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Selected Excerpts from Kansas Statutes
Chapter 41: Intoxicating Liquors And Beverages
Article 3: Licensing And Related Provisions; City Option
41-301 Retailer's license, premises within city.
41-302 Same; election; licensees' rights.
41-303 Retailer's license, premises outside city.
41-304 Classes of licenses.
41-305 Manufacturer's license; rights of licensee.
41-306 Spirits distributor's license; rights of licensee.
41-306a Wine distributor's license; rights of licensee.
41-307 Beer distributor's license; rights of licensee.
41-308 Retailer's license; rights of licensee.
41-308a Farm winery license; authority of licensee.
41-308b Microbrewery license; rights of licensee; microbrewery packaging and warehousing facility license; permit to conduct tasting programs.
41-308d Wine, beer and distilled spirit testings.
41-309 Nonbeverage user's license; rights of licensee.
41-310 License fees; term; city or township taxes.
41-311 Persons and entities ineligible for licensure.
41-311b Licensure of nonresidents.
41-311c LLCs; qualification for licensure.
41-313 Licensing of corporations; conditions; appointment of agent to receive service of process; consent to jurisdiction and forum of Kansas courts
41-315 Retail license; applies only to premises described; removal; procedure.
41-316 Issuance of manufacturers', distributors', microbrewery, midrodistelleries, farm winery or nonbeverage users' licenses.
41-317 License applications; forms; fees; bonds.
41-317a (Tentative state number) Alcoholic beverage control modernization fee.
41-318 Procedure upon application for original retailer's license; notice and hearing; recommendations of city or township.
41-319 Time limit on grant or denial of license.
41-320 Kansas administrative procedure act applies to proceedings.
41-320a Cancellation or revocation of a license; grounds therefore.
41-328b Administrative orders; civil fines; time limit on orders.
41-347 Temporary permit, charitable auction or limited issue decanter sale.
41-350 Direct shipment to consumers by winery; special order shipping license; collection of gallonage taxes; rules and regulations.
41-351 Farm winery; farmers' markets sales permit; rules and regulations.
41-354 Microdistillery; rights of licensee.
41-355 Annual vineyard permit.
41-301. Retailer's license, premises within city.
(a) Except as provided by subsection (b), the director shall issue to qualified applicants, who have filed the bond and paid the registration and license fees required by this act, licenses to sell at retail alcoholic liquor in the original package on premises within the corporate limits of cities and outside the corporate limits of any city.
History: L. 1949, ch. 242, § 17; L. 2005, ch. 201, § 3; Nov. 15.
41-302. Same; election; licensees' rights.
(a) The question of licensing the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor in the original package shall be submitted by the governing body of a city at any regular general city election occurring in such city whenever a petition requesting such submission has been filed with the city clerk of any such city as provided in this section. Such petition shall be signed by qualified voters of such city equal in number to not less than 30% of the total vote cast in such city at the last general election for the office of secretary of state. Each sheet of each petition shall comply with the provisions of K.S.A. 25-3601 through 25-3607, and amendments thereto. No signature on such petition shall be valid unless appended to the petition within the last 90 days prior to the date of filing the petition with the city clerk. Such petition shall be filed not less than 40 nor more than 60 days prior to the date of the election. After any such petition has been filed no signature shall be withdrawn and no signature shall be added. The governing body of the city shall have the power to determine the sufficiency of any such petition.
History: L. 1949, ch. 242, § 18; L. 1985, ch. 170, § 4; L. 1998, ch. 191, § 2; L. 2005, ch. 201, § 4; Nov. 15.
41-303. Retailer's license, premises outside city.
(a) The director may issue to qualified applicants licenses to sell at retail alcoholic liquor in the original package on premises not located in an incorporated city for use or consumption off the premises. No such license shall be issued to any applicant unless the applicant possesses all the qualifications required of other applicants for retailers' licenses except the qualification of residency within a city.
History: L. 1949, ch. 242, § 19; L. 1965, ch. 315, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 275, § 1; L. 2000, ch. 166, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 94, § 2; L. 2005, ch. 201, § 5; L. 2008, ch. 126, § 5; July 1.
41-304. Classes of licenses.
Licenses issued by the director shall be of the following classes: (a) Manufacturer’s license; (b) spirits distributor’s license; (c) wine distributor’s license; (d) beer distributor’s license; (e) retailer’s license; (f) microbrewery license; (g) microdistillery license; (h) farm winery license; and (i) nonbeverage user’s license.
History: L. 1949, ch. 242, § 20; L. 1983, ch. 161, § 2; L. 1987, ch. 182, § 11; L. 2012, ch. 144, § 5; July 1.
41-305. Manufacturer's license; rights of licensee.
