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12-47-419, Public Transportation System License

(1)  A public transportation system license shall be issued by the state licensing authority to every person operating a public transportation system selling any malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors by the drink to be served and consumed in or upon any dining, club, or parlor car; plane; bus; or other conveyance of such public transportation system. A public transportation system license issued to a commercial airline shall be deemed to authorize such licensee to sell malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors by the drink in an airport or airport concourse private club room that is in existence and operated by such licensee on or before April 1, 1995. A public transportation system license issued to a common carrier railroad shall be deemed to authorize such licensee to sell malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors by the drink at any event not open to the public that is held in a museum owned and operated by the licensee so long as the licensee has notified the appropriate local law enforcement agency of such event no later than fourteen days prior to the scheduled date of the event.

 

(2)  It is unlawful for any owner, part owner, shareholder, or person interested directly or indirectly in a public transportation system license to conduct, own either in whole or in part, or be directly or indirectly interested in any other business licensed pursuant to this article; except that a person licensed under this section may be interested in a license described in section 12-47-401(1)(j) to (1)(t), or in a financial institution referred to in section 12-47-308 (4), and a licensed public transportation system may be interested in any other retail liquor license or in a financial institution referred to in section 12-47-308(4).