Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 3 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (§§ 3-1-101 — 3-9-606) › Chapter 9 - ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION (§§ 3-9-101 — 3-9-606) › Subchapter 2 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES GENERALLY (§§ 3-9-201 — 3-9-242) › Section 3-9-240 - Hotel or large-event facility private club permit

(a)
(1)
An application for a hotel or large-event facility private club permit shall be in writing and shall provide information concerning the applicant for the hotel or large-event facility private club permit and the premises to be used by the applicant as the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division requires.
(2)
A hotel or large-event facility private club permit may be issued only in a county or a territory of a county that does not allow the public retail sale of intoxicating liquors as provided under §
3-8-201
.
(b)
The application for a hotel or large-event facility private club permit shall be accompanied by a check or money order for the amount required by this section for the hotel or large-event facility private club permit.
(c)
A hotel or large-event facility private club permit application shall contain a description of the premises permitted and provide proof that the space leased has at least:
(1)
Eighty (80) lodging rooms and five thousand square feet (5,000 sq. ft.) of public meeting, banquet, or restaurant space from a hotel; or
(2)
Ten thousand square feet (10,000 sq. ft.) of interior or exterior public meeting, banquet, exhibit hall, or restaurant space from a large-event facility.
(d)
If the director grants an application for a hotel or large-event facility private club permit, he or she shall issue a hotel or large-event facility private club permit in a form as determined by the rules of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division.
(e)
(1)
A hotel or large-event facility private club permit authorizes the dispensing, service, and consumption of alcoholic beverages by and to members and their guests on the premises of a hotel or large-event facility private club permittee for on-premises consumption at a hotel or large-event facility leased to a hotel or large-event facility private club permittee.
(2)
The areas of a hotel or large-event facility that may be leased to a hotel or large-event facility private club permittee for purposes of a hotel or large-event facility private club permit include without limitation:
(A)
Sleeping rooms;
(B)
Pool-side bars;
(C)
Banquet facilities;
(D)
Restaurants;
(E)
Lobbies;
(F)
Exhibit halls;
(G)
Patios; and
(H)
Outdoor gardens.
(3)
Members of the hotel or large-event facility private club permittee that holds a hotel or large-event facility private club permit may move from one area to another area designated under subdivision (e)(2) of this section while consuming alcoholic beverages.
(f)
(1)
A hotel or large-event facility that leases all or a portion of its premises to a hotel or large-event facility private club permittee shall clearly identify the areas of the hotel or large-event facility that are leased to the hotel or large-event facility private club permittee.
(2)
(A)
Areas leased by a hotel or large-event facility private club permittee that contain articles of historic interest or art or dramatic or musical presentations shall be open to members of the hotel or large-event facility private club permittee and to nonmembers of the hotel or large-event facility private club permittee.
(B)
However, a person must be a member or the guest of a member of the hotel or large-event facility private club permittee to consume or possess alcoholic beverages dispensed by the hotel or large-event facility private club permittee.
(3)
Persons under twenty-one (21) years of age may be allowed on the premises of the hotel or large-event facility private club permittee.
(4)
(A)
A hotel holding a hotel or large-event facility private club permit under this section may lease a sleeping room to a hotel or large-event facility private club permittee for the service of alcoholic beverages.
(B)
The hotel holding a hotel or large-event facility private club permit may use room service to serve the alcoholic beverage.
(C)
The hotel holding a hotel or large-event facility private club permit may stock the leased sleeping room with alcoholic beverages, and the hotel or large-event facility private club permittee through the hotel's employees shall inventory the alcoholic beverages in the leased sleeping room.
(D)
Sleeping rooms that are solely occupied by persons twenty (20) years of age and under shall not receive alcoholic beverages through room service or be stocked with alcoholic beverages.
(5)
A hotel or large-event facility that leases space to a hotel or large-event facility private club permittee shall provide a means of entering the hotel or large-event facility to allow a person to knowingly decide if he or she would like to become a member of the hotel or large-event facility private club permittee.
(g)
(1)
A hotel leasing its premises to a hotel or large-event facility private club permittee may include a membership application to the hotel or large-event facility private club permittee as part of its registration materials.
(2)
A guest of a hotel becoming a member of the hotel or large-event facility private club permittee shall receive a membership card.
(3)
A hotel that includes a membership application to the hotel or large-event facility private club permittee as part of its registration materials shall retain the registration materials as required by the division.
(4)
A hotel or large-event facility private club permittee may refuse a membership or revoke a membership of a person that does not abide by the hotel or large-event facility private club permittee rules.
(h)
(1)
(A)
For a hotel, the application and renewal fee for a hotel or large-event facility private club permit is one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per year payable on or before June 30 of each calendar year for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
(B)
In an area in which the sale of intoxicating liquor has not been authorized by local option as provided under §
3-8-201
et seq., the application for a hotel or large-event facility private club permit shall be accompanied by an additional application fee of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).
(2)
The application and renewal fee for a large-event facility for a hotel or large-event facility private club permit is two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year payable on or before June 30 of each calendar year for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
(i)
The director shall promulgate rules to enforce this section.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 1123,§ 3, eff. 8/16/2013.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 1123,§ 2, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 2011, No. 1194, § 3.