Alabama § 28-3A-6.3 - Hospitality Management Program License.

§ 28-3A-6.3. Hospitality Management Program License.

(a) As used in this section, the term state university means a public two-year institution of higher education that has its own campus police department or a four-year institution of higher education.

(b) Upon compliance by an applicant with this section and this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board may issue a Hospitality Management Program license for any state university that operates a school or college that offers bachelors or associate degrees in Hospitality Management, Hospitality Sciences, Hotel Management, Event Management, Restaurant Management, or Culinary Sciences. A Hospitality Management Program license may be issued to the state university upon whose property the licensed premises is located or to a third party licensee of the board that has contracted with the state university to perform the licensed activities on the premises located on the state university campus.

(c) An application for a license under this section must be accompanied by a certificate signed by the president or equivalent chief executive officer of the state university upon whose property the licensed premises is located. If the applicant is a two-year institution of higher education, the application must also be signed by the Chancellor of the Alabama Community College System.

(d) Notwithstanding any provision of this title, including subdivision (a)(20) of Section 28-3A-25 and Section 28-3-4, a Hospitality Management Program license authorizes the licensee to do all of the following:

(1) Operate distilleries, wineries, breweries, or brewpubs, or any combination thereof, upon the premises of the state university as necessary to effectuate the purpose and mission of the state university and the academic programs described in subsection (b), provided the operations shall be in compliance with state and federal laws, rules, and regulations and the licensee shall be approved and permitted by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau prior to operating. The alcoholic beverages produced by the distilleries, wineries, breweries, and brewpubs may be sold at retail as further described in subdivision (4) or used for teaching purposes.

(2) Conduct or support classes, seminars, and labs as deemed necessary on the licensed premises and on adjacent board licensed premises, whether or not operated by the licensee, alone or in support of the state university’s academic or other programs, or by other, third-party board retail licensees. The licensee may work in conjunction with personnel of other, third-party licensees of the board and may participate in activities of the state university. Students, interns, or employees shall be considered employees, agents, or servants of the licensees for the determination of liability.

(3) Lease an area on the licensed premises to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for use, if requested, to facilitate the traffic of alcoholic beverages to other board retail licensees located on the property that participate in the activities of the state university. With approval of the board, the licensee may be permitted to maintain a central storage area for alcoholic beverages produced by the licensee and to transfer and distribute the alcoholic beverages to other areas or operations on the licensed premises or other areas on the state university’s campus, but may not leave the campus except as otherwise authorized pursuant to this title.

(4) Purchase other liquor and wine from the board, or as authorized by the board; purchase table wine and beer from any wholesale licensee of the board; and sell liquor, wine, and beer dispensed from containers of any size, to include draft or keg beer, for on-premises consumption or off-premises consumption each day of the week, including Sundays. The sale of alcoholic beverages shall be in furtherance of the educational mission of the state university and the academic programs described in this section, and shall be confined to those buildings, facilities, and grounds that comprise the premises licensed pursuant to this section.

(e) A licensee may not manufacture 60,000 or more barrels of beer per year on its licensed premises, and beer sold for off-premises consumption may not exceed 864 ounces per customer per day.

(f) There is levied and assessed, upon all alcoholic beverages manufactured and sold at retail as provided in this section, the privilege or excise tax imposed on the sale of beer by Sections 28-3-184 and 28-3-190; imposed on the sale of table wine by Section 28-7-18; and imposed on the sale of liquor by Sections 28-3-200 through 28-3-205, in the same manner as provided in those sections.

(g) A licensee shall maintain Responsible Vendor Program training records.

(h) A licensee shall post in each of its locations where alcoholic beverages are served at least one sign warning customers that the sale of alcoholic beverages to patrons under 21 years of age is strictly prohibited. The sign shall be posted at a point of sale or in any other location that is visible to customers and employees.

(i) A licensee operating in compliance with this section and any rules adopted by the board thereto shall not be required to obtain any other license of the board under this chapter.

(j) An annual license fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000) is levied and prescribed for a Hospitality Management Program license issued and renewed by the board pursuant to this section and this chapter.