FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 482
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BERNSKOETTER.
0619S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 67.2500, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to
entertainment districts.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 67.2500, RSMo, is repeale d and two new 1
sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 2
67.2500 and 311.084, to read as follows:3
67.2500. 1. A theater, cultural arts, and 1
entertainment district may be established in the manner 2
provided in section 67.2505 by the governing body of any 3
county, city, town, or village that has adopted transect - 4
based zoning under chapter 89, any county described in this 5
subsection, or any city, town, or village that is within 6
such counties: 7
(1) Any county with a charter form of government and 8
with more than two hundred fifty thousand but less than 9
three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants; 10
(2) Any county of the first classification with more 11
than ninety-three thousand eight hundred but fewer than 12
ninety-three thousand nine hundred inhabitants; 13
(3) Any county of the first classification with more 14
than one hundred eighty -four thousand but fewer than one 15
hundred eighty-eight thousand inhabitants; 16
(4) Any county with a charter form of government and 17
with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven 18
hundred thousand inhabitants; 19 SB 482 2
(5) Any county of the first classification with more 20
than one hundred thirty -five thousand four hundred but fewer 21
than one hundred thirty -five thousand five hundred 22
inhabitants; 23
(6) Any county of the first classification with more 24
than one hundred four thousand six hundred but fewer than 25
one hundred four thousand seven hundred inhabitants; 26
(7) Any county of the first classification with more 27
than eighty-three thousand but fewer than ninety -two 28
thousand inhabitants and with a home rule city with more 29
than seventy-six thousand but fewer than ninety -one thousand 30
inhabitants as the county seat ; or 31
(8) Any county that borders on or that contains part 32
of a lake with at least one thousand miles of shoreline . 33
2. Sections 67.2500 to 67.2530 shall be known as the 34
"Theater, Cultural Arts, and Entertainment District Act". 35
3. As used in sections 67.2500 to 67.2530, the 36
following terms mean: 37
(1) "District", a theater, cultural arts, and 38
entertainment district organized under this section; 39
(2) "Qualified electors", "qualified voters", or 40
"voters", registered voters residing within the district or 41
subdistrict, or proposed district or s ubdistrict, who have 42
registered to vote pursuant to chapter 115 or, if there are 43
no persons eligible to be registered voters residing in the 44
district or subdistrict, proposed district or subdistrict, 45
property owners, including corporations and other en tities, 46
that are owners of real property; 47
(3) "Registered voters", persons qualified and 48
registered to vote pursuant to chapter 115; and 49 SB 482 3
(4) "Subdistrict", a subdivision of a district, but 50
not a separate political subdivision, created for th e 51
purposes specified in subsection 5 of section 67.2505. 52
311.084. 1. As used in this section, the following 1
terms mean: 2
(1) "Common area", any area designated as a common 3
area in a development plan for an entertainment distric t 4
approved by the governing body of the county, city, town, or 5
village; any area of a public right -of-way that is adjacent 6
to or within the entertainment district; and any other area 7
identified in the development plan; 8
(2) "Entertainment district ", any area located in any 9
county that borders on or that contains part of a lake with 10
not less than one thousand miles of shoreline that: 11
(a) Is located in any city with more than one thousand 12
nine hundred but fewer than two thousand one hundred fifty 13
inhabitants and partially located in a county with more than 14
twenty-two thousand but fewer than twenty -five thousand 15
inhabitants and with a county seat with more than one 16
hundred but fewer than five hundred inhabitants; and 17
(b) Contains a combination of entertainment venues, 18
bars, nightclubs, and restaurants; 19
(3) "Portable bar", any bar, table, kiosk, cart, or 20
stand that is not a permanent fixture and can be moved from 21
place to place. 22
2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this 23
chapter to the contrary, any person who possesses the 24
qualifications required by this chapter, and who meets the 25
requirements of and complies with the provisions of this 26
chapter, may apply for, and the supervisor of alcohol and 27
tobacco control may issue, an entertainment district special 28
license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink for retail 29 SB 482 4
for consumption dispensed from one or more portable bars 30
within the common areas of the entertainment district until 31
3:00 a.m. on Mondays through Sa turdays and from 6:00 a.m. on 32
Sundays and until 1:30 a.m. on Mondays. 33
3. An applicant granted an entertainment district 34
special license under this section shall pay a license fee 35
of three hundred dollars per year. 36
4. Notwithstanding any othe r provision of this chapter 37
to the contrary, on such days and at such times during the 38
hours a license is allowed under this chapter to sell 39
alcoholic beverages, persons may be allowed to leave 40
licensed establishments located in portions of the 41
entertainment district with an alcoholic beverage and enter 42
upon and consume the alcoholic beverage within other 43
licensed establishments and common areas located in portions 44
of the entertainment district. No person shall take any 45
alcoholic beverage or alcoh olic beverages outside the 46
boundaries of the entertainment district. At times when a 47
person is allowed to consume alcoholic beverages dispensed 48
from portable bars and in common areas of all or any portion 49
of the entertainment district, the entertainme nt district 50
shall ensure that minors can be easily distinguished from 51
persons of legal age buying alcoholic beverages. 52
5. Every licensee within the entertainment district 53
shall serve alcoholic beverages in containers that display 54
and contain the licensee's trade name or logo or some other 55
mark that is unique to that license and licensee. 56
6. The holder of an entertainment district special 57
license is solely responsible for alcohol violations 58
occurring at its portable bar and in any common a rea. 59