C.R.S.
Section 44-3-428
Lodging and entertainment license
(1)
A lodging and entertainment license may be issued to a lodging and entertainment facility selling alcohol beverages by the drink only to customers for consumption on the premises. A lodging and entertainment facility licensee shall have sandwiches and light snacks available for consumption on the premises during business hours but need not have meals available for consumption.(2)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(a)
A lodging and entertainment facility licensed to sell alcohol beverages as provided in this section shall purchase alcohol beverages only from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this article 3; except that, during a calendar year, a lodging and entertainment facility licensed to sell alcohol beverages as provided in this section may purchase not more than two thousand dollars’ worth of malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors from retailers licensed pursuant to sections 44-3-409, 44-3-410, and 44-4-104 (1)(c).(b)
A lodging and entertainment facility licensee shall retain evidence of each purchase of malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors from a retailer licensed pursuant to section 44-3-409, 44-3-410, or 44-4-104 (1)(c), in the form of a purchase receipt showing the name of the licensed retailer, the date of purchase, a description of the alcohol beverages purchased, and the price paid for the alcohol beverages. The lodging and entertainment facility licensee shall retain the receipt and make it available to the state and local licensing authorities at all times during business hours.(3)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(a)
Except as provided in subsection (3)(b) of this section, it is unlawful for any owner, part owner, shareholder, or person interested directly or indirectly in lodging and entertainment licenses to conduct, own either in whole or in part, or be directly or indirectly interested in any other business licensed pursuant to this article 3 or article 4 of this title 44.(b)
An owner, part owner, shareholder, or person interested directly or indirectly in a lodging and entertainment license may have an interest in:(I)
A license described in section 44-3-401 (1)(j) to (1)(t), (1)(v), or (1)(w), 44-3-412 (1), or 44-4-104 (1)(c); or(II)
A financial institution referred to in section 44-3-308 (4).(c)
to (e)(Deleted by amendment, L. 2022.)(5) At the time a tavern license issued under section 44-3-414 is due for renewal or by one year after August 10, 2016, whichever occurs later, a person licensed as a tavern that does not have as its principal business the sale of alcohol beverages, has a valid license on August 10, 2016, and is a lodging and entertainment facility may apply to, and the applicable local licensing authority shall, convert the tavern license to a lodging and entertainment license under this section, and the person may continue to operate as a lodging and entertainment facility licensee. A person applying to convert an existing tavern license to a lodging and entertainment license under this subsection (5) may apply to convert the license, even if the location of the licensed premises is within five hundred feet of any public or parochial school or the principal campus of any college, university, or seminary, so long as the local licensing authority has previously approved the location of the licensed premises in accordance with section 44-3-313 (1)(d).
Source:
Section 44-3-428 — Lodging and entertainment license, https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-44.pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).
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