KRS 244.480: Sales of malt beverages when polls are open permitted in wet or moist

territory -- Power of local governments to regulate -- Sunday sales.

(1) Except as permitted by subsection (4) of this section, no brewer or distributor shall

deliver any malt beverages on Sunday or between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m.

on any other day.

(2) Except as permitted by subsection (4) of this section, a licensee authorized to sell

malt beverages at retail shall not sell, give away, or deliver any malt beverag es

between midnight and 6 a.m. or at any time during the twenty -four (24) hours of a

Sunday.

(3) (a) A licensee authorized to sell malt beverages at retail may sell malt beverages

during the hours the polls are open on a primary, or regular, local option, or

special election day unless the licensee is located where the legislative body

of an urban -county government, consolidated local government, charter

county government, unified local government, city, or county, in which traffic

in malt beverages is perm itted by KRS Chapter 242 has adopted an ordinance

after June 25, 2013, that prohibits the sale of alcoholic beverages or limits the

hours and times in which alcoholic beverages may be sold within its

jurisdictional boundaries on any primary, or regular, lo cal option, or special

election day.

(b) This subsection shall only apply in a wet or moist territory.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to the

contrary, the fiscal court of a county shall not by ordinance or any oth er

means:

1. Supersede, reverse, or modify any decision made pursuant to this

subsection by the legislative body of a city within that county; or

2. Impose an action upon a city within that county when that city has taken

no formal action pursuant to this subsection.

(4) (a) A licensee may sell or deliver malt beverages on Sunday and during the times

and hours as permitted by a local ordinance of the legislative body of an

urban-county government, consolidated local government, charter county

government, unified local governme nt, city, or county with local jurisdiction.

The ordinance shall not prohibit the sale, gift, or delivery of any malt

beverages between 6 a.m. and midnight during any day, except Sunday.

(b) A licensee authorized to sell malt beverages by the drink at reta il may sell

malt beverages by the drink on Sunday and during the times and hours as

permitted by a local ordinance of the legislative body of an urban -county

government, consolidated local government, charter county government,

unified local government, ci ty, or county with local jurisdiction. The

ordinance shall not prohibit the sale or gift of any malt beverages by the drink

between 6 a.m. and midnight during any day, except Sunday.