISTIC OR CULTURAL PRODUCTION OR26
	912	+	PERFORMANCE IS TAKING PLACE AND MAY INCLUDE THE LIMITED27
	913	+	231
	914	+	-27- ADVERTISING IN E-MAIL, PRINT, RADIO, TELEVISION, AND SOCIAL MEDIA1
	915	+	MARKETING ABOUT THE PRODUCTION OR PERFORMANCE , BUT THE2
	916	+	AVAILABILITY OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES MUST NOT BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS3
	917	+	OF THE ADVERTISEMENT.4
	918	+	(4) (a) Every person selling alcohol beverages as provided in this5
	919	+	section shall purchase the alcohol beverages only from a wholesaler6
	920	+	licensed pursuant to this article 3; except that, during a calendar year, a7
	921	+	person selling alcohol beverages as provided in this section may purchase8
	922	+	not more than two SEVEN thousand dollars' worth of malt, vinous, and9
	923	+	spirituous liquors from retailers licensed pursuant to sections 44-3-409,10
	924	+	44-3-410, and 44-4-104 (1)(c). O
	925	+	N JANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY11
	926	+	1
	927	+	THEREAFTER, THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE12
	928	+	PURCHASE LIMITATION SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION (4)(a) FOR13
	929	+	INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION14
	930	+	AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION 'S WEBSITE.15
	931	+	SECTION 22. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-420, amend16
	932	+	(2)(a) as follows:17
	933	+	44-3-420. Racetrack license. (2) (a) Every person selling alcohol18
	934	+	beverages as provided in this section shall purchase the alcohol beverages19
	935	+	only from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this article 3; except that,20
	936	+	during a calendar year, a person selling alcohol beverages as provided in21
	937	+	this section may purchase not more than two
	938	+	SEVEN thousand dollars'22
	939	+	worth of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors from retailers licensed23
	940	+	pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-104 (1)(c). O
	941	+	N24
	942	+	J
	943	+	ANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE25
	944	+	LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE PURCHASE LIMITATION26
	945	+	SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION (2)(a) FOR INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH27
	946	+	231
	947	+	-28- THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR1
	948	+	ENFORCEMENT DIVISION'S WEBSITE.2
	949	+	SECTION 23. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-422, amend3
	950	+	(3)(a) as follows:4
	951	+	44-3-422. Vintner's restaurant license. (3) (a) Every person5
	952	+	selling alcohol beverages pursuant to this section shall purchase the6
	953	+	alcohol beverages, other than those that are manufactured at the licensed7
	954	+	vintner's restaurant, from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this article 3;8
	955	+	except that, during a calendar year, a person may purchase not more than9
	956	+	two SEVEN thousand dollars' worth of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors10
	957	+	from retailers licensed pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and11
	958	+	44-4-104 (1)(c). O
	959	+	N JANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY 112
	960	+	THEREAFTER, THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE13
	961	+	PURCHASE LIMITATION SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION (3)(a) FOR14
	962	+	INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION15
	963	+	AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION 'S WEBSITE.16
	964	+	SECTION 24. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-423, amend17
	965	+	(2)(a)(X); and add (2)(a)(XI) as follows:18
	966	+	44-3-423. Removal of vinous liquor from licensed premises.19
	967	+	(2) This section applies to a person:20
	968	+	(a) That is duly licensed as a:21
	969	+	(X) Lodging and
	970	+	Entertainment facility under section 44-3-428;22
	971	+	and23
	972	+	(XI) A
	973	+	LODGING FACILITY UNDER SECTION 44-3-432; AND24
	974	+	SECTION 25. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-424, amend25
	975	+	(2)(b) as follows:26
	976	+	44-3-424. Retail establishment permit - definitions.27
	977	+	231
	978	+	-29- (2) (b) Upon initial application, and for each renewal, the AN applicant1
	979	+	must list each day that alcohol beverages will be served, which days must2
	980	+	not be changed without a minimum of fifteen THIRTY days' written notice3
	981	+	to the state and local licensing authority AUTHORITIES.4
	982	+	SECTION 26. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-426, amend5
	983	+	(4)(b)(I) as follows:6
	984	+	44-3-426. Distillery pub license - legislative declaration -7
	985	+	definition. (4) (b) (I) During a calendar year, a person selling alcohol8
	986	+	beverages as provided in this section may purchase not more than two9
	987	+	SEVEN thousand dollars' worth of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors10
	988	+	from retailers licensed pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and11
	989	+	44-4-104 (1)(c). O
	990	+	N JANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY 112
	991	+	THEREAFTER, THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE13
	992	+	PURCHASE LIMITATION SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION (4)(b)(I) FOR14
	993	+	INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION15
	994	+	AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION 'S WEBSITE.16
	995	+	SECTION 27. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-428, amend17
	996	+	(1), (2), (3)(a), (3)(b) introductory portion, and (4)(b); repeal (5); and add18
	997	+	(6) and (7) as follows:19
	998	+	44-3-428. Entertainment facility license - repeal. (1) A lodging
	999	+	20
	1000	+	and AN entertainment FACILITY license may be issued to a lodging and AN21
	1001	+	entertainment facility selling alcohol beverages by the drink only to22
	1002	+	customers for consumption on the premises. A lodging and AN23
	1003	+	entertainment facility licensee shall have sandwiches and light snacks24
	1004	+	available for consumption on the
	1005	+	LICENSED premises during business25
	1006	+	hours but need not have meals available for consumption.26
	1007	+	(2) (a) A lodging and
	1008	+	AN entertainment facility licensed to sell27
	1009	+	231
	1010	+	-30- alcohol beverages as provided in this section shall purchase alcohol1
	1011	+	beverages only from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this article 3;2
	1012	+	except that, during a calendar year, a lodging and AN entertainment3
	1013	+	facility licensed to sell alcohol beverages as provided in this section may4
	1014	+	purchase not more than two SEVEN thousand dollars' worth of malt,5
	1015	+	vinous, and spirituous liquors from retailers licensed pursuant to sections6
	1016	+	44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-104 (1)(c). O
	1017	+	N JANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH7
	1018	+	J
	1019	+	ANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST8
	1020	+	THE PURCHASE LIMITATION SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION (2)(a) FOR9
	1021	+	INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION10
	1022	+	AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION 'S WEBSITE.11
	1023	+	(b) A lodging and
	1024	+	AN entertainment facility licensee shall retain12
	1025	+	evidence of each purchase of malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors from a13
	1026	+	retailer licensed pursuant to section 44-3-409, 44-3-410, or 44-4-10414
	1027	+	(1)(c), in the form of a purchase receipt showing the name of the licensed15
	1028	+	retailer, the date of purchase, a description of the alcohol beverages16
	1029	+	purchased, and the price paid for the alcohol beverages. The lodging and17
	1030	+	entertainment facility licensee shall retain the receipt and make it18
	1031	+	available to the state and local licensing authorities at all times during19
	1032	+	business hours.20
	1033	+	(3) (a) Except as provided in subsection (3)(b) of this section, it21
	1034	+	is unlawful for any owner, part owner, shareholder, or person interested22
	1035	+	directly or indirectly in lodging and entertainment FACILITY licenses to23
	1036	+	conduct, own either in whole or in part, or be directly or indirectly24
	1037	+	interested in any other business licensed pursuant to this article 3 or25
	1038	+	article 4 of this title 44.26
	1039	+	(b) An owner, part owner, shareholder, or person interested27
	1040	+	231
	1041	+	-31- directly or indirectly in a lodging and AN entertainment FACILITY license1
	1042	+	may have an interest in:2
	1043	+	(4) (b) The manager for each lodging and LICENSED entertainment3
	1044	+	license FACILITY, the lodging and entertainment facility licensee, or an4
	1045	+	employee or agent of the lodging and entertainment facility licensee shall5
	1046	+	purchase alcohol beverages for one licensed premises only, and the6
	1047	+	purchases shall be separate and distinct from purchases for any other7
	1048	+	lodging and LICENSED entertainment license FACILITY.8
	1049	+	(5) At the time a tavern license issued under section 44-3-414 is9
	1050	+	due for renewal or by one year after August 10, 2016, whichever occurs10
	1051	+	later, a person licensed as a tavern that does not have as its principal11
	1052	+	business the sale of alcohol beverages, has a valid license on August 10,12
	1053	+	2016, and is a lodging and entertainment facility may apply to, and the13
	1054	+	applicable local licensing authority shall, convert the tavern license to a14
	1055	+	lodging and entertainment license under this section, and the person may15
	1056	+	continue to operate as a lodging and entertainment facility licensee. A16
	1057	+	person applying to convert an existing tavern license to a lodging and17
	1058	+	entertainment license under this subsection (5) may apply to convert the18
	1059	+	license, even if the location of the licensed premises is within five19
	1060	+	hundred feet of any public or parochial school or the principal campus of20
	1061	+	any college, university, or seminary, so long as the local licensing21
	1062	+	authority has previously approved the location of the licensed premises22
	1063	+	in accordance with section 44-3-313 (1)(d).23
	1064	+	(6) (a) O
	1065	+	N AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBSECTION24
	1066	+	(6),
	1067	+	THE STATE OR A LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL NOT ISSUE OR25
	1068	+	RENEW ANY LICENSES UNDER THIS SECTION TO A LODGING FACILITY .26
	1069	+	(b) T
	1070	+	HE STATE AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES SHALL TREAT27
	1071	+	231
	1072	+	-32- ANY APPLICATION SUBMITTED ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS1
	1073	+	SECTION, AS AMENDED, BY A LODGING FACILITY FOR A LODGING AND2
	1074	+	ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY LICENSE OR RENEWAL LICENSE AS AN3
	1075	+	APPLICATION FOR A LODGING FACILITY LICENSE OR RENEWAL LICENSE4
	1076	+	ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-432.5
	1077	+	(c) O
	1078	+	N THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBSECTION (6), EACH6
	1079	+	LODGING AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS7
	1080	+	SECTION TO A LODGING FACILITY AUTOMATICALLY C ONVERTS TO LODGING8
	1081	+	FACILITY LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-432.9
481	1082		(d) T
482		-	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADOPT RULES
483		-	NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT AND ADMINISTER THIS SUBSECTION
484		-	(3).
485		-	SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-303, amend
486		-	(1)(b) as follows:
487		-	44-3-303. Transfer of ownership and temporary permits.
488		-	(1) (b) When a license has been issued to a husband and wife
489		-	SPOUSES,
490		-	PARTNERS IN A CIVIL UNION, or to general or limited partners, the death of
491		-	a spouse or partner shall DOES not require the surviving spouse or partner
492		-	to obtain a new license. All rights and privileges granted under the original
493		-	license shall
494		-	continue in full force and effect as to such THE survivors for
495		-	the balance of the license period.
496		-	SECTION 6. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-309, amend
497		-	(1)(n); and add (1)(o) as follows:
498		-	44-3-309. Local licensing authority - applications - optional
499		-	premises licenses. (1) A local licensing authority may issue only the
500		-	following alcohol beverage licenses upon payment of the fee specified in
501		-	section 44-3-505:
502		-	(n) Lodging and
503		-	Entertainment FACILITY license;
504		-	(o) L
505		-	ODGING FACILITY LICENSE.
506		-	SECTION 7. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-311, amend (1)
507		-	PAGE 11-SENATE BILL 24-231 as follows:
508		-	44-3-311. Public notice - posting and publication - definition.
509		-	(1) Upon receipt of an application, except an application for renewal or for
510		-	transfer of ownership, the A local licensing authority shall MAY schedule a
511		-	public hearing upon the application not less than thirty days from AFTER the
512		-	date of the application and shall post and publish the public notice thereof
513		-	OF THE HEARING not less than ten days prior to the hearing. IF A PUBLIC
514		-	HEARING IS SCHEDULED
515		-	, THE LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL GIVE
516		-	public notice shall be given
517		-	by the posting of a sign in a conspicuous place
518		-	on the premises for which application has been made and by publication in
519		-	a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the premises are
520		-	located.
