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AN ACT relating to serving alcoholic beverages. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
ď˘Section 1. KRS 244.090 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) A person holding any license shall not knowingly employ in connection with the 4
licensed business any person who: 5
(a) Has been convicted of any felony within the last two (2) years; 6
(b) Has been twice convicted of any misdemeanor or offense directly or indirectly 7
attributable to the use of alcoholic beverages within the last two (2) years; 8
(c) Is under the age of twenty (20) years, unless the person [is ]employed: 9
1. Works in a bottling house or room of a licensed distiller, winery, brewer, 10
or rectifier; 11
2. Works in an office of a wholesaler or manufacturer that is maintained in 12
a building separate from the warehouses or factory; 13
3. Works at a premises licensed only with a nonquota retail malt beverage 14
package license[, and the person employed to sell malt beverages is at 15
least eighteen (18) years of age] and under the supervision of a person 16
twenty (20) years of age or older; [or] 17
4. Works in any of the following establishments, if the employment is in a 18
capacity that does not involve the sale or serving of alcoholic beverages: 19
a. A restaurant that derives at least fifty percent (50%) of its food and 20
alcoholic beverage sales from the sale of food for consumption on 21
the licensed premises; or 22
b. Any other establishment with alcoholic beverage sales not 23
exceeding fifty percent (50%) of its gross sales;[ or] 24
5. Is eighteen (18) years of age and has earned a high school diploma or 25
an equivalent degree; or 26
(d) Within two (2) years prior to the date of the person's employment, has had any 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 22 RS BR 241
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license issued under KRS Chapters 241 to 244 or under any other act or 1
ordinance relating to the regulation of the manufacture, sale, or transportation 2
of alcoholic beverages revoked for cause. 3
(2) The provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of this section shall not 4
apply if the employee's duties do not involve the sale, service, delivery, or traffic in 5
alcoholic beverages at the licensed premises. 6
(3) Violation of this section shall subject both employer and employee to penalties 7
provided in this chapter and shall be cause for revocation of license. 8