(a) A manufacturer’s license shall allow the manufacture and storage of alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage and the sale of alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage to distributors and nonbeverage users licensed in this state and to such persons outside this state as permitted by law.
(b) A manufacturer’s license also shall allow the serving free of charge on the licensed premises of samples of alcoholic liquor manufactured by the licensee, provided the premises are located in a county where the sale of alcoholic liquor is permitted by law in licensed drinking establishments. Samples shall be served by the licensee, or an employee or agent thereof. No sample shall be served to an individual who is a minor. No individual shall remove all or any portion of a sample from the licensed premises. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to permit the licensee to sell any alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises.
(c) A person holding a farm winery license issued pursuant to K.S.A. 41-308a, and amendments thereto, may also be issued a manufacturer’s license; provided, that no alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage manufactured by such licensee shall be sold by such licensee at its licensed premises or at any of such licensee’s winery outlets.
41-306. Spirits distributor's license; rights of licensee.
A spirits distributor's license, shall allow:
(2) retailers licensed in this state, except that such distributor shall sell a brand of spirits only to those retailers whose licensed premises are located in the geographic territory within which such distributor is authorized to sell such brand, as designated in the notice or notices filed with the director pursuant to K.S.A. 41-410 and amendments thereto; and
(d) The storage and delivery to a retailer licensed under the Kansas liquor control act or a retailer licensed under K.S.A. 41-2702 and amendments thereto, on the distributor's licensed premises, of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage of another licensed distributor authorized by law to sell such alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage to such retailer, in accordance with an agreement entered into with such other distributor and approved by the director.
(f) The withdrawal of spirits from such licensee’s inventory for use as samples in the course of the business of the distributor or at industry seminars. Samples may only be provided to persons licensed as a distributor or a retailer under the Kansas liquor control act, and such person’s employees. Samples may be served on the licensed premises of the licensee, or on the premises of a licensed retailer, provided no sample shall be served on that portion of the premises of a licensed retailer that is open to the public and where sales of alcoholic liquor at retail are made. No sample shall be provided to any minor. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to permit the licensee to sell any alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises. The withdrawal of spirits shall be subject to the tax imposed by K.S.A. 79-4101 et seq., and amendments thereto, based on the applicable current posted bottle or case price. For purposes of providing samples pursuant to this subsection other than at industry seminars or to the licensee’s employees, the term "sample" shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in K.S.A. 41-2601, and amendments thereto.
41-306a. Wine distributor's license; rights of licensee.
A wine distributor's license shall allow:
(2) retailers licensed in this state, except that such distributor shall sell a brand of wine only to those retailers whose licensed premises are located in the geographic territory within which such distributor is authorized to sell such brand, as designated in the notice or notices filed with the director pursuant to K.S.A. 41-410 and amendments thereto; and
(2) public venues, clubs and drinking establishments licensed in this state, except that such distributor shall sell a brand of wine only to such public venues, clubs and drinking establishments the licensed premises of which are located in the geographic territory within which such distributor is authorized to sell such brand, as designated in the notice or notices filed with the director pursuant to K.S.A. 41-410 and amendments thereto.
(e) The storage and delivery to a retailer licensed under the Kansas liquor control act or a retailer licensed under K.S.A. 41-2702 and amendments thereto, on the distributor's licensed premises, of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage of another licensed distributor authorized by law to sell such alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage to such retailer, in accordance with an agreement entered into with such other distributor and approved by the director.
(f) The withdrawal of wine from such licensee’s inventory for use as samples in the course of the business of the distributor or at industry seminars. Samples may only be provided to persons licensed as a distributor or a retailer under the Kansas liquor control act, and such person’s employees, or to persons licensed under the club and drinking establishment act, and such person’s employees. Samples may be served on the licensed premises of the licensee, or on the premises of a licensed retailer, provided no sample shall be served on that portion of the premises of a licensed retailer that is open to the public and where sales of alcoholic liquor at retail are made. Samples may be served on the premises of a licensee holding a license issued under the club and drinking establishment act, provided no sample shall be served on that portion of the premises that is open to the public and where sales of alcoholic liquor are made. No sample shall be provided to any minor. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to permit the licensee to sell any alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises. The withdrawal of wine shall be subject to the tax imposed by K.S.A. 79-4101 et seq., and amendments thereto, based on the applicable current posted bottle or case price. For purposes of providing samples pursuant to this subsection other than at industry seminars or to the licensee’s employees, the term "sample" shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in K.S.A. 41-2601, and amendments thereto.
41-307. Beer distributor's license; rights of licensee.