521		-	SECTION 8. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-401, amend
522		-	(1)(w); and add (1)(y) and (1)(z) as follows:
523		-	44-3-401. Classes of licenses and permits - rules. (1) For the
524		-	purpose of regulating the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcohol
525		-	beverages, the state licensing authority in its discretion, upon application in
526		-	the prescribed form made to it, may issue and grant to the applicant a
527		-	license or permit from any of the following classes, subject to the provisions
528		-	and restrictions provided by this article 3:
529		-	(w) Lodging and
530		-	Entertainment FACILITY license;
531		-	(y) L
532		-	ODGING FACILITY LICENSE;
533		-	(z) C
534		-	ATERING LICENSE.
535		-	SECTION 9. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-402, amend (7)(a)
536		-	as follows:
537		-	44-3-402. Manufacturer's license - rules. (7) (a) (I) A
538		-	manufacturer of spirituous liquors licensed pursuant to this section may
539		-	conduct tastings and sell to customers spirituous liquors of its own
540		-	manufacture on its licensed premises and at one other approved sales room
541		-	location at no additional cost. A sales room location may be included in the
542		-	license at the time of the original license issuance or by supplemental
543		-	application. I
544		-	F THE LICENSED PREMISES INCLUDES MULTIPLE
545		-	PAGE 12-SENATE BILL 24-231 NONCONTIGUOUS LOCATIONS , THE MANUFACTURER MAY OPERATE A SALES
546		-	ROOM ON ONLY ONE OF THOSE NONCONTIGUOUS LOCATIONS
547		-	.
548		-	(II) A
549		-	MANUFACTURER OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS LICENSED PURSUANT
550		-	TO THIS SECTION THAT OPERATES A SALES ROOM MAY PURCHASE AND USE
551		-	COMMON ALCOHOL MODIFIERS
552		-	, INCLUDING VERMOUTH , AMAROS, AND
553		-	LIQUEURS
554		-	, TO COMBINE WITH SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS TO PRODUCE COCKTAILS
555		-	FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR OFF THE SALES ROOM PREMISES
556		-	. A
557		-	MANUFACTURER THAT USES AN ALCOHOL MODIFIER PURSUANT TO THIS
558		-	SUBSECTION
559		-	(7)(a)(II) SHALL COMBINE THE MODIFIER WITH A SPIRITUOUS
560		-	LIQUOR PRODUCED BY THE MANUFACTURER
561		-	. A MANUFACTURER SHALL NOT
562		-	SELL AN ALCOHOL MODIFIER THAT HAS NOT BEEN COMBINED WITH A
563		-	SPIRITOUS LIQUOR
564		-	. THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY ADOPT RULES
565		-	NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT AND ADMINISTER THIS SUBSECTION
566		-	(7)(a)(II).
567		-	SECTION 10. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-404, amend
568		-	(1)(c) as follows:
569		-	44-3-404. Festival permit - rules. (1) (c) If a festival permittee
570		-	notifies the state licensing authority and the appropriate local licensing
571		-	authority of the location of and dates of each festival at least thirty business
572		-	CALENDAR days before holding the festival, the permittee may hold up to,
573		-	but no more than, nine festivals during the twelve months after the festival
574		-	permit is issued. Beginning January 1, 2024, a permittee may hold up to
575		-	nine festivals during each calendar year.
576		-	SECTION 11. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-405, repeal (2)
577		-	as follows:
578		-	44-3-405. Importer's license. (2) It is unlawful for any licensed
579		-	importer of vinous or spirituous liquors or any person, partnership,
580		-	association, organization, or corporation interested financially in or with
581		-	such a licensed importer to be interested financially, directly or indirectly,
582		-	in the business of any vinous or spirituous wholesale licensee; except that
583		-	any such financial interest that occurred on or before July 1, 1969, shall be
584		-	lawful.
585		-	SECTION 12. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-407, amend (3);
586		-	and add (1.5) as follows:
587		-	PAGE 13-SENATE BILL 24-231 44-3-407. Wholesaler's license - discrimination in wholesale sales
588		-	prohibited - rules. (1.5) (a) A
589		-	LICENSED WHOLESALER MAY HOLD TRADE
590		-	SHOW EVENTS TO ALLOW RETAILERS TO SAMPLE PRODUCTS ON THE
591		-	WHOLESALER
592		-	'S LICENSED PREMISES IN AN AREA DESIGNATED FOR TRADE
593		-	SHOW EVENTS
594		-	. A WHOLESALER SHALL NOT OPEN TRADE SHOW EVENTS TO
595		-	THE GENERAL PUBLIC
596		-	.
597		-	(b) (I) E
598		-	XCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (1.5)(b)(II) OF THIS
599		-	SECTION
600		-	, A WHOLESALER MAY HOLD A TRADE SHOW EVENT ON THE
601		-	WHOLESALER
602		-	'S LICENSED PREMISES.
603		-	(II) A
604		-	WHOLESALER SHALL NOT HOLD A TRADE SHOW EVENT IN :
605		-	(A) T
606		-	HE DOCKING, DELIVERY, OR WAREHOUSE STORAGE AREAS OF
607		-	THE LICENSED PREMISES
608		-	, UNLESS THE WAREHOUSE IS A DESIGNATED AREA
609		-	FOR A TRADE SHOW EVENT OR IS ISOLATED AND EXCLUDED FROM ONGOING
610		-	BUSINESS ACTIVITY
611		-	; OR
612		-	(B) A SALES ROOM DURING ANY TIME WHEN THE SALES ROOM IS
613		-	OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
614		-	.
	1083	+	HE CONVERSION OF AN ENTERTAINMENT AND LODGING10
	1084	+	LICENSE ISSUED TO A LODGING FACILITY UNDER THIS SECTION TO A11
	1085	+	LODGING FACILITY LICENSE UNDER SECTION 44-3-432 PURSUANT TO THIS12
	1086	+	SUBSECTION (6) IS A CONTINUATION OF THE PRIOR LICENSE AND DOES NOT13
	1087	+	AFFECT:14
	1088	+	(I) A
	1089	+	NY PRIOR DISCIPLINE, LIMITATION, OR CONDITION IMPOSED BY15
	1090	+	THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY ON A LICENSEE ;16
	1091	+	(II) T
	1092	+	HE DEADLINE FOR RENEWAL OF THE LICENSE ; OR17
	1093	+	(III) A
	1094	+	NY PENDING OR FUTURE INVESTIGATION OR18
	1095	+	ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING .19
	1096	+	(e) T
	1097	+	HIS SUBSECTION (6) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1,20
	1098	+	2026.21
	1099	+	(7) (a) O
	1100	+	N THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBSECTION (7), EACH22
	1101	+	LODGING AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS23
	1102	+	SECTION TO AN ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY AUTOMATICALLY CONVERTS TO24
	1103	+	AN ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY LICENSE .25
	1104	+	(b) T
	1105	+	HE STATE AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES SHALL TREAT26
	1106	+	ANY APPLICATION SUBMITTED ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS27
	1107	+	231
	1108	+	-33- SECTION, AS AMENDED, BY AN ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY FOR A LODGING1
	1109	+	AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY LICENSE OR RENEWAL LICENSE AS AN2
	1110	+	APPLICATION FOR AN ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY LICENSE OR RENEWAL3
	1111	+	LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.4
615	1112		(c) T
616		-	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY PROMULGATE RULES
617		-	IMPLEMENTING THIS SUBSECTION
618		-	(1.5).
619		-	(3) It is unlawful for a licensed wholesaler of vinous or spirituous
620		-	liquors or any person, partnership, association, organization, or corporation
621		-	interested financially in or with such a wholesaler to be interested
622		-	financially in the business of any licensed manufacturer or importer
623		-	of
624		-	vinous or spirituous liquors; except that any such financial interest that
625		-	occurred on or before July 1, 1969, shall be
626		-	IS lawful.
627		-	SECTION 13. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-409, amend
628		-	(2)(a)(I); and add (6), (7), and (8) as follows:
629		-	44-3-409. Retail liquor store license - rules - definitions. (2) (a) A
630		-	person licensed under this section to sell malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors
631		-	in a retail liquor store:
632		-	(I) E
633		-	XCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (6) OF THIS SECTION, shall
634		-	purchase the malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors only from a wholesaler
635		-	PAGE 14-SENATE BILL 24-231 licensed pursuant to this article 3; and
636		-	(6) (a) A
637		-	SELLING LICENSEE MAY SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER ALL
638		-	OF THE LICENSEE
639		-	'S ALCOHOL BEVERAGE INVENTORY TO ANOTHER LICENSED
640		-	RETAIL LIQUOR STORE AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBSECTION
641		-	(6).
642		-	(b) (I) T
643		-	HE SELLING LICENSEE MUST SELL ALL OF THE LICENSEE 'S
644		-	ALCOHOL BEVERAGE INVENTORY TO ONLY ONE ACQUIRING LICENSEE
645		-	.
646		-	(II) I
647		-	N DETERMINING THE COST OF THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE
648		-	INVENTORY
649		-	, THE SELLING LICENSEE SHALL CHARGE , AND THE ACQUIRING
650		-	LICENSEE MUST PAY
651		-	, THE HIGHEST AMOUNT THE SELLING LICENSEE PAID FOR
652		-	EACH ALCOHOL BEVERAGE IN THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE
653		-	'S INVENTORY AT THE
654		-	TIME THE INVENTORY IS ACQUIRED
655		-	.
656		-	(c) B
657		-	OTH THE SELLING LICENSEE AND THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE
658		-	SHALL GIVE NOTICE TO THE STATE AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES OF
659		-	THE SALE OR TRANSFER OF THE INVENTORY NOT LESS THAN FIFTEEN DAYS
660		-	BEFORE THE SALE OCCURS
661		-	.
662		-	(d) (I) P
663		-	RIOR TO ACCEPTING PAYMENT FROM AN ACQUIRING
664		-	LICENSEE
665		-	, THE SELLING LICENSEE SHALL NOTIFY ALL WHOLESALERS FROM
666		-	WHICH THE SELLING LICENSEE PURCHASED ALCOHOL BEVERAGES WITHIN THE
667		-	FOUR MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE SALE OR
668		-	TRANSFER
669		-	, INFORMING THE WHOLESALERS OF THE IMPENDING SALE OR
670		-	TRANSFER
671		-	.
672		-	(II) W
673		-	ITHIN FIFTEEN BUSINESS DAYS AFTER RECEIVING THE NOTICE
674		-	SENT PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION
675		-	(6)(d)(I) OF THIS SECTION, A WHOLESALER
676		-	SHALL NOTIFY THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE AND THE SELLING LICENSEE OF ANY
677		-	OUTSTANDING DEBT OWED BY THE SELLING LICENSEE TO THE WHOLESALER
678		-	FOR THE PRODUCTS BEING SOLD OR TRANSFERRED
679		-	.
680		-	(III) I
681		-	F AN ACQUIRING LICENSEE RECEIVES NOTICE OF AN
682		-	OUTSTANDING DEBT OWED BY THE SELLING LICENSEE PURSUANT TO
683		-	SUBSECTION
684		-	(6)(d)(II) OF THIS SECTION, THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE SHALL
685		-	FIRST SATISFY THE SELLING LICENSEE
686		-	'S DEBT WITH THE WHOLESALER. THE
687		-	ACQUIRING LICENSEE SHALL PAY ANY REMAINING MONEY OWED FOR THE
688		-	PURCHASED INVENTORY AFTER PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE TO ANY
689		-	WHOLESALERS THAT NOTIFIED THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE IN A MANNER
690		-	PAGE 15-SENATE BILL 24-231 CONSISTENT WITH THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SELLING LICENSEE AND
691		-	THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE
692		-	.
