(1) A “Nonquota type 2” or “NQ2” retail drink license may be issued to an applicant operating as, or in:
(a) A hotel that:

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 243.084


1. Contains at least fifty (50) sleeping units; and
2. Receives from its total food and alcoholic beverage sales at least fifty percent (50) of its gross receipts from the sale of food;
(b) A restaurant; (c) An airport;
(d) A riverboat; (e) A distiller; or
(f) A business located within, or adjacent to, an entertainment destination center licensed premises.
(2) A holder of an NQ2 retail drink license may purchase, receive, possess, and sell alcoholic beverages at retail by the drink for consumption on the licensed premises or off-premises consumption pursuant to KRS § 243.081. The licensee shall purchase alcoholic beverages only from licensed wholesalers or distributors. A distiller may purchase its own products for retail drink sales under KRS § 243.0305. The holder of an NQ2 retail drink license shall store alcoholic beverages in the manner prescribed in KRS § 244.260.
(3) (a) To qualify for an NQ2 license, a riverboat shall have a regular or alternative place of mooring in a wet county or city of this state.
(b) If a riverboat moors or makes landfall in a location other than its regular or alternate regular place of mooring, all alcoholic beverages shall be kept locked.
(c) A riverboat licensed under this subsection shall not take on or discharge passengers when mooring or making landfall in dry option territory.
Effective:March 15, 2021
History: Amended 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 3, effective March 15, 2021. — Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 47, effective June 29, 2017. — Amended
2014 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 11, effective July 15, 2014. — Created 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 41, effective June 25, 2013.