A beer distributor's license shall allow:
(3) retailers, public venues, clubs and drinking establishments, licensed in this state, except that such distributor shall sell a brand of beer only to those retailers, public venues, clubs and drinking establishments of which the licensed premises are located in the geographic territory within which such distributor is authorized to sell such brand, as designated in the notice or notices filed with the director pursuant to K.S.A. 41-410 and amendments thereto; and
(2) clubs and drinking establishments, licensed in this state, and retailers licensed under K.S.A. 41-2702 and amendments thereto, except that such distributor shall sell a brand of cereal malt beverage only to those such clubs, drinking establishments and retailers of which the licensed premises are located in the geographic territory within which such distributor is authorized to sell such brand, as designated in the notice or notices filed with the director pursuant to K.S.A. 41-410 and amendments thereto;
(3) retailers; and
(d) The sale of beer containing not more than 6% alcohol by volume to cereal malt beverage retailers licensed pursuant to K.S.A. 41-2702, and amendments thereto.
(e) The purchase of cereal malt beverage in kegs or other bulk containers and the bottling or canning thereof in accordance with law.
(f) The storage and delivery to a retailer licensed under the Kansas liquor control act or a retailer licensed under K.S.A. 41-2702 and amendments thereto, on the distributor's licensed premises, of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage of another licensed distributor authorized by law to sell such alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage to such retailer, in accordance with an agreement entered into with such other distributor and approved by the director.
(g) The storage and delivery, with proper invoicing in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary, on the premises of a public venue licensee, of beer sold to or available for purchase by the public venue during an event.
(h) The withdrawal of beer or cereal malt beverage from such licensee’s inventory for use as samples in the course of the business of the distributor or at industry seminars. Samples may only be provided to persons licensed as a distributor or a retailer under the Kansas liquor control act, and such person’s employees, or to persons licensed under the club and drinking establishment act, and such person’s employees. Samples may be served on the licensed premises of the licensee, or on the premises of a licensed retailer, provided no sample shall be served on that portion of the premises of a licensed retailer that is open to the public and where sales of alcoholic liquor at retail are made. Samples may be served on the premises of a licensee holding a license issued under the club and drinking establishment act, provided no sample shall be served on that portion of the premises that is open to the public and where sales of alcoholic liquor are made. No sample shall be provided to any minor. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to permit the licensee to sell any alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises. The withdrawal of beer or cereal malt beverage shall be subject to the tax imposed by K.S.A. 79-4101 et seq., and amendments thereto, based on the applicable current posted bottle or case price. For purposes of providing samples pursuant to this subsection other than at industry seminars or to the licensee’s employees, the term "sample" shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in K.S.A. 41-2601, and amendments thereto
History: L. 1949, ch. 242, § 23; L. 1974, ch. 195, §1; L. 1987, ch. 182, § 16; L. 1987, ch. 182, § 17; L. 1996, ch. 154, § 3; L. 2012, ch. 144, § 9; L. 2015, ch. 82, § 23; L. 2017, ch. 56, § 5; April 1, 2019.
41-308. Retailer's license; rights of licensee.
(a) Except as provided in section 3, and amendments thereto, a retailer's license shall allow the licensee to sell and offer for sale at retail and deliver in the original package, as therein prescribed, alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage for use or consumption off and away from the premises specified in such license.
(b) A retailer's license shall permit sale and delivery of alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage only on the licensed premises and shall not permit sale of alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage for resale in any form, except that a licensed retailer may:
(1) Sell alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage to a temporary permit holder for resale by such permit holder; and
(2) sell and deliver alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage to a caterer or to the licensed premises of a public venue, club or drinking establishment, if such premises are in the county where the retailer's premises are located or in an adjacent county, for resale by such public venue, club, establishment or caterer.
(c) A retailer may:
(1) Charge a delivery fee for delivery of alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage to a public venue, club, drinking establishment or caterer pursuant to subsection (b);
(3) include in the sale of alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage any goods included by the manufacturer in packaging with the alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage, subject to the approval of the director; and
(4) distribute to the public, without charge, consumer advertising specialities bearing advertising matter, subject to rules and regulations of the secretary limiting the form and distribution of such specialities so that they are not conditioned on or an inducement to the purchase of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage;
(5) store alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage in refrigerators, cold storage units, ice boxes or other cooling devices, and the licensee may sell such alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage to consumers in a chilled condition; and
(6) sell any other good or service on the licensed premises, except that the gross sales of other goods and services, excluding fees derived from the sale of lottery tickets and revenues from sales of cigarettes and tobacco products, shall not exceed 20% of the retailer’s total gross sales.
History: L. 1949, ch. 242, § 24; L. 1971, ch. 173, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 186, § 2; L. 1979, ch. 152, § 3; L. 1987, ch. 182, § 18; L. 1987, ch. 292, § 25; L. 1987, ch. 183, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 169, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 144, § 10; L. 2017, ch. 56, § 6; April 1, 2019.
41-308a: Farm winery license; authority of licensee.