693		-	(IV) I
694		-	F A WHOLESALER FAILS TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF ANY
695		-	INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO THE WHOLESALER BY THE SELLING LICENSEE
696		-	WITHIN THE TIME SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION
697		-	(6)(d)(II) OF THIS SECTION, THE
698		-	ACQUIRING LICENSEE IS EXCUSED OF ANY LIABILITY FOR THE OUTSTANDING
699		-	DEBT THE SELLING LICENSEE OWES THE WHOLESALER
700		-	.
701		-	(e) A
702		-	T THE TIME THAT THE SELLING LICENSEE OFFERS ITS ALCOHOL
703		-	BEVERAGE INVENTORY FOR SALE TO AN ACQUIRING LICENSEE
704		-	, THE SELLING
705		-	LICENSEE SHALL ALSO GIVE NOTICE TO ALL LICENSED WHOLESALERS OF THE
706		-	OFFER
707		-	, AND THE SELLING LICENSEE SHALL IMMEDIATELY , UPON GIVING
708		-	NOTICE
709		-	, CEASE TO PURCHASE ANY FURTHER PRODUCT FROM A LICENSED
710		-	WHOLESALER
711		-	.
712		-	(f) (I) A
713		-	FTER THE SELLING LICENSEE 'S ALCOHOL BEVERAGE
714		-	INVENTORY IS PURCHASED
715		-	, THE SELLING LICENSEE'S LICENSE IS CANCELED,
716		-	INVALID, AND CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN SURRENDERED . EXCEPT AS
717		-	PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION
718		-	(6)(f)(II) OF THIS SECTION, THE STATE OR A LOCAL
719		-	LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL NOT ISSUE A NEW RETAIL LIQUOR STORE
720		-	LICENSE AT THE LOCATION OF THE SELLING LICENSEE
721		-	'S PREMISES OR WITHIN
722		-	ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF THE LICENSED PREMISES FOR THE
723		-	FIVE YEARS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE DATE THE LICENSE IS CANCELED
724		-	,
725		-	INVALIDATED, OR CONSIDERED SURRENDERED .
	1113	+	HE CONVERSION OF A L ODGING AND ENTERTAINMENT5
	1114	+	FACILITY LICENSE ISSUED TO AN ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY TO AN6
	1115	+	ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY LICENSE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION (7) IS7
	1116	+	A CONTINUATION OF THE PRIOR LICENSE AND DOES NOT AFFECT :8
	1117	+	(I) A
	1118	+	NY PRIOR DISCIPLINE, LIMITATION, OR CONDITION IMPOSED BY9
	1119	+	THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY ON A LICENSEE ;10
726	1120		(II) T
727		-	HE STATE AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES MAY APPROVE
728		-	A TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP THAT ENABLES A NEW LICENSEE TO OPERATE AT
729		-	THE SAME PREMISES IF THE CONDITIONS IN SUBSECTION
730		-	(7) OF THIS SECTION
731		-	ARE MET
732		-	.
733		-	(7) (a) A
734		-	N ACQUIRING LICENSEE MAY, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL FROM
735		-	THE STATE AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES AND THE LIMITATIONS
736		-	SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION
737		-	(4)(b)(III) OF THIS SECTION, OBTAIN THE RETAIL
738		-	LIQUOR LICENSE OF A SELLING LICENSEE WHEN THE ALC OHOL BEVERAGE
739		-	INVENTORY OF THE SELLING LICENSEE IS TRANSFERRED TO THE ACQUIRING
740		-	LICENSEE IF
741		-	:
742		-	(I) T
743		-	HE LICENSED PREMISES OF THE SELLING LICENSEE DOES NOT
744		-	EXCEED TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET
745		-	; AND
746		-	PAGE 16-SENATE BILL 24-231 (II) THE ACQUISITION OF THE LICENSE IS APPROVED BY THE STATE
747		-	AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES FOR A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP AS
748		-	REQUIRED BY SECTION
749		-	44-3-303.
750		-	(b) I
751		-	F THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE OWNS MORE THAN ONE RETAIL
752		-	LIQUOR STORE LICENSE
753		-	, THE PURCHASED ALCOHOL BEVERAGE INVENTORY
754		-	MAY BE PAID FOR BY THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE
755		-	, AND THE ACQUIRING
756		-	LICENSEE MAY ALLOCATE THE COST BETWEEN OR AMONG ALL OF THE RETAIL
757		-	LIQUOR STORES OWNED BY THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE
758		-	, SO LONG AS THE
759		-	ALLOCATION OCCURS PRIOR TO OR AT THE TIME THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE IS
760		-	REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES OF THE SELLING LICENSEE
761		-	.
762		-	(c) U
763		-	PON ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE OF THE
764		-	SELLING LICENSEE
765		-	'S ALCOHOL BEVERAGE INVENTORY , THE SELLING LICENSEE
766		-	AND THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE PENDING SALE
767		-	TO THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY
768		-	, WHICH SHALL POST THE NOTICE ON
769		-	THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
770		-	'S WEBSITE.
	1121	+	HE DEADLINE FOR RENEWAL OF THE LICENSE ; OR11
	1122	+	(III) A
	1123	+	NY PENDING OR FUTURE INVESTIGATION OR12
	1124	+	ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING .13
771	1125		(d) T
772		-	HE ACQUIRING LICENSEE MUST TRANSPORT THE ALCOHOL
773		-	BEVERAGE IT PURCHASED FROM THE SELLING LICENSEE AND MAY ONLY
774		-	TRANSPORT THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES TO THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE
775		-	'S
776		-	LICENSED PREMISES OR TO ONE OF THE OTHER LICENSED PREMISES OWNED
777		-	BY THE ACQUIRING LICENSEE
778		-	.
779		-	(8) A
780		-	S USED IN THIS SECTION:
781		-	(a) "A
782		-	CQUIRING LICENSEE" MEANS A LICENSED RETAIL LIQUOR STORE
783		-	PURCHASING OR ATTEMPTING TO PURCHASE THE INVENTORY OF A SELLING
784		-	LICENSEE
785		-	.
786		-	(b) "S
787		-	ELLING LICENSEE" MEANS A LICENSED RETAIL LIQUOR STORE
788		-	THAT IS SURRENDERING ITS LICENSE
789		-	.
790		-	SECTION 14. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-410, amend
791		-	(2)(b) as follows:
792		-	44-3-410. Liquor-licensed drugstore license - multiple licenses
793		-	permitted - requirements - rules. (2) (b) A person licensed under this
794		-	section on or after January 1, 2017, shall not purchase malt, vinous, or
795		-	spirituous liquors from a wholesaler on credit and shall effect payment upon
796		-	PAGE 17-SENATE BILL 24-231 delivery of the alcohol beverages. THE ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF AN
797		-	ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER IS NOT AN EXTENSION OR ACCEPTANCE OF
798		-	CREDIT AS PROHIBITED BY THIS SUBSECTION
799		-	(2)(b) IF THE TRANSFER IS
800		-	INITIATED ON OR BEFORE THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE DELIVERY OF
801		-	THE MALT
802		-	, VINOUS, OR SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS.
803		-	SECTION 15. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-411, amend
804		-	(2)(a) as follows:
805		-	44-3-411. Beer and wine license. (2) (a) Every person selling malt
806		-	and vinous liquors as provided in this section shall purchase malt and
807		-	vinous liquors only from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this article 3;
808		-	except that, during a calendar year, any
809		-	A person selling malt and vinous
810		-	liquors as provided in this section may purchase not more than two SEVEN
811		-	thousand dollars' worth of malt and vinous liquors from retailers licensed pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-104 (1)(c). O
812		-	N JANUARY
813		-	1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE LICENSING
814		-	AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE PURCHASE LIMITATION SPECIFIED IN THIS
815		-	SUBSECTION
816		-	(2)(a) FOR INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED
817		-	PURCHASE LIMITATION AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
818		-	'S
819		-	WEBSITE
820		-	.
821		-	SECTION 16. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-413, amend
822		-	(7)(b)(I) as follows:
823		-	44-3-413. Hotel and restaurant license - definitions - rules.
824		-	(7) (b) (I) During a calendar year, a person selling alcohol beverages as
825		-	provided in this section may purchase not more than two
826		-	SEVEN thousand
827		-	dollars' worth of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors from retailers licensed
828		-	pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-104 (1)(c). O
829		-	N JANUARY
830		-	1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE LICENSING
831		-	AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE PURCHASE LIMITATION SPECIFIED IN THIS
832		-	SUBSECTION
833		-	(7)(b)(I) FOR INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED
834		-	PURCHASE LIMITATION AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
835		-	'S
836		-	WEBSITE
837		-	.
838		-	SECTION 17. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-414, amend
839		-	(2)(a); and repeal (9) as follows:
840		-	44-3-414. Tavern license. (2) (a) Every person selling alcohol
841		-	PAGE 18-SENATE BILL 24-231 beverages as provided in this section shall purchase alcohol beverages only
842		-	from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this article 3; except that, during a
843		-	calendar year, a person selling alcohol beverages as provided in this section
844		-	may purchase not more than two
845		-	SEVEN thousand dollars' worth of malt,
846		-	vinous, and spirituous liquors from retailers licensed pursuant to sections
847		-	44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-104 (1)(c). O
848		-	N JANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH
849		-	JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST
850		-	THE PURCHASE LIMITATION SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION
851		-	(2)(a) FOR
852		-	INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION
853		-	AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
854		-	'S WEBSITE.
855		-	(9) (a) At the time a tavern license is due for renewal or by one year
856		-	after August 10, 2016, whichever occurs later, a tavern licensed under this
857		-	section that does not have as its principal business the sale of alcohol
858		-	beverages, has a valid license on August 10, 2016, and is a lodging and
859		-	entertainment facility may apply to, and the applicable local licensing
860		-	authority shall, convert the tavern license to a lodging and entertainment
861		-	license under section 44-3-428, and the licensee may continue to operate as
862		-	a lodging and entertainment facility licensee. If a tavern licensee does not
863		-	have as its principal business the sale of alcohol beverages but is not a
864		-	lodging and entertainment facility, at the time the tavern license is due for
865		-	renewal or by one year after August 10, 2016, whichever occurs later, the
866		-	licensee may apply to, and the applicable local licensing authority shall,
867		-	convert the tavern license to another license under this article 3, if any, for
868		-	which the person qualifies.
869		-	(b) A person applying under this subsection (9) to convert an
870		-	existing tavern license to another license under this article 3 may apply to
871		-	convert the license, even if the location of the licensed premises is within
872		-	five hundred feet of any public or parochial school or the principal campus
873		-	of any college, university, or seminary, so long as the local licensing
874		-	authority has previously approved the location of the licensed premises in
875		-	accordance with section 44-3-313 (1)(d).
876		-	SECTION 18. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-416, amend
877		-	(2)(a) as follows:
878		-	44-3-416. Retail gaming tavern license. (2) (a) Every person
879		-	selling alcohol beverages as described in this section shall purchase the
880		-	alcohol beverages only from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this article
881		-	PAGE 19-SENATE BILL 24-231 3; except that, during a calendar year, a person selling alcohol beverages as
882		-	provided in this section may purchase not more than two SEVEN thousand
883		-	dollars' worth of malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors from retailers licensed
884		-	pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-104 (1)(c). O
885		-	N JANUARY
886		-	1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE LICENSING
887		-	AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE PURCHASE LIMITATION SPECIFIED IN THIS
888		-	SUBSECTION
889		-	(2)(a) FOR INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED
890		-	PURCHASE LIMITATION AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
891		-	'S
892		-	WEBSITE
893		-	.
894		-	SECTION 19. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-417, amend
895		-	(3)(a) as follows:
896		-	44-3-417. Brew pub license - definitions. (3) (a) Every person
897		-	selling alcohol beverages pursuant to this section shall purchase alcohol
898		-	beverages, other than those that are manufactured at the licensed brew pub,
899		-	from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this article 3; except that, during a
900		-	calendar year, a person selling alcohol beverages as provided in this section
901		-	may purchase not more than two
902		-	SEVEN thousand dollars' worth of malt,
903		-	vinous, and spirituous liquors from retailers licensed pursuant to sections
904		-	44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-104 (1)(c). O
905		-	N JANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH
906		-	JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST
907		-	THE PURCHASE LIMITATION SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION
908		-	(3)(a) FOR
909		-	INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION
910		-	AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
911		-	'S WEBSITE.
