KRS 243.055: Hotel in-room service license.

(1) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) "Hotel" means any hotel, motel, inn, or other establishment which offers

overnight accommodations to the public for hire;

(b) "In-room service" means the delivery of alcoholic beverages in unbroken

packages by an employee of the hotel to a registered guest's room when the

alcoholic beverages have been ordered by a guest and when the guest shall be

billed for the cost of the alcoholic beverages at the time of delivery, with all

sales of the alcoholic beverages being completed upon delivery; and,

additionally, the provision of a cabinet or other facility located in a hotel

guest's room which contains alcoholic beverages and which is provided upon

written request of the guest and which is acces sible by lock and key or remote

control device only to the guest, with the sale of the alcoholic beverages

contained therein being final at the time requested, except for a credit which

may be given to the guest for any unused portion. The licensee may sto ck a

cabinet or other facility located in a hotel guest's room pursuant to this section,

with fifty (50) milliliter containers of distilled spirits.

(2) The department may issue a hotel in -room service license to any hotel which is

licensed to sell distill ed spirits, wine, and malt beverages upon the payment of the

fee set forth in KRS 243.030. The license shall authorize the licensee to sell

distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages by in -room service. The sale of alcoholic

beverages by in -room service s hall be subject to all restrictions and limitations

contained in KRS Chapters 241 to 244, and the administrative regulations issued

under those chapters, and shall be authorized only on the days and only during the

hours as the sale of alcoholic beverages is otherwise authorized in the county or

municipality. All alcoholic beverages sold pursuant to this section shall be

considered by the drink sales and shall be subject to all state and local taxes

imposed on alcoholic beverages and shall be purchased from a licensed wholesaler

and distributor.