12-47-412, Tavern License
(1) A tavern license shall be issued to persons selling malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors by the drink only to customers for consumption on the premises, and such licensee shall have available for consumption on the premises during business hours sandwiches and light snacks, but need not have meals available for consumption.
(2) (a) Every person selling malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors as provided in this section shall purchase such malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors only from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to this article; except that any person selling malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors as provided in this section may purchase not more than five hundred dollars' worth of such malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors during a calendar year from a retail liquor store.
(b) Each purchase of malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors as provided in this section shall be evidenced by a purchase receipt showing the name of the retail liquor store, the date of purchase, a description of the malt, vinous, or spirituous liquor purchased, and the price paid for such purchase. Such receipt shall be retained and shall be 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; except that such a person may have an interest 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).
(4) Each tavern licensee shall manage or have a separate and distinct manager for each licensed premises and shall register the manager of each licensed premises with both the state and the local licensing authority. No person shall be a registered manager for more than one tavern license.
(5) The registered manager for each tavern license or the tavern licensee shall purchase malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors for one licensed premises only, and such purchases shall be separate and distinct from purchases for any other tavern license.
(6) When a person ceases to be a registered manager for a tavern license, for whatever reason, the tavern licensee shall notify the licensing authorities within five days and shall designate a new registered manager within thirty days.
(7) The state licensing authority or the local licensing authority may refuse to accept any person as a registered manager unless the person is satisfactory to the respective licensing authorities as to character, record, and reputation. In determining a registered manager's character, record, and reputation, the state or local licensing authority may have access to criminal history record information furnished by a criminal justice agency subject to any restrictions imposed by such agency.
(8) The tavern licensee shall pay a registration fee not to exceed seventy-five dollars for actual and necessary expenses incurred in determining the character, record, and reputation of each registered manager. Such fee shall be paid to both the state and the local licensing authority.