912		-	SECTION 20. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-418, amend
913		-	(2)(a) as follows:
914		-	44-3-418. Club license - legislative declaration. (2) (a) Every
915		-	person selling alcohol beverages as provided in this section shall purchase
916		-	the alcohol beverages only from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this
917		-	article 3; except that, during a calendar year, a person selling alcohol
918		-	beverages as provided in this section may purchase not more than two
919		-	SEVEN thousand dollars' worth of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors from
920		-	retailers licensed pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-104
921		-	(1)(c). O
922		-	N JANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE
923		-	LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE PURCHASE LIMITATION SPECIFIED
924		-	IN THIS SUBSECTION
925		-	(2)(a) FOR INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH THE
926		-	ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT
927		-	PAGE 20-SENATE BILL 24-231 DIVISION'S WEBSITE.
928		-	SECTION 21. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-419, amend
929		-	(1)(a) and (4)(a) as follows:
930		-	44-3-419. Arts license - definition. (1) (a) An arts license may be
931		-	issued to any nonprofit arts organization that sponsors and presents
932		-	productions or performances of an artistic or cultural nature, and the arts
933		-	license permits the licensee to sell alcohol beverages only to patrons of the
934		-	productions or performances for consumption on the licensed premises in
935		-	connection with the productions or performances. No person licensed
936		-	pursuant to this section shall permit any exterior or interior advertising
937		-	concerning the sale of alcohol beverages on the licensed premises A
938		-	LICENSEE MAY PLACE LIMITED ADVERTISING OF THE AVAILABILITY OF
939		-	ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FOR SALE ON THE LICENSED PREMISES WHILE AN
940		-	ARTISTIC OR CULTURAL PRODUCTION OR PERFORMANCE IS TAKING PLACE
941		-	AND MAY INCLUDE THE LIMITED ADVERTISING IN E
942		-	-MAIL, PRINT, RADIO,
943		-	TELEVISION, AND SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING ABOUT THE PRODUCTION OR
944		-	PERFORMANCE
945		-	, BUT THE AVAILABILITY OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES MUST NOT
946		-	BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE ADVERTISEMENT
947		-	.
948		-	(4) (a) Every person selling alcohol beverages as provided in this
949		-	section shall purchase the alcohol beverages only from a wholesaler
950		-	licensed pursuant to this article 3; except that, during a calendar year, a
951		-	person selling alcohol beverages as provided in this section may purchase
952		-	not more than two
953		-	SEVEN thousand dollars' worth of malt, vinous, and
954		-	spirituous liquors from retailers licensed pursuant to sections 44-3-409,
955		-	44-3-410, and 44-4-104 (1)(c). O
956		-	N JANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY
957		-	1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE
958		-	PURCHASE LIMITATION SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION
959		-	(4)(a) FOR INFLATION
960		-	AND SHALL PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION AMOUNT ON THE
961		-	LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
962		-	'S WEBSITE.
963		-	SECTION 22. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-420, amend
964		-	(2)(a) as follows:
965		-	44-3-420. Racetrack license. (2) (a) Every person selling alcohol
966		-	beverages as provided in this section shall purchase the alcohol beverages
967		-	only from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this article 3; except that,
968		-	during a calendar year, a person selling alcohol beverages as provided in
969		-	PAGE 21-SENATE BILL 24-231 this section may purchase not more than two SEVEN thousand dollars' worth
970		-	of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors from retailers licensed pursuant to
971		-	sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-104 (1)(c). O
972		-	N JANUARY 1, 2025,
973		-	AND EACH JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY
974		-	SHALL ADJUST THE PURCHASE LIMITATION SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION
975		-	(2)(a) FOR INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE
976		-	LIMITATION AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
977		-	'S WEBSITE.
978		-	SECTION 23. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-422, amend
979		-	(3)(a) as follows:
980		-	44-3-422. Vintner's restaurant license. (3) (a) Every person
981		-	selling alcohol beverages pursuant to this section shall purchase the alcohol
982		-	beverages, other than those that are manufactured at the licensed vintner's
983		-	restaurant, from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this article 3; except that,
984		-	during a calendar year, a person may purchase not more than two
985		-	SEVEN
986		-	thousand dollars' worth of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors from retailers licensed pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-104 (1)(c). O
987		-	N
988		-	JANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE LICENSING
989		-	AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE PURCHASE LIMITATION SPECIFIED IN THIS
990		-	SUBSECTION
991		-	(3)(a) FOR INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED
992		-	PURCHASE LIMITATION AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
993		-	'S
994		-	WEBSITE
995		-	.
996		-	SECTION 24. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-423, amend
997		-	(2)(a)(X); and add (2)(a)(XI) as follows:
998		-	44-3-423. Removal of vinous liquor from licensed premises.
999		-	(2) This section applies to a person:
1000		-	(a) That is duly licensed as a:
1001		-	(X) Lodging and
1002		-	Entertainment facility under section 44-3-428; and
1003		-	(XI) A
1004		-	LODGING FACILITY UNDER SECTION 44-3-432; AND
1005		-	SECTION 25. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-424, amend
1006		-	(2)(b) as follows:
1007		-	44-3-424. Retail establishment permit - definitions. (2) (b) Upon
1008		-	PAGE 22-SENATE BILL 24-231 initial application, and for each renewal, the AN applicant must list each day
1009		-	that alcohol beverages will be served, which days must not be changed
1010		-	without a minimum of fifteen
1011		-	THIRTY days' written notice to the state and
1012		-	local licensing authority AUTHORITIES.
1013		-	SECTION 26. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-426, amend
1014		-	(4)(b)(I) as follows:
1015		-	44-3-426. Distillery pub license - legislative declaration -
1016		-	definition. (4) (b) (I) During a calendar year, a person selling alcohol
1017		-	beverages as provided in this section may purchase not more than two
1018		-	SEVEN thousand dollars' worth of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors from
1019		-	retailers licensed pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-104
1020		-	(1)(c). O
1021		-	N JANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE
1022		-	LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE PURCHASE LIMITATION SPECIFIED
1023		-	IN THIS SUBSECTION
1024		-	(4)(b)(I) FOR INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH THE
1025		-	ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT
1026		-	DIVISION
1027		-	'S WEBSITE.
1028		-	SECTION 27. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-428, amend (1),
1029		-	(2), (3)(a), (3)(b) introductory portion, and (4)(b); repeal (5); and add (6)
1030		-	and (7) as follows:
1031		-	44-3-428. Entertainment facility license - repeal. (1) A lodging
1032		-	and AN entertainment FACILITY license may be issued to a lodging and AN
1033		-	entertainment facility selling alcohol beverages by the drink only to
1034		-	customers for consumption on the premises. A lodging and AN
1035		-	entertainment facility licensee shall have sandwiches and light snacks available for consumption on the
1036		-	LICENSED premises during business hours
1037		-	but need not have meals available for consumption.
1038		-	(2) (a) A lodging and AN entertainment facility licensed to sell
1039		-	alcohol beverages as provided in this section shall purchase alcohol
1040		-	beverages only from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this article 3; except
1041		-	that, during a calendar year, a lodging and
1042		-	AN entertainment facility licensed
1043		-	to sell alcohol beverages as provided in this section may purchase not more
1044		-	than two
1045		-	SEVEN thousand dollars' worth of malt, vinous, and spirituous
1046		-	liquors from retailers licensed pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and
1047		-	44-4-104 (1)(c). O
1048		-	N JANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER,
1049		-	THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE PURCHASE LIMITATION
1050		-	PAGE 23-SENATE BILL 24-231 SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION (2)(a) FOR INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH
1051		-	THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION AMOUNT ON THE LI QUOR
1052		-	ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
1053		-	'S WEBSITE.
1054		-	(b) A lodging and
1055		-	AN entertainment facility licensee shall retain
1056		-	evidence of each purchase of malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors from a
1057		-	retailer licensed pursuant to section 44-3-409, 44-3-410, or 44-4-104 (1)(c),
1058		-	in the form of a purchase receipt showing the name of the licensed retailer,
1059		-	the date of purchase, a description of the alcohol beverages purchased, and
1060		-	the price paid for the alcohol beverages. The lodging and
1061		-	entertainment
1062		-	facility licensee shall retain the receipt and make it available to the state and
1063		-	local licensing authorities at all times during business hours.
1064		-	(3) (a) Except as provided in subsection (3)(b) of this section, it is
1065		-	unlawful for any owner, part owner, shareholder, or person interested
1066		-	directly or indirectly in lodging and
1067		-	entertainment FACILITY licenses to
1068		-	conduct, own either in whole or in part, or be directly or indirectly
1069		-	interested in any other business licensed pursuant to this article 3 or article
1070		-	4 of this title 44.
1071		-	(b) An owner, part owner, shareholder, or person interested directly
1072		-	or indirectly in a lodging and
1073		-	AN entertainment FACILITY license may have
1074		-	an interest in:
1075		-	(4) (b) The manager for each lodging and LICENSED entertainment
1076		-	license FACILITY, the lodging and entertainment facility licensee, or an
1077		-	employee or agent of the lodging and entertainment facility licensee shall
1078		-	purchase alcohol beverages for one licensed premises only, and the
1079		-	purchases shall be separate and distinct from purchases for any other
1080		-	lodging and
1081		-	LICENSED entertainment license FACILITY.
1082		-	(5) At the time a tavern license issued under section 44-3-414 is due
1083		-	for renewal or by one year after August 10, 2016, whichever occurs later,
1084		-	a person licensed as a tavern that does not have as its principal business the
1085		-	sale of alcohol beverages, has a valid license on August 10, 2016, and is a
1086		-	lodging and entertainment facility may apply to, and the applicable local
1087		-	licensing authority shall, convert the tavern license to a lodging and
1088		-	entertainment license under this section, and the person may continue to
1089		-	operate as a lodging and entertainment facility licensee. A person applying
1090		-	to convert an existing tavern license to a lodging and entertainment license
1091		-	PAGE 24-SENATE BILL 24-231 under this subsection (5) may apply to convert the license, even if the
1092		-	location of the licensed premises is within five hundred feet of any public
1093		-	or parochial school or the principal campus of any college, university, or
1094		-	seminary, so long as the local licensing authority has previously approved
1095		-	the location of the licensed premises in accordance with section 44-3-313
1096		-	(1)(d).
1097		-	(6) (a) ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBSECTION (6),
1098		-	THE STATE OR A LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL NOT ISSUE OR RENEW
1099		-	ANY LICENSES UNDER THIS SECTION TO A LODGING FACILITY
1100		-	.
1101		-	(b) T
1102		-	HE STATE AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES SHALL TREAT
1103		-	ANY APPLICATION SUBMITTED ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
1104		-	SECTION
1105		-	, AS AMENDED, BY A LODGING FACILITY FOR A LODGING AND
1106		-	ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY LICENSE OR RENEWAL LICENSE AS AN
1107		-	APPLICATION FOR A LODGING FACILITY LICENSE OR RENEWAL LICENSE
1108		-	ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION
1109		-	44-3-432.
1110		-	(c) O
1111		-	N THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBSECTION (6), EACH LODGING
1112		-	AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION TO A
1113		-	LODGING FACILITY AUTOMATICALLY CONVERTS TO LODGING FACILITY
1114		-	LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION
1115		-	44-3-432.