(a) A farm winery license shall allow:
(9) the sale and shipping of wine within this state pursuant to a permit issued pursuant to K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 41-350, and amendments thereto.
(c) Not less than 30% of the products utilized in the manufacture of domestic table wine and domestic fortified wine by a farm winery shall be grown in Kansas except when a lesser proportion is authorized by the director based upon the director’s findings and judgment. The production requirement of this subsection shall be determined based on the annual production of domestic table wine and domestic fortified wine by the farm winery.
(h) Whenever a farm winery or winery outlet licensee is convicted of a violation of the Kansas liquor control act, the director may revoke the licensee’s license and order forfeiture of all fees paid for the license, after a hearing before the director for that purpose in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.
History: L. 1983, ch. 161, § 3; L. 1985, ch. 170, § 25; L. 1987, ch. 182, § 141; L. 1988, ch. 165, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 178, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 201, § 2; L. 1998, ch. 191, § 3; L. 2005, ch. 201, § 14; L. 2006, ch. 206, § 5; L. 2007, ch. 178, § 2; L. 2008, ch. 126, § 1; L. 2009, ch. 114, § 4; L. 2012, ch. 144, § 11; L. 2012. ch. 144, § 12; L. 2018, ch. 99, § 3; July 1.
41-308b. Microbrewery license; rights of licensee; microbrewery packaging and warehousing facility license; permit to conduct tasting programs.
(a) A microbrewery license shall allow:
(1) The manufacture of not less than 100 nor more than 60,000 barrels of domestic beer during the license year and the storage thereof, if, however, the licensee holds a 10% or greater ownership interest in one or more entities that also hold a microbrewery license, then the aggregate number of barrels of domestic beer manufactured by all such licensees with such common ownership shall not exceed the 60,000 barrel limit;
(2) the manufacture in the aggregate of not more than 100,000 gallons
of hard cider during the calendar year and the storage thereof;
(B) the licensee shall affix a label to all containers sold pursuant to this paragraph clearly indicating the licensee’s name and the name and type of beer contained in such container;
(8) if the premises is also licensed as a caterer, the sale of domestic beer and other alcoholic liquor for consumption on unlicensed premises as authorized by the club and drinking establishment act; and
(b)(1) A microbrewery may contract with one or more microbreweries for the purpose of manufacturing beer or hard cider for such other microbreweries. A microbrewery located in this state may manufacture and package beer and hard cider for a microbrewery located within or outside of Kansas.
(c) Not less than 30% of the products utilized in the manufacture of hard cider by a microbrewery shall be grown in Kansas except when a lesser proportion is authorized by the director based upon the director’s findings and judgment. The production requirement of this subsection shall be determined based on the annual production of domestic hard cider.
History: L. 1987, ch. 182, § 138; L. 1990, ch. 179, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 201, § 3; L. 1995, ch. 258, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 135, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 126, § 6; L. 2010, ch. 142, § 18; L. 2011, ch. 57, § 2; L. 2016, ch. 65, § 1; July 1; L. 2016, ch. 65, § 4; L. 2018, ch. 99, § 4; July 1.
41-308d. Wine, beer and distilled spirit testings.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Kansas liquor control act to the contrary, any person or entity who is licensed to sell alcoholic liquor in the original package at retail may conduct wine, beer and distilled spirit tastings on the licensed premises, or adjacent premises, monitored and regulated by the division of alcoholic beverage control, as follows:
(1) Wine, beer and spirits for the tastings shall come from the inventory of the licensee. Except as provided by paragraph (2), a person other than the licensee or the licensee’s agent or employee may not dispense or participate in the dispensing of alcoholic beverages under this section.
(2) The holder of a supplier’s permit or such permit holder’s agent or employee may participate in and conduct product tastings of alcoholic beverages at a retail licensee’s premises, or adjacent premises, monitored and regulated by the division of alcoholic beverage control, and may open, touch, or pour alcoholic beverages, make a presentation, or answer questions at the tasting. Any alcoholic beverage tasted under this subsection must be purchased from the retailer on whose premises the tasting is held. The retailer may not require the purchase of more alcoholic beverages than are necessary for the tasting. This section does not authorize the supplier or its agent to withdraw or purchase an alcoholic beverage from the holder of a distributor’s permit or provide an alcoholic beverage for tasting on a retailer’s premises that is not purchased from the retailer.
History: L. 2012, ch. 144, § 3; L. 2013, ch. 130, § 4; July 1.
41-309. Nonbeverage user's license; rights of licensee.
