2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 44 - REVENUE - REGULATION OF ACTIVITIES (§§ 44-1-101 — 44-50-1001) › ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO REGULATION (§§ 44-3-101 — 44-7-107) › Article 3 - ALCOHOL BEVERAGES (§§ 44-3-101 — 44-3-1002) › Part 4 - CLASSES OF LICENSES AND PERMITS (§§ 44-3-401 — 44-3-432) › Section 44-3-414 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Tavern license

(1)
A tavern license shall be issued to persons selling alcohol beverages by the drink only to customers for consumption on the premises. A tavern 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)
(a)
Every person selling 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 person selling alcohol beverages as provided in this section may purchase not more than seven 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)
. On January 1, 2025, and each January 1 thereafter, the state licensing authority shall adjust the purchase limitation specified in this subsection (2)(a) for inflation and shall publish the adjusted purchase limitation amount on the liquor enforcement division's website.
(b)
A tavern 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 tavern licensee shall retain the receipt and make it available to the state and local licensing authorities at all times during business hours.
(3)
It is unlawful for any owner, part owner, shareholder, or person interested directly or indirectly in tavern 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; except that the person may have an interest in 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 in a financial institution referred to in section
44-3-308 (4)
.
(4)
Repealed.
(5)
The manager for each tavern license, the tavern licensee, or an employee or agent of the tavern licensee shall purchase alcohol beverages for one licensed premises only, and the purchases shall be separate and distinct from purchases for any other tavern license.
(6) to (8)
Repealed.
(9)
[Repealed by 2024 Amendment.]
Amended by 2024 Ch. 205,§ 17, eff. 8/7/2024.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 426, § 3, eff. 6/7/2022.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 1, § 14, eff. 1/31/2019.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-47-412 and amended by 2018 Ch. 152, § 2, eff. 10/1/2018.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 274, § 7, eff. 5/29/2018.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 24, § 2, eff. 8/9/2017.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 312, § 9, eff. 8/10/2016.
Amended by 2015 Ch. 121, § 12, eff. 4/24/2015.
L. 2018: (9)(a) amended, (HB 18-1375), ch. 274, p. 1696, § 7, effective May 29; entire article added with relocations, (HB 18-1025), ch. 152, p. 1017, § 2, effective October 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 12-47-412 as it existed prior to 2018.
(2) Subsection (9)(a) of this section was numbered as § 12-47-412(9)(a) in HB 18-1375. That provision was harmonized with and relocated to this section as this section appears in HB 18-1025.
2024 Ch. 205, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.