1116		-	(d) T
1117		-	HE CONVERSION OF AN ENTERTAINMENT AND LODGING LICENSE
1118		-	ISSUED TO A LODGING FACILITY UNDER THIS SECTION TO A LODGING FACILITY
1119		-	LICENSE UNDER SECTION
1120		-	44-3-432 PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION (6) IS A
1121		-	CONTINUATION OF THE PRIOR LICENSE AND DOES NOT AFFECT
1122		-	:
1123		-	(I) A
1124		-	NY PRIOR DISCIPLINE, LIMITATION, OR CONDITION IMPOSED BY
1125		-	THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY ON A LICENSEE
1126		-	;
1127		-	(II) T
1128		-	HE DEADLINE FOR RENEWAL OF THE LICENSE ; OR
1129		-	(III) ANY PENDING OR FUTURE INVESTIGATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE
1130		-	PROCEEDING
1131		-	.
1132		-	(e) T
1133		-	HIS SUBSECTION (6) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1,
1134		-	2026.
1135		-	(7) (a) O
1136		-	N THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBSECTION (7), EACH
1137		-	PAGE 25-SENATE BILL 24-231 LODGING AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS
1138		-	SECTION TO AN ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY AUTOMATICALLY CONVERTS TO
1139		-	AN ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY LICENSE
1140		-	.
1141		-	(b) T
1142		-	HE STATE AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES SHALL TREAT
1143		-	ANY APPLICATION SUBMITTED ON OR BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
1144		-	SECTION
1145		-	, AS AMENDED, BY AN ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY FOR A LODGING
1146		-	AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY LICENSE OR RENEWAL LICENSE AS AN
1147		-	APPLICATION FOR AN ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY LICENSE OR RENEWAL
1148		-	LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
1149		-	.
1150		-	(c) T
1151		-	HE CONVERSION OF A LODGING AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY
1152		-	LICENSE ISSUED TO AN ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY TO AN ENTERTAINMENT
1153		-	FACILITY LICENSE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION
1154		-	(7) IS A CONTINUATION OF
1155		-	THE PRIOR LICENSE AND DOES NOT AFFECT
1156		-	:
1157		-	(I) A
1158		-	NY PRIOR DISCIPLINE, LIMITATION, OR CONDITION IMPOSED BY
1159		-	THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY ON A LICENSEE
1160		-	;
1161		-	(II) T
1162		-	HE DEADLINE FOR RENEWAL OF THE LICENSE ; OR
1163		-	(III) ANY PENDING OR FUTURE INVESTIGATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE
1164		-	PROCEEDING
1165		-	.
1166		-	(d) T
1167		-	HIS SUBSECTION (7) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1,
1168		-	2026.
1169		-	SECTION 28. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-429, amend
1170		-	(1)(j) and (1)(k); and add (1)(l) as follows:
1171		-	44-3-429. Purchasing alcohol from a surrendered license of
1172		-	common ownership - definition. (1) This section applies to a person that
1173		-	has been issued the following license types:
	1126	+	HIS SUBSECTION (7) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1,14
	1127	+	2026.15
	1128	+	SECTION 28. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-429, amend16
	1129	+	(1)(j) and (1)(k); and add (1)(l) as follows:17
	1130	+	44-3-429. Purchasing alcohol from a surrendered license of18
	1131	+	common ownership - definition. (1) This section applies to a person19
	1132	+	that has been issued the following license types:20
1174	1133		(j) Distillery pub license under section 44-3-426; or
1175		-	(k) Lodging and Entertainment facility license under section
	1134	+	21
	1135	+	(k) Lodging and Entertainment facility license under section22
1176	1136		44-3-428;
1177		-	OR
1178		-	(l) A LODGING FACILITY LICENSE UNDER SECTION 44-3-432.
1179		-	PAGE 26-SENATE BILL 24-231 SECTION 29. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 44-3-430,
1180		-	44-3-431, and 44-3-432 as follows:
1181		-	44-3-430. Alcohol beverage shipper license for wine direct
1182		-	shipping - rules - notice to revisor of statutes. (1) T
1183		-	HE STATE LICENSING
1184		-	AUTHORITY MAY ISSUE AN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SHIPPER LICENSE TO AN
1185		-	ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SHIPPER THAT SHIPS VINOUS LIQUORS FOR A LICENSED
1186		-	WINERY THAT HOLDS A WINERY DIRECT SHIPPER
1187		-	'S PERMIT PURSUANT TO
1188		-	SECTION
1189		-	44-3-104.
	1137	+	OR23
	1138	+	(l) A
	1139	+	LODGING FACILITY LICENSE UNDER SECTION 44-3-432.24
	1140	+	SECTION 29. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 44-3-430,25
	1141	+	44-3-431, and 44-3-432 as follows:26
	1142	+	44-3-430. Alcohol beverage shipper license for wine direct27
	1143	+	231
	1144	+	-34- shipping - rules - notice to revisor of statutes. (1) THE STATE1
	1145	+	LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY ISSUE AN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SHIPPER2
	1146	+	LICENSE TO AN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SHIPPER THAT SHIPS VINOUS LIQUORS3
	1147	+	FOR A LICENSED WINERY THAT HOLDS A WINERY DIRECT SHIPPER 'S PERMIT4
	1148	+	PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-104.5
1190	1149		(2) A
1191		-	DRIVER DELIVERING ON BEHALF OF AN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE
1192		-	SHIPPER LICENSE SHALL NOT LE AVE A PACKAGE UNATTENDED ON A
1193		-	DOORSTEP AND SHALL CHECK THE RECIPIENT
1194		-	'S IDENTIFICATION TO ENSURE
1195		-	THAT THE INDIVIDUAL ACCEPTING DELIVERY IS THE INDIVIDUAL INTENDED
1196		-	TO RECEIVE THE PRODUCT AND IS NOT UNDER TWENTY
1197		-	-ONE YEARS OF AGE
1198		-	OR VISIBLY INTOXICATED
1199		-	.
	1150	+	DRIVER DELIVERING ON BEHALF OF AN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE6
	1151	+	SHIPPER LICENSE SHALL NOT LE AVE A PACKAGE UNATTENDED ON A7
	1152	+	DOORSTEP AND SHALL CHECK THE RECIPIENT 'S IDENTIFICATION TO ENSURE8
	1153	+	THAT THE INDIVIDUAL ACCEPTING DELIVERY IS THE INDIVIDUAL INTENDED9
	1154	+	TO RECEIVE THE PRODUCT AND IS NOT UNDER TWENTY -ONE YEARS OF AGE10
	1155	+	OR VISIBLY INTOXICATED.11
1200	1156		(3) I
1201		-	F AN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SHIPPER VIOLATES THIS SECTION , THE
1202		-	STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL BRING ACTION AGAINST THE ALCOHOL
1203		-	BEVERAGE SHIPPER
1204		-	'S LICENSE.
	1157	+	F AN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SHIPPER VIOLATES THIS SECTION ,12
	1158	+	THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL BRING ACTION AGAINST THE13
	1159	+	ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SHIPPER 'S LICENSE.14
1205	1160		(4) T
1206		-	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADOPT RULES
1207		-	NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE THIS SECTION
1208		-	.
1209		-	(5) T
1210		-	HIS SECTION TAKES EFFECT IF THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY
1211		-	DETERMINES THAT THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION HAS SUFFICIENT
1212		-	LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND
1213		-	ENFORCEMENT OF THIS SECTION
1214		-	. THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL
1215		-	NOTIFY THE REVISOR OF STATUTES IN WRITING OF THE DATE WHEN THE
1216		-	CONDITION SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION
1217		-	(5) HAS OCCURRED BY E-MAILING
1218		-	THE NOTICE TO REVISOROFSTATUTES
1219		-	.GA@COLEG.GOV. THIS SECTION TAKES
1220		-	EFFECT UPON THE DATE IDENTIFIED IN THE NOTICE THAT THE LIQUOR
1221		-	ENFORCEMENT DIVISION HAS SUFFICIENT LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR
1222		-	THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS SECTION OR
1223		-	, IF THE
1224		-	NOTICE DOES NOT SPECIFY THAT DATE
1225		-	, UPON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE TO
1226		-	THE REVISOR OF STATUTES
1227		-	.
1228		-	44-3-431. Catering license - permitted events - private events -
1229		-	fees - rules - notice to revisor of statutes. (1) T
1230		-	HE STATE LICENSING
1231		-	AUTHORITY MAY ISSUE A CATERING LICENSE TO A CATERING COMPANY THAT
1232		-	PAGE 27-SENATE BILL 24-231 ALLOWS THE CATERING LICENSEE TO APPLY FOR TEMPORARY PERMITS TO
1233		-	SELL AND SERVE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES ON UNLICENSED PREMISES AT
1234		-	CATERED EVENTS
1235		-	. THE CATERING LICENSE IS VALID FOR ONE CALENDAR
1236		-	YEAR AND RENEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS
1237		-	.
	1161	+	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADOPT RULES15
	1162	+	NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE THIS SECTION .16
	1163	+	(5) THIS SECTION TAKES EFFECT IF THE STATE LICENSING17
	1164	+	AUTHORITY DETERMINES THAT THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION HAS18
	1165	+	SUFFICIENT LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND19
	1166	+	ENFORCEMENT OF THIS SECTION. THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL20
	1167	+	NOTIFY THE REVISOR OF STATUTES IN WRITING OF THE DATE WHEN THE21
	1168	+	CONDITION SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION (5) HAS OCCURRED BY22
	1169	+	E-MAILING THE NOTICE TO REVISOROFSTATUTES .GA@COLEG.GOV. THIS23
	1170	+	SECTION TAKES EFFECT UPON THE DATE IDENTIFIED IN THE NOTICE THAT24
	1171	+	THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION HAS SUFFICIENT LEGALLY AVAILABLE25
	1172	+	FUNDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS SECTION26
	1173	+	OR, IF THE NOTICE DOES NOT SPECIFY THAT DATE, UPON THE DATE OF THE27
	1174	+	231
	1175	+	-35- NOTICE TO THE REVISOR OF STATUTES.1
	1176	+	44-3-431. Catering license - permitted events - private events2
	1177	+	- fees - rules - notice to revisor of statutes. (1) THE STATE LICENSING3
	1178	+	AUTHORITY MAY ISSUE A CATERING LICENSE TO A CATERING COMPANY4
	1179	+	THAT ALLOWS THE CATERING LICENSEE TO APPLY FOR TEMPORARY5
	1180	+	PERMITS TO SELL AND SERVE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES ON UNLICENSED6
	1181	+	PREMISES AT CATERED EVENTS. THE CATERING LICENSE IS VALID FOR ONE7
	1182	+	CALENDAR YEAR AND RENEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS .8
1238	1183		(2) (a) T
1239		-	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH A
1240		-	PROCESS FOR A CATERING LICENSEE TO OBTAIN A PERMIT TO CATER AN
1241		-	EVENT THAT MAY BE ATTENDED BY SIX HUNDRED OR MORE INDIVIDUALS
1242		-	.
	1184	+	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH A9
	1185	+	PROCESS FOR A CATERING LICENSEE TO OBTAIN A PERMIT TO CATER AN10
	1186	+	EVENT THAT MAY BE ATTENDED BY SIX HUNDRED OR MORE INDIVIDUALS .11
1243	1187		T
1244		-	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR A
1245		-	CATERING LICENSEE TO OBTAIN A PERMIT TO CATER AN EVENT THAT MAY BE
1246		-	ATTENDED BY FEWER THAN SIX HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS
1247		-	.
	1188	+	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR A12
	1189	+	CATERING LICENSEE TO OBTAIN A PERMIT TO CATER AN EVENT THAT MAY13
	1190	+	BE ATTENDED BY FEWER THAN SIX HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS .14
1248	1191		(b) A
1249		-	LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR
1250		-	A CATERING LICENSEE TO OBTAIN A PERMIT TO CATER AN EVENT THAT MAY
1251		-	BE ATTENDED BY SIX HUNDRED OR MORE INDIVIDUALS
1252		-	. IF A LOCAL
1253		-	LICENSING AUTHORITY DOES NOT ESTABLISH A LOCAL CATERING PERMIT
1254		-	, AN
1255		-	APPLICANT NEED NOT OBTAIN A CATERING PERMIT FROM THE LOCAL
1256		-	LICENSING AUTHORITY
1257		-	.