A nonbeverage user's license shall allow the licensee to purchase alcohol or wine from a licensed manufacturer or distributor, without the imposition of any tax upon the business of such licensed manufacturer or distributor as to such alcohol or wine, to be used by such nonbeverage user licensee solely for the nonbeverage purposes set forth in subsection (5) of K.S.A. 41-501: Provided,That if any such licensee is engaged in the business of manufacturing, compounding or preparing pharmaceutical products or similar preparations or products containing alcohol or wine to be sold in both intrastate and interstate commerce, such license shall allow the licensee to purchase at wholesale or otherwise from manufacturers or distributors not licensed in the state and to import alcohol or wine either in barrels, drums, casks or other containers. All such licenses shall be divided and classified and shall permit the purchase during the term for which such licenses shall be issued of limited and stated quantities of alcohol or wine as follows:
Class 1, not to exceed 100 gallons
Class 2, not to exceed 1,000 gallons
Class 3, not to exceed 5,000 gallons
Class 4, not to exceed 10,000 gallons
Class 5, in excess of 10,000 gallons
History: L. 1949, ch. 242, § 25; March 9.
41-310. License fees; term; city or township taxes.
(a) At the time application is made to the director for a license of any class, the applicant shall pay the fee provided by this section.
41-311. Persons and entities ineligible for licensure.
(a) No license of any kind shall be issued pursuant to the liquor control act to a person:
(1) Who has not been a citizen of the United States for at least 10 years, except that the spouse of a deceased retail licensee may receive and renew a retail license notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (a)(1) if such spouse is otherwise qualified to hold a retail license and is a United States citizen or becomes a United States citizen within one year after the deceased licensee's death;
(4) who has been convicted of being the keeper or is keeping a any property, whether real or personal, where sexual relations are being sold or offered for sale by a person who is 18 years of age or older or has forfeited bond to appear in court to answer charges of being a keeper of a any property, whether real or personal, where sexual relations are being sold or offered for sale by a person who is 18 years of age or older;
(10) who is the holder of a valid and existing license issued under article 27 of chapter 41 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and amendments thereto, unless the person agrees to and does surrender the license to the officer issuing the same upon the issuance to the person of a license under this act, except that a retailer licensed pursuant to K.S.A. 41-2702, and amendments thereto, shall be eligible to receive a retailer's license under the Kansas liquor control act;
(14) who does not provide any data or information required by K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 41-311b, and amendments thereto; or
(3) a person who has a beneficial interest in a manufacturer, distributor, farm winery or microbrewery licensed under this act, except that the spouse of an applicant for a retailer's license may own and hold a farm winery license, microbrewery license, or both, if the spouse does not hold a retailer's license issued under this act;
(4) a person who has a beneficial interest in any other retail establishment licensed under this act, except that the spouse of a licensee may own and hold a retailer's license for another retail establishment;
(c) No manufacturer's license shall be issued to:
(1) A corporation, if any officer or director thereof, or any stockholder owning in the aggregate more than 25% of the stock of the corporation would be ineligible to receive a manufacturer's license for any reason other than citizenship and residence requirements;
(2) a copartnership, unless all of the copartners shall have been residents of this state for at least five years immediately preceding the date of application and unless all the members of the copartnership would be eligible to receive a manufacturer's license under this act;
(d) No distributor's license shall be issued to:
(1) A corporation, if any officer, director or stockholder of the corporation would be ineligible to receive a distributor's license for any reason. It shall be unlawful for any stockholder of a corporation licensed as a distributor to transfer any stock in the corporation to any person who would be ineligible to receive a distributor's license for any reason, and any such transfer shall be null and void, except that: (A) If any stockholder owning stock in the corporation dies and an heir or devisee to whom stock of the corporation descends by descent and distribution or by will is ineligible to receive a distributor's license, the legal representatives of the deceased stockholder's estate and the ineligible heir or devisee shall have 14 months from the date of the death of the stockholder within which to sell the stock to a person eligible to receive a distributor's license, any such sale by a legal representative to be made in accordance with the provisions of the probate code; or (B) if the stock in any such corporation is the subject of any trust and any trustee or beneficiary of the trust who is 21 years of age or older is ineligible to receive a distributor's license, the trustee, within 14 months after the effective date of the trust, shall sell the stock to a person eligible to receive a distributor's license and hold and disburse the proceeds in accordance with the terms of the trust. If any legal representatives, heirs, devisees or trustees fail, refuse or neglect to sell any stock as required by this subsection, the stock shall revert to and become the property of the corporation, and the corporation shall pay to the legal representatives, heirs, devisees or trustees the book value of the stock. During the period of 14 months prescribed by this subsection, the corporation shall not be denied a distributor's license or have its distributor's license revoked if the corporation meets all of the other requirements necessary to have a distributor's license;
(2) a copartnership, unless all of the copartners are eligible to receive a distributor's license;
(e) No nonbeverage user's license shall be issued to a corporation, if any officer, manager or director of the corporation or any stockholder owning in the aggregate more than 25% of the stock of the corporation would be ineligible to receive a nonbeverage user's license for any reason other than citizenship and residence requirements.
