Sale of liquor by the drink, cities, requirements
This law is about who can get a license to sell liquor by the drink in Missouri cities. In cities with fewer than 19,500 people, voters first have to approve liquor sales by the drink before most businesses can get a license. Certain nonprofit groups like charities, veterans' organizations, and religious groups are exempt from that voting requirement, and those groups can also sell liquor outside city limits. If a nonprofit has multiple nearby buildings, one license covers all of them.
311.090. Sale of , cities, requirements. — 1. Any person who possesses the qualifications required by this chapter, and who meets the requirements of and complies with the of this chapter, and the , of the incorporated city in which such proposes to operate his business, may apply for, and the may , a to sell , as defined in this chapter, described in the ; provided, that no license shall be issued for the sale of intoxicating liquor, other than as defined in section 311.490, and light wines containing not in excess of fourteen percent of alcohol made exclusively from grapes, berries and other fruits and vegetables, by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises where sold to any person other than a charitable, , religious, or veterans' organization which has obtained an from the payment of federal income taxes as provided in Section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), 501(c)(7), 501(c)(8), 501(c)(10), 501(c)(19), or 501(d) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, in any incorporated city having a population of less than nineteen thousand five hundred inhabitants, until the sale of such intoxicating liquor, by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises where sold, shall have been by a vote of the majority of the of the city. Such shall be determined by an to be held in those cities having a population of less than nineteen thousand five hundred inhabitants as determined by the last preceding , under the provisions and methods set out in this chapter. Once such licenses are issued in a city with a population of at least nineteen thousand five hundred inhabitants, any subsequent loss of population shall not require the qualified voters of such a city to approve the sale of such intoxicating liquor prior to the or renewal of such licenses. No license shall be issued for the sale of intoxicating liquor, other than malt liquor as defined in section 311.490, and light wines containing not in excess of fourteen percent of alcohol by weight made exclusively from grapes, berries and other fruits and vegetables, by the drink at retail for consumption on the premises where sold, outside the limits of such incorporated cities unless the licensee is a charitable, fraternal, religious, service or veterans' organization which has obtained an exemption from the payment of federal income taxes as provided in Section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), 501(c)(7), 501(c)(8), 501(c)(10), 501(c)(19), or 501(d) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended.
2. If any charitable, fraternal, religious, service, or veterans' organization has a license to sell intoxicating liquor on its this section and such premises includes two or more buildings in close proximity, such shall be valid for the sale of intoxicating liquor at any such building.
(RSMo 1939 § 4890, A.L. 1981 S.B. 126, A.L. 1983 H.B. 85, et al., A.L. 1984 S.B. 441, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1180, A.L. 1993 S.B. 76, A.L. 1994 S.B. 474, A.L. 1995 S.B. 43, A.L. 2009 H.B. 132, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1498, A.L. 2016 S.B. 919)
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