	1192	+	LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY ESTABLISH A PROCESS15
	1193	+	FOR A CATERING LICENSEE TO OBTAIN A PERMIT TO CATER AN EVENT THAT16
	1194	+	MAY BE ATTENDED BY SIX HUNDRED OR MORE INDIVIDUALS . IF A LOCAL17
	1195	+	LICENSING AUTHORITY DOES NOT ESTABLISH A LOCAL CATERING PERMIT ,18
	1196	+	AN APPLICANT NEED NOT OBTAIN A CATERING PERMIT FROM THE LOCAL19
	1197	+	LICENSING AUTHORITY.20
1258	1198		(3) T
1259		-	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH AND
1260		-	MAINTAIN
1261		-	, ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION 'S PUBLIC-FACING
1262		-	WEBSITE
1263		-	, A LISTING OF ALL CATERING LICENSES IN THE STATE. A CATERING
1264		-	LICENSEE SHALL SUBMIT INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE STATE LICENSING
1265		-	AUTHORITY IN RULE
1266		-	.
	1199	+	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ESTABLISH AND21
	1200	+	MAINTAIN, ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION 'S PUBLIC-FACING22
	1201	+	WEBSITE, A LISTING OF ALL CATERING LICENSES IN THE STATE. A CATERING23
	1202	+	LICENSEE SHALL SUBMIT INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE STATE24
	1203	+	LICENSING AUTHORITY IN RULE.25
1267	1204		(4) A
1268	1205		CATERING LICENSEE SHALL NOT PERMIT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
1269		-	IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND UNDER TWENTY
1270		-	-ONE YEARS OF
1271		-	AGE TO SELL
1272		-	, DISPENSE, OR PARTICIPATE IN THE SALE OR DISPENSING OF AN
1273		-	ALCOHOL BEVERAGE
1274		-	, UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL IS SUPERVISED BY ANOTHER
1275		-	INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ON THE UNLICENSED PREMISES AND IS TWENTY
1276		-	-ONE
1277		-	YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER
1278		-	.
	1206	+	26
	1207	+	IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF27
	1208	+	231
	1209	+	-36- AGE TO SELL, DISPENSE, OR PARTICIPATE IN THE SALE OR DISPENSING OF AN1
	1210	+	ALCOHOL BEVERAGE, UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL IS SUPERVISED BY ANOTHER2
	1211	+	INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ON THE UNLICENSED PREMISES AND IS TWENTY -ONE3
	1212	+	YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.4
1279	1213		(5) T
1280		-	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY ADOPT RULES NECESSARY
1281		-	TO IMPLEMENT AND ADMINISTER THIS SECTION
1282		-	.
1283		-	(6) T
1284		-	HIS SECTION TAKES EFFECT IF THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY
1285		-	DETERMINES THAT THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION HAS SUFFICIENT
1286		-	LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND
1287		-	ENFORCEMENT OF THIS SECTION
1288		-	. THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL
1289		-	NOTIFY THE REVISOR OF STATUTES IN WRITING OF THE DATE WHEN THE
1290		-	PAGE 28-SENATE BILL 24-231 CONDITION SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION (6) HAS OCCURRED BY E-MAILING
1291		-	THE NOTICE TO REVISOROFSTATUTES
1292		-	.GA@COLEG.GOV. THIS SECTION TAKES
1293		-	EFFECT UPON THE DATE IDENTIFIED IN THE NOTICE THAT THE LIQUOR
1294		-	ENFORCEMENT DIVISION HAS SUFFICIENT LEGALLY AVAILABLE F UNDING FOR
1295		-	THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS SECTION OR
1296		-	, IF THE
1297		-	NOTICE DOES NOT SPECIFY THAT DATE
1298		-	, UPON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE TO
1299		-	THE REVISOR OF STATUTES
1300		-	.
1301		-	44-3-432. Lodging facility license - rules. (1) A
1302		-	LODGING FACILITY
1303		-	LICENSE MAY BE ISSUED TO A LODGING FACILITY THAT SELLS ALC OHOL
1304		-	BEVERAGES BY THE DRINK ONLY TO CUSTOMERS FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE
1305		-	LICENSED PREMISES
1306		-	. A LODGING FACILITY'S LICENSED PREMISES DOES NOT
1307		-	INCLUDE THE FACILITY
1308		-	'S SLEEPING ROOMS. A LODGING FACILITY LICENSEE
1309		-	SHALL NOT PERMIT ALCOHOL BEVERAGES TO BE PURCHASED IN A SLEEPING
1310		-	ROOM
1311		-	, SERVE OR DELIVER ALCOHOL BEVERAGES TO A SLEEPING ROOM , OR
1312		-	ALLOW A MINIBAR
1313		-	, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 44-3-413 (4)(b), IN A SLEEPING
1314		-	ROOM
1315		-	.
1316		-	(2) (a) A
1317		-	LODGING FACILITY LICENSED TO SELL ALCOHOL BEVERAGES
1318		-	AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION SHALL PURCHASE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES ONLY
1319		-	FROM A WHOLESALER LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE
1320		-	3; EXCEPT
1321		-	THAT
1322		-	, DURING A CALENDAR YEAR, A LODGING FACILITY LICENSED TO SELL
1323		-	ALCOHOL BEVERAGES AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION MAY PURCHASE NOT
1324		-	MORE THAN SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
1325		-	' WORTH OF MALT, VINOUS, AND
1326		-	SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS FROM RETAILERS LICENSED PURS UANT TO SECTIONS
1327		-	44-3-409, 44-3-410, AND 44-4-104 (1)(c). ON JANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH
1328		-	JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST
1329		-	THE PURCHASE LIMITATION SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION
1330		-	(2)(a) FOR
1331		-	INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION
1332		-	AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
1333		-	'S WEBSITE.
	1214	+	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY ADOPT RULES5
	1215	+	NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT AND ADMINISTER THIS SECTION .6(6) THIS SECTION TAKES EFFECT IF THE STATE LICENSING7
	1216	+	AUTHORITY DETERMINES THAT THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION HAS8
	1217	+	SUFFICIENT LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND9
	1218	+	ENFORCEMENT OF THIS SECTION. THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL10
	1219	+	NOTIFY THE REVISOR OF STATUTES IN WRITING OF THE DATE WHEN THE11
	1220	+	CONDITION SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION (6) HAS OCCURRED BY12
	1221	+	E-MAILING THE NOTICE TO REVISOROFSTATUTES.GA@COLEG.GOV. THIS13
	1222	+	SECTION TAKES EFFECT UPON THE DATE IDENTIFIED IN THE NOTICE THAT14
	1223	+	THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION HAS SUFFICIENT LEGALLY AVAILABLE15
	1224	+	FUNDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS SECTION16
	1225	+	OR, IF THE NOTICE DOES NOT SPECIFY THAT DATE, UPON THE DATE OF THE17
	1226	+	NOTICE TO THE REVISOR OF STATUTES.18
	1227	+	44-3-432. Lodging facility license - rules. (1) A LODGING19
	1228	+	FACILITY LICENSE MAY BE ISSUED TO A LODGING FACILITY THAT SELLS20
	1229	+	ALCOHOL BEVERAGES BY THE DRINK ONLY TO CUSTOMERS FOR21
	1230	+	CONSUMPTION ON THE LICENSED PREMISES . A LODGING FACILITY'S22
	1231	+	LICENSED PREMISES DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FACILITY 'S SLEEPING ROOMS.23
	1232	+	A
	1233	+	LODGING FACILITY LICENSEE SHALL NOT PERMIT ALCOHOL BEVERAGES24
	1234	+	TO BE PURCHASED IN A SLEEPING ROOM , SERVE OR DELIVER ALCOHOL25
	1235	+	BEVERAGES TO A SLEEPING ROOM , OR ALLOW A MINIBAR, AS DEFINED IN26
	1236	+	SECTION 44-3-413 (4)(b), IN A SLEEPING ROOM.27
	1237	+	231
	1238	+	-37- (2) (a) A LODGING FACILITY LICENSED TO SELL ALCOHOL1
	1239	+	BEVERAGES AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION SHALL PURCHASE ALCOHOL2
	1240	+	BEVERAGES ONLY FROM A WHOLESALER LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS3
	1241	+	ARTICLE 3; EXCEPT THAT, DURING A CALENDAR YEAR, A LODGING FACILITY4
	1242	+	LICENSED TO SELL ALCOHOL BEVERAGES AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION5
	1243	+	MAY PURCHASE NOT MORE THAN SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS' WORTH OF6
	1244	+	MALT, VINOUS, AND SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS FROM RETAILERS LICENSED7
	1245	+	PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 44-3-409, 44-3-410, AND 44-4-104 (1)(c). ON8
	1246	+	J
	1247	+	ANUARY 1, 2025, AND EACH JANUARY 1 THEREAFTER, THE STATE9
	1248	+	LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL ADJUST THE PURCHASE LIMITATION10
	1249	+	SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION (2)(a) FOR INFLATION AND SHALL PUBLISH11
	1250	+	THE ADJUSTED PURCHASE LIMITATION AMOUNT ON THE LIQUOR12
	1251	+	ENFORCEMENT DIVISION'S WEBSITE.13
1334	1252		(b) A
1335		-	LODGING FACILITY LICENSEE SHALL RETAIN EVIDENCE OF EACH
1336		-	PURCHASE OF MALT
1337		-	, VINOUS, OR SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS FROM A RETAILER
1338		-	LICENSED PURSUANT TO SECTION
1339		-	44-3-409, 44-3-410, OR 44-4-104 (1)(c) IN
1340		-	THE FORM OF A PURCHASE RECEIPT SHOWING THE NAME OF THE LICENSED
1341		-	RETAILER
1342		-	, THE DATE OF PURCHASE , A DESCRIPTION OF THE ALCOHOL
1343		-	BEVERAGES PURCHASED
1344		-	, AND THE PRICE PAID FOR THE ALCOHOL
1345		-	BEVERAGES
1346		-	. THE LODGING FACILITY LICENSEE SHALL RETAIN THE RECEIPT
1347		-	AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE STATE AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES
1348		-	AT ALL TIMES DURING BUSINESS HOURS
1349		-	.
1350		-	PAGE 29-SENATE BILL 24-231 (3) (a) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (3)(b) OF THIS SECTION,
1351		-	IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY OWNER, PART OWNER, SHAREHOLDER, OR PERSON
1352		-	INTERESTED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN LODGING FACILITY LICENSES TO
1353		-	CONDUCT
1354		-	, OWN EITHER IN WHOLE OR IN PART , OR BE DIRECTLY OR
1355		-	INDIRECTLY INTERESTED IN ANY OTHER BUSINESS LICENSED PURSUANT TO
1356		-	THIS ARTICLE
1357		-	3 OR ARTICLE 4 OF THIS TITLE 44.