(f) No microbrewery license or farm winery license shall be issued to a:
(3) person, copartnership or association which has a beneficial interest in any retailer licensed under this act or under K.S.A. 41-2702, and amendments thereto, except that the spouse of an applicant for a microbrewery or farm winery license may own and hold a retailer's license if the spouse does not hold a microbrewery or farm winery license issued under this act;
(g) The provisions of subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), (c)(3), (c)(4), (d)(3), (f)(1), and K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 41-311b, and amendments thereto, shall not apply in determining eligibility for the 10th, or a subsequent, consecutive renewal of a license if the applicant has appointed a citizen of the United States who is a resident of Kansas as the applicant's agent and filed with the director a duly authenticated copy of a duly executed power of attorney, authorizing the agent to accept service of process from the director and the courts of this state and to exercise full authority, control and responsibility for the conduct of all business and transactions within the state relative to alcoholic liquor and the business licensed. The agent must be satisfactory to and approved by the director, except that the director shall not approve as an agent any person who:
(2) has had a license issued under the alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage laws of this or any other state revoked for cause, except that a person may be appointed as an agent if the person's license was revoked for the conviction of a misdemeanor and 10 years have lapsed since the date of the revocation;
History: L. 1949, ch. 242, § 27; L. 1953, ch. 238, § 3; L. 1963, ch. 266, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 186, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 199, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 249, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 210, § 1; L. 1983, ch. 161, § 5; L. 1985, ch. 171, § 9; L. 1985, ch. 170, § 27; L. 1987, ch. 182, § 21; L. 1987, ch. 182, § 22; L. 1992, ch. 201, § 5; L. 1995, ch. 258, § 2; L. 1996, ch. 154, § 4; L. 2001, ch. 55, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 189, § 3; L. 2002, ch. 44, § 7; L. 2007, ch. 178, § 4; L. 2008, ch. 126, § 2; L. 2010, ch. 142, § 7; L. 2013, ch. 120, § 39; L. 2015, ch. 82, § 6; L. 2016, ch. 65, § 2; July 1.
41-311b. Licensure of nonresidents.
(a) If an applicant for licensure is not a resident of the state of Kansas on the date of submission of such application or has not been a resident for at least one year immediately preceding the date of submission of such application, the director shall require the individual applicant, or if the applicant is a corporation, partnership or trust, each individual officer, director, stockholder, copartner or trustee to:
41-311c. LLCs; qualification for licensure.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any limited liability company applying for a retailer’s license under the Kansas liquor control act shall be required to meet the qualifications for licensure of a copartnership under K.S.A. 41-311, and amendments thereto. Any limited liability company applying for a license other than a retailer’s license shall be required to meet the qualifications for licensure of a corporation under K.S.A. 41-311 and K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 41-311b, and amendments thereto.
(b) Any limited liability company applying for a license under the Kansas liquor control act shall submit a copy of its articles of organization and operating agreement to the director in such form and manner as prescribed by the director.
(c) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas liquor control act.
History: L. 2015, ch. 82 § 8; July 1.
41-313. Licensing of corporations; conditions; appointment of agent to receive service of process; consent to jurisdiction and forum of Kansas courts.
(a) No corporation, either organized under the laws of this state, any other state or a foreign country, shall be issued a manufacturer's, distributor's, microbrewery, microdistillery or farm winery license unless the corporation has first procured a certificate of authority from the secretary of state to do business in this state as provided by law, appointed a citizen of the United States, and resident of Kansas, as its agent and filed with the director a duly authenticated copy of a duly executed power of attorney, authorizing the agent to accept service of process from the director and the courts of this state and to exercise full authority of the corporation and full authority, control and responsibility for the conduct of all business and transactions of the corporation within the state relative to alcoholic liquor and the business licensed. The agent must be satisfactory to and approved by the director with respect to the agent's character. The agent shall at all times be maintained by the corporation.
41-315. Retail license; applies only to premises described; removal; procedure.
Retail licenses issued hereunder shall apply only to the premises described in the application and in the license issued thereon, and only one location shall be so described in each license. After such retail license has been granted for particular premises in any city, the director, upon proper showing, may endorse upon the license permission to abandon the premises, but in order to obtain such permission the retail licensee shall file with the director a request in writing, and a statement under oath which shall show that the premises to which removal is to be made comply in all respects with the requirements of this act. No such removal shall be made by any licensee until his said license has been endorsed to that effect in writing by the director.
History: L. 1949, ch. 242, § 31; March 9.
41-316. Issuance of manufacturers', distributors', microbrewery, microdistilleries, farm winery or nonbeverage users' licenses.
Licenses to manufacturers, distributors, microbreweries, microdistilleries, farm wineries and nonbeverage users of alcoholic liquors shall be issued and renewed by the director to qualified applicants upon written application, receipt of bond properly executed and payment in advance of the state registration fee and the license fee.
