Sec. 3.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, the commission may issue a temporary beer permit if all the following apply:

(1) The temporary beer permit is issued for a festival or event that meets all the following:

(A) The festival or event promotes, at least in part, beer manufactured at a brewery described in IC 7.1-3-2-7(5).

(B) The anticipated attendance of the festival or event is at least seven thousand five hundred (7,500) people.

(C) Adequate security measures will be provided at the festival or event.

(D) Individuals less than twenty-one (21) years of age will not be allowed to attend the festival or event.

(2) The applicant for the temporary beer permit:

(A) has held a brewer's permit for a brewery described in IC 7.1-3-2-7(5) for at least three (3) years; and

(B) pays an application fee to the commission of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).

(b) The commission may issue a temporary beer permit only for an area at a festival or event that is enclosed by fencing, barricades, or structures. The area may be an outside area that is contiguous to a brewery described in IC 7.1-3-2-7(5) or restaurant or at another location that is not on or near the premises of a brewery or restaurant.

(c) The commission may issue a temporary beer permit under this section for a term, up to and including, three (3) days from its issuance.

(d) The commission may not issue a temporary beer permit under this section to any one (1) person more than two (2) times in a calendar year.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the holder of the temporary beer permit may allow an individual who attends the festival or event to carry beer, in a quantity that does not exceed a total of two hundred eighty-eight (288) ounces, into the permitted area. Beer carried in to a festival or event under this subsection may be consumed or traded only in the permitted area.

(f) An individual who attends the festival or event may carry out beer in sealed, unopened containers from the temporary beer permit area.

As added by P.L.214-2016, SEC.6.