	1253	+	LODGING FACILITY LICENSEE SHALL RETAIN EVIDENCE OF14
	1254	+	EACH PURCHASE OF MALT , VINOUS, OR SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS FROM A15
	1255	+	RETAILER LICENSED PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-409, 44-3-410, OR16
	1256	+	44-4-104 (1)(c)
	1257	+	IN THE FORM OF A PURCHASE RECEIPT SHOWING THE NAME17
	1258	+	OF THE LICENSED RETAILER, THE DATE OF PURCHASE, A DESCRIPTION OF18
	1259	+	THE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES PURCHASED , AND THE PRICE PAID FOR THE19
	1260	+	ALCOHOL BEVERAGES. THE LODGING FACILITY LICENSEE SHALL RETAIN20
	1261	+	THE RECEIPT AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE STATE AND LOCAL21
	1262	+	LICENSING AUTHORITIES AT ALL TIMES DURING BUSINESS HOURS .22
	1263	+	(3) (a) E
	1264	+	XCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (3)(b) OF THIS23
	1265	+	SECTION, IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY OWNER, PART OWNER, SHAREHOLDER,24
	1266	+	OR PERSON INTERESTED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN LODGING FACILITY25
	1267	+	LICENSES TO CONDUCT, OWN EITHER IN WHOLE OR IN PART , OR BE26
	1268	+	DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INTERESTED IN ANY OTHER BUSINESS LICENSED27
	1269	+	231
	1270	+	-38- PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE 3 OR ARTICLE 4 OF THIS TITLE 44.1
1358	1271		(b) A
1359		-	N OWNER, PART OWNER, SHAREHOLDER, OR PERSON INTERESTED
1360		-	DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN A LODGING FACILITY LICENSE MAY HAVE AN
1361		-	INTEREST IN
1362		-	:
	1272	+	N OWNER, PART OWNER, SHAREHOLDER, OR PERSON2
	1273	+	INTERESTED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN A LODGING FACILITY LICENSE3
	1274	+	MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN:4
1363	1275		(I) A
1364		-	LICENSE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 44-3-401 (1)(j) TO (1)(t),
	1276	+	LICENSE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 44-3-401 (1)(j) TO (1)(t),5
1365	1277		(1)(v),
1366		-	OR (1)(w); 44-3-412 (1); OR 44-4-104 (1)(c); OR
1367		-	(II) A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REFERRED TO IN SECTION 44-3-308
1368		-	(4).
	1278	+	OR (1)(w); 44-3-412 (1); OR 44-4-104 (1)(c); OR6
	1279	+	(II) A
	1280	+	FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REFERRED TO IN SECTION 44-3-3087
	1281	+	(4).8
1369	1282		(4) T
1370		-	HE MANAGER FOR EACH LICENSED LODGING FACILITY , THE
1371		-	LODGING FACILITY LICENSEE
1372		-	, OR AN EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF THE LODGING
1373		-	FACILITY LICENSEE SHALL PURCHASE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FOR ONE
1374		-	LICENSED PREMISES ONLY
1375		-	, AND THE PURCHASES SHALL BE SEPARATE AND
1376		-	DISTINCT FROM PURCHASES FOR ANY OTHER LICENSED LODGING FACILITY
1377		-	.
	1283	+	HE MANAGER FOR EACH LICENSED LODGING FACILITY , THE9
	1284	+	LODGING FACILITY LICENSEE, OR AN EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF THE LODGING10
	1285	+	FACILITY LICENSEE SHALL PURCHASE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FOR ONE11
	1286	+	LICENSED PREMISES ONLY, AND THE PURCHASES SHALL BE SEPARATE AND12
	1287	+	DISTINCT FROM PURCHASES FOR ANY OTHER LICENSED LODGING FACILITY .13
1378	1288		(5) T
1379		-	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY ADOPT ~~RULES NECESSARY~~
1380		-	TO IMPLEMENT AND ADMINISTER THIS SECTION
1381		-	.
1382		-	~~SECTION 30.~~ ~~In Colorado Revised Statutes~~, ~~44-3-501, amend~~ (1)
1383		-	~~introductory portion,~~ (1)(v), ~~and~~ (3)(a)(~~XVIII~~)~~; repeal~~ (1)(t)~~; and add~~
1384		-	~~(1)(x), (3)(a)(XX), (3)(a)(XXI), (3)(a)(XXII),~~ and (3)(a)(XXIII) ~~as follows:~~
1385		-	~~44-3-501. State fees - rules. (1) The~~
1386		-	AN applicant shall pay ~~the~~
1387		-	following license and permit fees to the department annually in advance:
1388		-	(t) For each retail establishment permit, up to two hundred dollars;
1389		-	(v) For each lodging and entertainment FACILITY license,
1390		-	seventy-five dollars;
	1289	+	HE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY MAY ADOPT RULES14
	1290	+	NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT AND ADMINISTER THIS SECTION .15
	1291	+	SECTION 30. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-501, amend16
	1292	+	(1) introductory portion, (1)(v), and (3)(a)(XVIII); repeal (1)(t); and add17
	1293	+	(1)(x), (3)(a)(XX), (3)(a)(XXI), (3)(a)(XXII),
	1294	+	and (3)(a)(XXIII) as18
	1295	+	follows:19
	1296	+	44-3-501. State fees - rules. (1) The AN applicant shall pay the20
	1297	+	following license and permit fees to the department annually in advance:21
	1298	+	(t) For each retail establishment permit, up to two hundred dollars;22
	1299	+	(v) For each lodging and entertainment FACILITY license,23
	1300	+	seventy-five dollars;24
1391	1301		(x) F
1392		-	OR EACH LODGING FACILITY LICENSE, SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS.
1393		-	PAGE 30-SENATE BILL 24-231 (3) (a) The state licensing authority shall establish fees for
1394		-	processing the following types of applications, notices, or reports required
1395		-	to be submitted to the state licensing authority:
1396		-	(XVIII) Applications for the renewal of a license or permit issued
1397		-	in accordance with this article 3; and
1398		-	(XX) APPLICATIONS FOR RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT PERMITS
1399		-	PURSUANT TO SECTION
1400		-	44-3-424 AND RULES ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THAT
1401		-	SECTION
1402		-	;
	1302	+	OR EACH LODGING FACILITY LICENSE , SEVENTY-FIVE25
	1303	+	DOLLARS.26
	1304	+	(3) (a) The state licensing authority shall establish fees for27
	1305	+	231
	1306	+	-39- processing the following types of applications, notices, or reports required1
	1307	+	to be submitted to the state licensing authority:2
	1308	+	(XVIII) Applications for the renewal of a license or permit issued3
	1309	+	in accordance with this article 3; and4
	1310	+	(XX) A
	1311	+	PPLICATIONS FOR RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT PERMITS
	1312	+	5
	1313	+	PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-424 AND RULES ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THAT6
	1314	+	SECTION;7
1403	1315		(XXI) A
1404		-	PPLICATIONS FOR A CATERING LICENSE AND CATERING
1405		-	PERMIT PURSUANT TO SECTION
1406		-	44-3-431 AND RULES ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
1407		-	THAT SECTION
1408		-	;
	1316	+	PPLICATIONS FOR A CATERING LICENSE AND CATERING8
	1317	+	PERMIT PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-431 AND RULES ADOPTED PURSUANT
	1318	+	9
	1319	+	TO THAT SECTION;10
1409	1320		(XXII) A
1410		-	PPLICATIONS FOR EACH ~~NONCONTIGUOUS MANUFACTURING~~
1411		-	FACILITY PURSUANT TO SECTION
1412		-	~~44-3-402 AND RULES ADOPTED PURSUANT~~
1413		-	TO THAT SECTION
1414		-	~~; AND~~
1415		-	~~(XXIII) APPLICATIONS~~ FOR AN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE ~~SHIPPER LICENSE~~
1416		-	PURSUANT TO SECTION
1417		-	~~44-3-430 AND RULES ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THAT~~
1418		-	SECTION
1419		-	.
1420		-	SECTION 31. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-505, ~~amend~~
1421		-	(1)(p); and add (1)(r) as follows:
1422		-	44-3-505. Local license fees. (1) The applicant shall pay ~~the~~
1423		-	following license fees to the treasurer of the municipality, city ~~and county,~~
1424		-	or county where the licensed premises is located annually ~~in advance:~~
1425		-	~~(p) For each lodging and~~
1426		-	entertainment FACILITY license, ~~five~~
1427		-	hundred dollars;
	1321	+	PPLICATIONS FOR EACH NONCONTIGUOUS11
	1322	+	MANUFACTURING FACILITY PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-402 AND RULES
	1323	+	12
	1324	+	ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THAT SECTION ; AND13
	1325	+	(XXIII) A
	1326	+	PPLICATIONS FOR AN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SHIPPER14
	1327	+	LICENSE PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-430 AND RULES ADOPTED PURSUANT
	1328	+	15
	1329	+	TO THAT SECTION.16
	1330	+	17
	1331	+	SECTION 31. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-505, amend18
	1332	+	(1)(p); and add (1)(r) as follows:19
	1333	+	44-3-505. Local license fees. (1) The applicant shall pay the20
	1334	+	following license fees to the treasurer of the municipality, city and21
	1335	+	county, or county where the licensed premises is located annually in22
	1336	+	advance:23
	1337	+	(p) For each lodging and entertainment FACILITY license, five24
	1338	+	hundred dollars;25
1428	1339		(r) F
1429		-	OR EACH LODGING FACILITY LICENSE, FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
1430		-	SECTION 32. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-601, amend
1431		-	(1)(a); and add (10) as follows:
1432		-	44-3-601. Suspension - revocation - annual renewal - fines -
1433		-	investigative fees - rules. (1) (a) (I) Subject to subsection (8) of this
1434		-	PAGE 31-SENATE BILL 24-231 section, in addition to any other penalties prescribed by this article 3 or
1435		-	article 4 or 5 of this title 44, the state or any local licensing authority has the
1436		-	power, on its own motion or on complaint, after investigation and public
1437		-	hearing at which the licensee shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard,
1438		-	to
1439		-	TAKE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS FOR ANY VIOLATION BY A
1440		-	LICENSEE
1441		-	, OR BY ANY OF THE AGENTS, SERVANTS, OR EMPLOYEES OF THE
1442		-	LICENSEE
1443		-	, OF THIS ARTICLE 3, ANY RULES AUTHORIZED BY THIS ARTICLE 3,
1444		-	OR ANY OF THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, OR PROVISIONS OF THE LICENSE OR
1445		-	PERMIT ISSUED BY SUCH AUTHORITY
1446		-	:
	1340	+	OR EACH LODGING FACILITY LICENSE , FIVE HUNDRED26
	1341	+	DOLLARS.27
	1342	+	231
	1343	+	-40- SECTION 32. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-601, amend1
	1344	+	(1)(a); and add (10) as follows:2
	1345	+	44-3-601. Suspension - revocation - annual renewal - fines -3
	1346	+	investigative fees - rules. (1) (a) (I) Subject to subsection (8) of this4
	1347	+	section, in addition to any other penalties prescribed by this article 3 or5
	1348	+	article 4 or 5 of this title 44, the state or any local licensing authority has6
	1349	+	the power, on its own motion or on complaint, after investigation and7
	1350	+	public hearing at which the licensee shall be afforded an opportunity to8
	1351	+	be heard, to
	1352	+	TAKE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS FOR ANY VIOLATION9
	1353	+	BY A LICENSEE, OR BY ANY OF THE AGENTS, SERVANTS, OR EMPLOYEES OF10
	1354	+	THE LICENSEE, OF THIS ARTICLE 3, ANY RULES AUTHORIZED BY THIS11
	1355	+	ARTICLE 3, OR ANY OF THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, OR PROVISIONS OF THE12
	1356	+	LICENSE OR PERMIT ISSUED BY SUCH AUTHORITY :13
1447	1357		(A) Fine a licensee; or to
1448		-	(B) REQUIRE ANNUAL RENEWAL OF A LICENSE ; OR
1449		-	(C) Suspend or revoke, in whole or in part, any license or permit
	1358	+	14
	1359	+	(B) R
	1360	+	EQUIRE ANNUAL RENEWAL OF A LICENSE ; OR15
	1361	+	(C) Suspend or revoke, in whole or in part, any license or permit16
1450	1362		issued by such authority. for any violation by the licensee or by any of the
1451		-	agents, servants, or employees of the licensee of this article 3; any rules
1452		-	authorized by this article 3; or any of the terms, conditions, or provisions of
1453		-	the license or permit issued by such authority.
1454		-	(II) A licensing authority may impose a fine pursuant to this
1455		-	subsection (1) regardless of whether a licensee has petitioned the licensing
1456		-	authority pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section for permission to pay
1457		-	a fine in lieu of license or permit suspension, and the licensing authority
1458		-	need not make the findings specified in subsections (3)(a)(I) and (3)(a)(II)
1459		-	of this section.
