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 Until 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 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 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Repealed.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Repealed.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)
(a)
At the time a tavern license is due for renewal or by one year after August 10, 2016, whichever occurs later, a tavern licensed under this section 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 section
44-3-428
, and the licensee may continue to operate as a lodging and entertainment facility licensee. If a tavern licensee does not have as its principal business the sale of alcohol beverages but is not a lodging and entertainment facility, at the time the tavern license is due for renewal or by one year after August 10, 2016, whichever occurs later, the licensee may apply to, and the applicable local licensing authority shall, convert the tavern license to another license under this article 3, if any, for which the person qualifies.
(b)
A person applying under this subsection (9) to convert an existing tavern license to another license under this article 3 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)
.
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.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.