KRS § 243.500 — KY Code / Title XX / Chapter 243 / Section 243.500
243.500 Causes for which licenses may be revoked or suspended
Status: in_force

243.500 Causes for which licenses may be revoked or suspended.

Any license may be revoked or suspended for the following causes:

(1) Conviction of the licensee or the licensee's agent, servant, or employee for selling

any illegal alcoholic beverages or cannabis-infused beverages on the licensed

premises.

(2) Making any false, material statements in an application or renewal application for a

license or supplemental license.

(3) Conviction of the licensee or any of the licensee's agents, servants, or employees of:

(a) Two (2) violations of the terms and provisions of KRS Chapters 241 to 244,

or any act regulating the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic

beverages or the sale, distribution, or transportation of cannabis-infused

beverages within two (2) consecutive years;

(b) Two (2) misdemeanors directly or indirectly attributable to the use of

alcoholic beverages or cannabis-infused beverages within two (2) consecutive

years; or

(c) Any felony.

(4) Failure or default of a licensee to pay an excise tax or any part of the tax or any

penalties imposed by or under the provisions of any statutes, ordinances, or Acts of

Congress relative to taxation, or for a violation of any related administrative

regulations promulgated by the Department of Revenue.

(5) (a) Revocation of any license or permit provided in KRS 243.060, 243.070,

243.600, and 243.610, or granted under any Act of Congress relative to the

regulation of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.

(b) Revocation of any license established under KRS 243.200, 243.403, or

243.405 relative to the sale, distribution, or transportation of cannabis-infused

beverages.

(6) Setting up, conducting, operating, or keeping, on the licensed premises, any

gambling game, device, machine, contrivance, lottery, gift enterprise, handbook, or

facility for betting or transmitting bets on horse races; or permitting to be set up,

conducted, operated, kept, or engaged in, on the licensed premises, any gambling

game, device, machine, contrivance, lottery, gift enterprise, handbook, or facility.

This subsection shall not apply to:

(a) The sale of lottery tickets sold under the provisions of KRS Chapter 154A;

(b) The operation of a pari-mutuel system for betting, or the operation of sports

wagering, where authorized by law;

(c) The conduct of charitable gaming by a charitable organization licensed or

permitted under KRS Chapters 230 and 238; or

(d) Special temporary raffles of alcoholic beverages under KRS 243.036.

(7) Conviction of the licensee, the licensee's agents, servants, or employees for:

(a) The trafficking or possession upon the licensed premises of controlled or

illegal substances described in KRS Chapter 218A, including synthetic drugs;

(b) Knowingly permitting the trafficking or possession by patrons upon the

licensed premises of controlled or illegal substances described in KRS

Chapter 218A, including synthetic drugs; or

(c) Knowingly receiving stolen property upon the licensed premises.

(8) Failure to comply with the terms of a final order of the board.