	1363	+	17
	1364	+	agents, servants, or employees of the licensee of this article 3; any rules18
	1365	+	authorized by this article 3; or any of the terms, conditions, or provisions19
	1366	+	of the license or permit issued by such authority.20
	1367	+	(II) A licensing authority may impose a fine pursuant to this21
	1368	+	subsection (1) regardless of whether a licensee has petitioned the22
	1369	+	licensing authority pursuant to subsection (3)(a) of this section for23
	1370	+	permission to pay a fine in lieu of license or permit suspension, and the24
	1371	+	licensing authority need not make the findings specified in subsections25
	1372	+	(3)(a)(I) and (3)(a)(II) of this section.26
1460	1373		(10) (a) I
1461		-	F A LICENSEE WITH A BIENNIAL LICENSE IS FOUND TO HAVE
1462		-	VIOLATED THIS ARTICLE
1463		-	3, THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL REQUIRE
1464		-	THE LICENSEE TO RENEW ITS LICENSE ANNUALLY
1465		-	.
	1374	+	F A LICENSEE WITH A BIENNIAL LICENSE IS FOUND TO27
	1375	+	231
	1376	+	-41- HAVE VIOLATED THIS ARTICLE 3, THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL1
	1377	+	REQUIRE THE LICENSEE TO RENEW ITS LICENSE ANNUALLY .2
1466	1378		(b) A
1467		-	LICENSEE MAY REAPPLY TO RENEW ITS LICENSE BIENNIALLY
1468		-	PURSUANT TO SECTION
1469		-	44-3-302 (3) AFTER TWO YEARS WITHOUT ANY
1470		-	VIOLATIONS
1471		-	.
1472		-	SECTION 33. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-901, amend
1473		-	(6)(b)(II), (6)(c), (6)(i)(I), and (6)(p)(II); and add (6)(q) as follows:
1474		-	44-3-901. Unlawful acts - exceptions - definitions. (6) It is
1475		-	unlawful for any person licensed to sell at retail pursuant to this article 3 or
1476		-	PAGE 32-SENATE BILL 24-231 article 4 of this title 44:
1477		-	(b) To sell, serve, or distribute any malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors
1478		-	at any time other than the following:
1479		-	(II) In sealed containers, beginning at 8 a.m. until 12 midnight each
1480		-	day; except that no malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors shall be sold, served,
1481		-	or distributed in a sealed container on Christmas day;
1482		-	(c) To sell fermented malt beverages:
1483		-	(I) To any person under the age of twenty-one years OF AGE, except
1484		-	as provided in section 18-13-122;
	1379	+	LICENSEE MAY REAPPLY TO RENEW ITS LICENSE BIENNIALLY3
	1380	+	PURSUANT TO SECTION 44-3-302 (3) AFTER TWO YEARS WITHOUT ANY4
	1381	+	VIOLATIONS.5
	1382	+	SECTION 33. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-901, amend6
	1383	+	(6)(b)(II), (6)(c), (6)(i)(I), and (6)(p)(II); and add (6)(q) as follows:7
	1384	+	44-3-901. Unlawful acts - exceptions - definitions. (6) It is8
	1385	+	unlawful for any person licensed to sell at retail pursuant to this article 39
	1386	+	or article 4 of this title 44:10
	1387	+	(b) To sell, serve, or distribute any malt, vinous, or spirituous11
	1388	+	liquors at any time other than the following:12
	1389	+	(II) In sealed containers, beginning at 8 a.m. until 12 midnight13
	1390	+	each day; except that no malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors shall be sold,
	1391	+	14
	1392	+	served, or distributed in a sealed container on Christmas day;15
	1393	+	(c) To sell fermented malt beverages:16
	1394	+	(I) To any person under the age of twenty-one years OF AGE,17
	1395	+	except as provided in section 18-13-122;
	1396	+	OR18
	1397	+	(II) To any person between the hours of 12 midnight and 8 a.m.;19
1485	1398		or
1486		-	~~(II) To any person between the hours of 12 midnight and 8 a.m.; or~~
1487		-	(III) In a sealed container on Christmas day;
1488		-	(i) (I) To sell malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors or fermented ~~malt~~
1489		-	beverages in a place where the alcohol beverages are to be consumed,
	1399	+	20
	1400	+	(III) In a sealed container on Christmas day;21
	1401	+	(i) (I) To sell malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors or fermented malt22
	1402	+	beverages in a place where the alcohol beverages are to be consumed,23
1490	1403		unless the place is a hotel,
1491	1404		A restaurant, A tavern, lodging and
1492		-	AN
1493		-	entertainment facility, A LODGING FACILITY, A racetrack, A club, A retail
	1405	+	AN24
	1406	+	entertainment facility,
	1407	+	A LODGING FACILITY, A racetrack, A club, A retail25
1494	1408		gaming tavern, or
1495		-	AN arts licensed premises or unless the place is ~~a dining,~~
1496		-	club, or parlor car;
1497		-	A plane; A bus; or other conveyance or ~~facility of a~~
1498		-	~~public transportation system.~~
1499		-	~~(p) (II) If licensed as~~ a ~~tavern under section 44-3-414 that does not~~
1500		-	~~regularly serve meals or~~ a ~~lodging and~~
1501		-	AN entertainment facility ~~under~~
1502		-	section 44-3-428 that does not regularly serve meals, to permit ~~an employee~~
1503		-	who is under twenty-one years of age to sell malt, vinous, ~~or spirituous~~
1504		-	liquors; or
	1409	+	AN arts licensed premises or unless the place is a26
	1410	+	dining, club, or parlor car;
	1411	+	A plane; A bus; or other conveyance or facility27
	1412	+	231
	1413	+	-42- of a public transportation system.1
	1414	+	(p) (II) If licensed as a tavern under section 44-3-414 that does not2
	1415	+	regularly serve meals or a lodging and AN entertainment facility under3
	1416	+	section 44-3-428 that does not regularly serve meals, to permit an4
	1417	+	employee who is under twenty-one years of age to sell malt, vinous, or5
	1418	+	spirituous liquors; or6
1505	1419		(q) T
1506		-	O KNOWINGLY PERMIT THE ILLEGAL SALE , OR NEGOTIATIONS
1507		-	FOR THE SALE
1508		-	, OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE , AS DEFINED IN SECTION
1509		-	18-18-102 (5), ON THE LICENSEE'S LICENSED PREMISES. THIS SUBSECTION
1510		-	(6)(q) DOES NOT PROHIBIT A PHARMACY LICENSED BY THE STATE BOARD OF
1511		-	PHARMACY TO SELL LAWFULLY PRESCRIBED CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AT
1512		-	A LIQUOR
1513		-	-LICENSED DRUGSTORE.
1514		-	SECTION 34. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-911, amend
1515		-	PAGE 33-SENATE BILL 24-231 (6)(a)(I) and (6)(a)(II) as follows:
1516		-	44-3-911. Takeout and delivery of alcohol beverages - permit -
1517		-	on-premises consumption licenses - requirements and limitations - rules
1518		-	- definition - repeal. (6) (a) (I) This section authorizes a license holder that
1519		-	is issued a license under one of the following sections to sell an alcohol
1520		-	beverage to a customer for consumption off of the licensed premises:
1521		-	Section 44-3-402 that operates a sales room or section 44-3-407 that
1522		-	operates a sales room or section 44-3-411, 44-3-413, 44-3-414, 44-3-417,
1523		-	44-3-418, 44-3-422, 44-3-426, 44-3-428, 44-3-432, 44-4-104 (1)(c)(I)(A),
1524		-	or 44-4-104 (1)(c)(III).
1525		-	(II) This section authorizes a license holder that is issued a license
1526		-	under one of the following sections to deliver an alcohol beverage to a
1527		-	customer for consumption off of the licensed premises: Section 44-3-411,
1528		-	44-3-412, 44-3-413, 44-3-414, 44-3-415, 44-3-416, 44-3-417, 44-3-418,
1529		-	44-3-419, 44-3-420, 44-3-421, 44-3-422, 44-3-426, or
1530		-	44-3-428, OR
1531		-	44-3-432.
1532		-	SECTION 35. Appropriation. For the 2024-25 state fiscal year,
1533		-	$5,000 is appropriated to the department of revenue for use by the liquor
1534		-	and tobacco enforcement division. This appropriation is from the liquor
1535		-	enforcement division and state licensing authority cash fund created in
1536		-	section 44-6-101, C.R.S. To implement this act, the division may use this
1537		-	appropriation for operating expenses.
1538		-	SECTION 36. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
1539		-	takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
1540		-	ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except
1541		-	that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V
1542		-	of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act
1543		-	within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect
1544		-	unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
1545		-	PAGE 34-SENATE BILL 24-231 November 2024 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official
1546		-	declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.
1547		-	____________________________ ____________________________
1548		-	Steve Fenberg
1549		-	Julie McCluskie
1550		-	PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
1551		-	THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1552		-	____________________________ ____________________________
1553		-	Cindi L. Markwell Robin Jones
1554		-	SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
1555		-	THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1556		-	APPROVED________________________________________
1557		-	(Date and Time)
1558		-	_________________________________________
1559		-	Jared S. Polis
1560		-	GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
1561		-	PAGE 35-SENATE BILL 24-231
	1420	+	O KNOWINGLY PERMIT THE ILLEGAL SALE , OR NEGOTIATIONS7
	1421	+	FOR THE SALE, OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE , AS DEFINED IN SECTION8
	1422	+	18-18-102
	1423	+	(5), ON THE LICENSEE'S LICENSED PREMISES. THIS SUBSECTION9
	1424	+	(6)(q)
	1425	+	DOES NOT PROHIBIT A PHARMACY LICENSED BY THE STATE BOARD10
	1426	+	OF PHARMACY TO SELL LAWFULLY PRESCRIBED CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES11
	1427	+	AT A LIQUOR-LICENSED DRUGSTORE.12
	1428	+	SECTION 34. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-911, amend13
	1429	+	(6)(a)(I) and (6)(a)(II) as follows:14
	1430	+	44-3-911. Takeout and delivery of alcohol beverages - permit15
	1431	+	- on-premises consumption licenses - requirements and limitations -16
	1432	+	rules - definition - repeal. (6) (a) (I) This section authorizes a license17
	1433	+	holder that is issued a license under one of the following sections to sell18
	1434	+	an alcohol beverage to a customer for consumption off of the licensed19
	1435	+	premises: Section 44-3-402 that operates a sales room or section 44-3-40720
	1436	+	that operates a sales room or section 44-3-411, 44-3-413, 44-3-414,21
	1437	+	44-3-417, 44-3-418, 44-3-422, 44-3-426, 44-3-428, 44-3-432, 44-4-10422
	1438	+	(1)(c)(I)(A), or 44-4-104 (1)(c)(III).23
	1439	+	(II) This section authorizes a license holder that is issued a license24
	1440	+	under one of the following sections to deliver an alcohol beverage to a25
	1441	+	customer for consumption off of the licensed premises: Section 44-3-411,26
	1442	+	44-3-412, 44-3-413, 44-3-414, 44-3-415, 44-3-416, 44-3-417, 44-3-418,27
	1443	+	231
	1444	+	-43- 44-3-419, 44-3-420, 44-3-421, 44-3-422, 44-3-426, or 44-3-428, OR1
	1445	+	44-3-432.2
	1446	+	SECTION 35. Appropriation. For the 2024-25 state fiscal year,3
	1447	+	$5,000 is appropriated to the department of revenue for use by the liquor4
	1448	+	and tobacco enforcement division. This appropriation is from the liquor5
	1449	+	enforcement division and state licensing authority cash fund created in6
	1450	+	section 44-6-101, C.R.S. To implement this act, the division may use this7
	1451	+	appropriation for operating expenses.8
	1452	+	SECTION 36. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act9
	1453	+	takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the10
	1454	+	ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except11
	1455	+	that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V12
	1456	+	of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this13
	1457	+	act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take14
	1458	+	effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in15
	1459	+	November 2024 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the16
	1460	+	official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.17
	1461	+	231
	1462	+	-44-