A concession permit shall allow the sale and consumption of beer or wine on the premises of any fair grounds, ball park, amusement park, indoor-outdoor amphitheater, outdoor amphitheater contiguous to and under the same ownership as an amusement park, public golf course or sports arena provided no sales of alcoholic liquor shall occur within one hour of the scheduled end of a performance at an indoor-outdoor amphitheater constructed to seat not less than fifteen thousand people. A concession permit shall also allow the sale and consumption of alcohol or spirits in all enclosed nonseating areas within an indoor-outdoor amphitheater. Such areas shall be enclosed by a fence or wall not less than thirty inches high and separate from each other. Such permit shall be issued in the discretion of the Department of Consumer Protection and shall be effective only in accordance with a schedule of hours and days determined by the department for each such permit within the limitation of hours and days fixed by law. As used in this section, “public golf course” means a golf course of not less than nine holes and a course length of not less than twenty-seven hundred fifty yards. The fee for a concession permit shall be as follows: For a period of one year, three hundred dollars; for a period of six months, two hundred dollars; and for a period of one day, fifty dollars.

(1949 Rev., S. 4253; P.A. 76-394, S. 2, 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 86-151, S. 1; P.A. 89-155, S. 2, 4; P.A. 93-139, S. 31; P.A. 95-161, S. 8, 9; 95-195, S. 36, 83; 95-336, S. 4, 5; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 349.)

History: P.A. 76-394 included public golf courses in provisions and defined the term “public golf course” for purposes of the section; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 86-151 provided that concession permits allow the sale of wine; P.A. 89-155 added amusement park and outdoor amphitheater contiguous to and under the same ownership as an amusement park to the list of eligible facilities; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes and added the fees for concession permits; P.A. 95-161 added contiguous outdoor amphitheaters to list of facilities eligible for a concession permit and prohibited sales of alcoholic liquor within one hour of the scheduled end of a function at an outdoor amphitheater, effective June 27, 1995; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-336 made indoor-outdoor amphitheaters eligible for concession permits and permitted the sale of alcohol and spirits at areas within indoor-outdoor amphitheaters, effective July 6, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees.

Cited. 184 C. 75.