12-47-105, Local Option
12-47-105. Local option. The operation of this article shall be statewide unless any municipality or city and county, by a majority of the registered electors of any municipality or city and county, voting at any regular election or special election called for that purpose in accordance with the election laws of this state, decides against the right to sell malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors or to limit such sale to any one or more of the classes of licenses as provided by this article within their respective limits. Said local option question shall be submitted only upon a petition signed by not less than fifteen percent of the registered electors in such municipality or city and county; otherwise, the procedure with reference to the calling and holding of said elections shall be substantially in accordance with the election laws of the state. The expenses of such election shall be borne by the municipality or city and county in which said elections are held. The question of prohibition of sale of malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors or the limitation of sales to any one or more of the classes of licenses provided in this article shall not be submitted to the registered electors more than once in any four-year period.