16-4-301. Special permits to sell all alcoholic beverages, beer, and table wine -- application and issuance. (1) (a) Any association or corporation conducting a picnic, convention, fair, civic or community enterprise, or sporting event is, in the discretion of the department, entitled to a special permit to sell beer and table wine to the patrons of that event, and except as provided in subsection (1)(c), the beer and wine must be consumed within the enclosure in which the event is held.
     (b) The application of the association or corporation must be presented 3 days in advance and must describe the location of the enclosure where the event is to be held, the nature of the event, and the period during which it is contemplated that the event will be held. The application must be accompanied by the amount of the permit fee and a written statement of approval of the premises where the event is to be held issued by the local law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over the premises where the event is to be held.
     (c) The permit issued to the association or corporation is a special permit but does not authorize the sale of beer and table wine except starting 1 day before the regular period when events are being held upon the grounds, during the period described in the application, and for 1 day after the period described in the application.
     (d) A special permit issued under this subsection (1) for the purpose of selling and serving beer at an event conducted on the premises of a county fairground or public sports arena authorizes the permitholder to sell and serve beer in the grandstand and bleacher area of the premises, as well as from a booth, stand, or other fixed place on the premises.
     (e) For the purposes of this subsection (1), a post of a nationally chartered veterans' organization or a lodge of a recognized national fraternal organization otherwise licensed under this code is an association entitled to special permits for three events a year as described in subsection (1)(a) to sell beer and table wine. All net proceeds must go to the post or lodge acquiring the special permit.
     (2) (a) A post of a nationally chartered veterans' organization or a lodge of a recognized national fraternal organization not otherwise licensed under this code is, in the discretion of the department, without notice or hearing as provided in 16-4-207, entitled to a special permit to sell beer and table wine or a special permit to sell all alcoholic beverages at the post or lodge to members and their guests only, to be consumed within the hall or building of the post or lodge.
     (b) The application of a nationally chartered veterans' organization or lodge of a recognized national fraternal organization must describe the location of the hall or building where the special permit will be used and the date it will be used.
     (c) The special permit may be issued for a 24-hour period only, ending at 2 a.m., and the department may not issue more than 12 special permits to any post or lodge during a calendar year.

     History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 46, Ex. L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 2815.35, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 235, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 285, L. 1974; Sec. 4-332, R.C.M. 1947; amd. and redes. 4-4-105 by Sec. 65, Ch. 387, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 496, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 4-4-105; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 401, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 37, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 34, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 180, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 7, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 89, L. 2001.