History: L. 1949, ch. 242, § 32; L. 1983, ch. 161, § 8; L. 1987, ch. 182, § 25; L. 2012, ch. 144, § 16; July 1.
41-317. License applications; forms; fees; bonds.
(a) Applications for all licenses under this act shall be completed and submitted to the director in a manner prescribed by the director. Each applicant shall submit an application fee of $30 for each initial application and $10 for each renewal application to defray the cost of processing the application.
41-317a. (Tentative state number) Alcoholic beverage control modernization fee.
(a) In addition to any initial application or renewal application fee prescribed pursuant to K.S.A. 41-317 and 41-2606, and amendments thereto, each applicant for an initial application or a renewal application of a license shall pay at the time of application or renewal a non-refundable alcoholic beverage control modernization fee in the amount of $20. All revenue from the alcoholic beverage control modernization fee collected and remitted to the director of alcoholic beverage control shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount into the state treasury to the credit of the alcoholic beverage control modernization fund.
(b) There is hereby created in the state treasury the alcoholic beverage control modernization fund. All moneys credited to the alcoholic beverage control modernization fund shall be used by the department of revenue only for the purpose of funding the replacement of the work processes, computer hardware and software and related equipment associated with the division of alcoholic beverage control’s functions related to licensing, permitting and case management and supporting administrative processes, including maintenance, operation, repair and upgrade of such computer hardware, software and related equipment. All expenditures from the alcoholic beverage control modernization fund shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the director of alcoholic beverage control or the director’s designee.
History: L. 2018, ch. ___, § 1 (HB 2362); July 1.
41-318. Procedure upon application for original retailer's license; notice and hearing; recommendations of city or township.
When application for a retailer's license to sell alcoholic liquor in the original package in any city or township as authorized by K.S.A. 41-303, and amendments thereto, is filed with the director, the director shall notify the city clerk of the city or the township clerk of the township where such license is sought. Such notice shall state the date and place where a hearing will be held on such application. No such license shall be issued by the director until the expiration of at least 10 days from the time of filing such application with the director, during which period the governing body of such city or the township board of such township may make advisory recommendations relative to the granting or refusal to grant a license. The hearing on the application shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.
History: L. 1949, ch. 242, § 34; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 132; L. 1990, ch. 179, § 2; L. 2000, ch. 166, § 2; July 1.
41-319. Time limit on grant or denial of license.
(a) Except as provided by subsection (b), within 30 days after an application is filed for a retailer's, microbrewery, microdistillery or farm winery license and within 20 days after an application is filed for a manufacturer's, distributor's or nonbeverage user's license, the director shall enter an order either denying or granting the license. If the director does not enter an order within the time prescribed, the license applied for shall be deemed to have been denied. The director, with the written consent of the applicant for a license, may delay entering an order on an application for an additional period of not to exceed 30 days.
(b) In order to complete any national criminal history record check of an applicant who submitted any application after January 31, 2001, and if the applicant is not a resident of the state of Kansas on the date of submission of such application or has not been a resident for at least one year immediately preceding the date of submission of such application the director shall enter an order either denying or granting the license within 90 days after such application is filed. If the director does not enter an order within the time prescribed, the license applied for shall be deemed to have been denied. The director, with the written consent of the applicant for a license, may delay entering an order on an application for an additional period of not to exceed 30 days.
History: L. 1949, ch. 242, § 35; L. 1983, ch. 161, § 10; L. 1986, ch. 318, § 45; L. 1987, ch. 182, § 27; L. 2001, ch. 55, § 4; L. 2012, ch. 144, § 18; L. 2015, ch. 82, § 30; July 1.
41-320. Kansas administrative procedure act applies to proceedings.
The provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act shall apply to all proceedings involving the following:
(c) When proceedings for the suspension, involuntary cancellation or revocation of a distributor’s license are filed and the distributor has been issued more than one license for distributing places of business in this state, any order of the director suspending or revoking the license at any one place of business shall suspend or revoke all licenses issued to the distributor. When one person is the holder of stock or an ownership interest in two or more corporations licensed as distributors under the provisions of this act, any order of the director suspending or revoking the license of any such corporation shall operate as a suspension or revocation of the license of all corporations licensed as distributors in which the person is a stockholder.
d (d) Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, the secretary may designate the director to be the presiding officer in any proceeding conducted pursuant to this section.
History: L. 2015, ch. 82, § 13; July 1.
41-320a. Cancellation or revocation of a license; grounds therefore.
