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KRS 243.082: Nonquota type 1 or NQ1 retail drink license -- Issuance to a

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  1. KRS Chapter 243

convention center or convention hotel complex, horse racetrack,

automobile racetrack, railroad system, commercial airline system or

charter flight system, or state park -- Privileges, duties, and restrictions

for eligible entities.

(1) A "Nonquota type 1" or "NQ1" retail drink license may be issued to an applicant

operating as, or in:

(a) A convention center or a convention hotel complex;

(b) A horse racetrack;

(c) An automobile racetrack;

(d) A railroad system;

(e) A commercial airlines system or charter flight system; or

(f) A state park.

(2) Any licensee holding an NQ1 retail drink license located in a qualifying

convention center or a convention hotel complex, horse racetrack, an

automobile racetrack, or state park may purchase, receive, possess, and sell

alcoholic beverages at retail by the drink for consumption on the licensed

premises. The license shall permit all alcoholic beverage sales on the premises

without additional supplemental licenses. The licensee shall purchase alcoholic

beverages only from licensed wholesalers or distributors. The holder of an NQ1

retail drink license under this section shall store alcoholic beverages in the

manner prescribed in KRS 244.260.

(3) A qualifying convention center or a convention hotel complex holding an NQ1

retail drink license may also hold a supplemental hotel in-room service license.

(4) A qualifying railroad system holding an NQ1 retail drink license may purchase,

receive, possess, and sell alcoholic beverages at retail by the drink or by the

package, upon any train that includes a dining car and is operated by the

licensee in the state. Sales shall be made only while the train is in motion. A

railroad system holding an NQ1 retail drink license may sell alcoholic

beverages in unbroken packages smaller than two hundred (200) milliliters of

distilled spirits and one hundred (100) milliliters of wine and may purchase

alcoholic beverages from nonresidents.

(5) A qualifying commercial airlines system or charter flight system holding an

NQ1 retail drink license may purchase, receive, possess, and sell alcoholic

beverages at retail by the drink, and by miniature bottle, for consumption upon

regularly scheduled or charter flights of the licensee, in and out of Kentucky.

The license shall authorize the licensee to store alcoholic beverages for retail

sale at a location or locations, if operating from more than one (1) airport in

Kentucky, as designated on the license application.

(6) An NQ1 retail drink license may be issued to any qualifying applicant within a

state park meeting the criteria established in KRS 241.010 so long as the state

park is located, in whole or in part, within:

(a) Any wet territory; or

(b) Any precinct that has authorized the sale of alcoholic beverages under

KRS 242.022.

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