23-912. RESTRICTIONS OF PERSONS INTERESTED IN PREMISES. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no manufacturer, rectifier, wholesaler, stockholder, shareholder, partner or the owner of any other interest in any corporation, association or partnership financially interested in the manufacture, transportation (except public carriers) or sale of liquor shall hold any interest in any premise licensed hereunder for the sale of liquor or receive any rental or remuneration from any such premise.
(2) A manufacturer, rectifier, wholesaler, stockholder, shareholder, partner or the owner of any interest in any corporation, association or partnership financially interested in the manufacture, transportation or sale of liquor may hold interest in a licensed premises if the licensed premises serves food cooked on the site of the licensed premises, and the person or entity can show through recordkeeping that no more than fifty percent (50%) of the gross revenue to the licensed premises is derived from the sale of alcoholic beverages on-site. The owner of the licensed premises pursuant to this subsection shall comply with and be subject to all other rules, regulations or other provisions of law which apply to manufacturers, rectifiers, wholesalers, stockholders, shareholders, partners or the owners of any interest in any corporation, association or partnership financially interested in the manufacture, transportation or sale of liquor save and except as such rules, regulations or laws may restrict such sales at the licensed premises. The holder of a license pursuant to this section shall not be disqualified from holding a beer license, a retail wine license or wine by the drink license for the sale of beer or wine at the licensed premises on the grounds that the licensee is also a manufacturer, wholesaler, stockholder, shareholder, partner or the owner of any interest in any corporation, association or partnership financially interested in the manufacture, transportation or sale of liquor, beer or wine. This subsection shall not be deemed to grant a license for the retail sale of liquor by the drink and the license must be obtained through normal lawful means.
History:
[23-912, added 1947, ch. 274, sec. 12, p. 870; am. 1999, ch. 141, sec. 3, p. 405.]