(a) The director may suspend, involuntarily cancel or revoke any license issued pursuant to the Kansas liquor control act if, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the director determines that the licensee has:
(1) Fraudulently obtained the license by providing false information on the application therefor, or at any hearing thereon;
(2) violated any of the provisions of the Kansas liquor control act, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to such act; or
(3) become ineligible to obtain a license or permit under K.S.A. 41- 311 or K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 41-311b, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2015, ch. 82, § 11; July 1.
41-328b. Administrative orders; civil fines; time limit on orders.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of either the Kansas administrative procedure act, and amendments thereto, or any rule and regulation adopted pursuant to the Kansas liquor control act, and amendments thereto, governing the issuance of any written administrative notice or order concerning the imposition of any proposed civil fine or other penalty to be imposed for a violation of any of the provisions of the Kansas liquor control act, K.S.A. 41-101 et seq., and amendments thereto, such notice or order shall be issued no later than 90 days after the date a citation for such violation was issued.
(b) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the provisions of the Kansas liquor control act, K.S.A. 41-101 et seq., and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2013, ch. 130, § 1; July 1.
41-347. Temporary permit, charitable auction or limited issue decanter sale.
(a) The director may issue, in accordance with rules and regulations of the secretary: (1) To one or more charitable organizations a temporary permit authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor at an auction; or (2) to an individual a temporary permit authorizing the sale of one or more limited issue porcelain containers containing alcoholic liquor. The permit shall be issued in the names of the charitable organizations or individual to which it is issued.
History: L. 1995, ch. 258, § 4; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 128; L. 2005, ch. 201, § 6; Nov. 15.
41-350. Direct shipment to consumers by winery; special order shipping license; collection of gallonage taxes; rules and regulations.
(a) For the purposes of this act, the term "winery" means any maker or producer of wine whether in this state or in any other state, who holds a valid federal basic wine manufacturing permit. The terms "director" and "secretary" have the meaning ascribed to these terms in K.S.A. 41-102, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2009, ch. 114, § 1; L. 2010, ch. 142, § 10; July 1.
41-351. Farm winery; annual farmers' market sales permit; rules and regulations.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Kansas liquor control act, the club and drinking establishment act or the Kansas cereal malt beverage act, any person who is licensed to sell wine pursuant to K.S.A. 41-308a, and amendments thereto, may apply to the director for an annual farmers' market sales permit. Such permit shall authorize the licensee, a member of the licensee's family or an employee of the licensee to sell wine in the original unopened container produced and bottled by the licensee at farmers' markets.
(c) The location locations of the farmers’ markets at which wine shall be sold shall be specified in the application submitted to the director. If the licensee elects to sell wine at a farmers’ market, the location of which was not reported to the director in the application, such licensee shall notify the director of the location before any wine may be sold at that location. The director shall notify the city, county and applicable law enforcement agency where the farmers’ markets are to be held and of the issuance of a permit under this section for the sale of wine at such bona fide farmers’ markets.
(d) For the purposes of this section, "farmers' markets" means any common facility or area where producers or growers gather on a regular, recurring basis to sell fruits, vegetables, meats and other farm products directly to consumers.
41-354. Microdistillery; rights of licensee.
(a) A microdistillery license shall allow:
(b) Upon application and payment of the fee prescribed by K.S.A. 41-310, and amendments thereto, by a microdistillery licensee, the director may issue not to exceed one microdistillery packaging and ware- housing facility license to the microdistillery licensee. A microdistillery packaging and warehousing facility license shall allow:
(e) A microdistillery license or microdistillery packaging and warehousing facility license shall apply only to the premises described in the application and in the license issued and only one location shall be de- scribed in the license.
(g) Whenever a microdistillery licensee is convicted of a violation of the Kansas liquor control act, the director may revoke the licensee’s license and all fees paid for the license in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act.
History: L. 2012, ch. 144, § 2; L. 2013, ch. 130, § 5; L. 2018, ch. 99, § 5; July 1.
41-355. Annual vineyard permit.
(a) Any person engaged in business as a vineyard with not less than 100 vines may apply to the director for an annual vineyard permit.
(b) A vineyard permit shall authorize the sale in the original, unopened container and the serving by the drink of wine on the premises specified in the permit. A vineyard permit also shall authorize the permit holder to conduct wine tastings in accordance with K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 41-308d, and amendments thereto, on the premises specified in the permit. All wine sold or served by the permit holder shall be produced, in whole or in part, using grapes grown by the permit holder and shall be manufactured by a farm winery.
(c) Any wine not consumed on the premises shall be disposed of by the permit holder or, prior to its removal from the property, securely resealed and placed in a tamper-proof, transparent bag which is sealed in a manner that makes it visibly apparent if the bag is subsequently opened.
(d) Permits issued under this section shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance.
(e) The annual fee for a vineyard permit shall be $100.
(f) The secretary may adopt rules and regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
History: L. 2015, ch. 82, § 25; July 1.