Unlawful dispensing.

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  • (1) A retail licensee licensed under this title to sell, offer for sale, or furnish spirituous liquor for consumption on the licensed premises, or staff of the retail licensee may not:
    • (a) sell, offer for sale, or furnish a primary spirituous liquor to a person on the licensed premises except in a quantity that does not exceed 1.5 ounces per beverage dispensed through a calibrated metered dispensing system approved by the department;
    • (b) sell, offer for sale, or furnish more than a total of 2.5 ounces of spirituous liquor per beverage;
    • (c) allow a person on the licensed premises to have more than a total of 2.5 ounces of spirituous liquor at a time; or
    • (d)
      • (i) except as provided in Subsection (1)(d)(ii), allow a person to have more than two spirituous liquor beverages at a time; or
      • (ii) allow a person on the premises of the following to have more than one spirituous liquor beverage at a time:
        • (A) a full-service restaurant licensee;
        • (B) a person operating under a full-service restaurant sublicense;
        • (C) an on-premise banquet licensee;
        • (D) a person operating under an on-premise banquet sublicense; or
        • (E) a single event permittee.
  • (2) A violation of this section is a class C misdemeanor.




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