Commission's power to issue reception center license.

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  • (1) Before a person may store, sell, offer for sale, or furnish an alcoholic product on the person's premises as a reception center, the person shall first obtain a reception center license from the commission in accordance with this part.
  • (2) The commission may issue a reception center license to establish reception center licensed premises at places and in numbers the commission considers proper for the storage, sale, offer for sale, furnishing, and consumption of an alcoholic product on premises operated as a reception center.
  • (3) Subject to Section 32B-1-201, the commission may not issue a total number of reception center licenses that at any time exceeds the number determined by dividing the population of the state by 251,693.
  • (4) The commission may not issue a reception center license for premises that do not meet the proximity requirements of Section 32B-1-202.
  • (5)
    • (a) To be licensed as a reception center, a person may not maintain more than 30% of the person's total annual gross receipts from the sale of alcoholic products.
    • (b) For purposes of Subsection (5)(a):
      • (i) an alcoholic product includes:
        • (A) mix for an alcoholic product; and
        • (B) a charge in connection with the furnishing of an alcoholic product; and
      • (ii) gross receipts do not include any charge for renting a room or facility.
    • (c) A reception center licensee shall report the information necessary to show compliance with this Subsection (5) to the department on an annual basis.




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