In the MATTER OF the TITLES, BALLOT TITLES, AND SUBMISSION CLAUSES FOR PROPOSED INITIATIVES 2021-2022 67, 115, AND 128 Christopher Fine v. Steven Ward and Levi Mendyk, and Teresa Conley, David Powell, and Jeremiah Barry, Title Board. , 526 P.3d 927 ( 2022 )
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526 P.3d 927</b></span></p><p class="ldml-metadata"><span class="ldml-party"><b class="ldml-bold">In the MATTER OF the <span class="ldml-name">TITLES, BALLOT TITLES, AND SUBMISSION CLAUSES FOR PROPOSED INITIATIVES 2021-2022 #67, #115, AND #128</span></b></span></p><p class="ldml-metadata"><span class="ldml-party"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-name">Christopher Fine</span>, <span class="ldml-role">Petitioner</span></b></span></p><p class="ldml-metadata"><b class="ldml-bold">v.</b><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-party"><span class="ldml-name">Steven Ward</span></span> and <span class="ldml-party"><span class="ldml-name">Levi Mendyk</span>, <span class="ldml-role">Respondents</span></span></b><b class="ldml-bold">and</b><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-party">Teresa Conley</span>, <span class="ldml-party">David Powell</span>, and <span class="ldml-party">Jeremiah Barry, Title Board</span>.</b></p><p class="ldml-metadata"><b class="ldml-bold">Supreme Court <span class="ldml-cite">Case Nos. 22SA101</span></b></p><p class="ldml-metadata"><span class="ldml-cite"><b class="ldml-bold">22SA142</b></span></p><p class="ldml-metadata"><span class="ldml-cite"><b class="ldml-bold">22SA155</b></span></p><p class="ldml-metadata"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-court">Supreme Court of Colorado</span>.</b></p><p class="ldml-metadata"><span class="ldml-date"><b class="ldml-bold">June 27, 2022</b></span></p></div><div class="ldml-counsel header ldml-header content__heading content__heading--depth1" data-content-heading-label="Counsel"><p data-paragraph-id="351" class="ldml-paragraph no-indent mt-2"><span data-paragraph-id="351" data-sentence-id="351" class="ldml-sentence">Attorneys for <span class="ldml-entity"><span class="ldml-role">Petitioner</span></span>: <span class="ldml-lawfirm">Recht Kornfeld, P.C.</span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><span class="ldml-lawyer">Mark G. Grueskin</span></span>, Denver, Colorado</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="433" class="ldml-paragraph no-indent mt-2"><span data-paragraph-id="433" data-sentence-id="433" class="ldml-sentence">Attorneys for <span class="ldml-entity"><span class="ldml-role">Respondent</span></span>: <span class="ldml-lawfirm">Maven Law Group</span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><span class="ldml-lawyer">Suzanne Taheri</span></span>, Englewood, Colorado</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="511" class="ldml-paragraph no-indent mt-2"><span data-paragraph-id="511" data-sentence-id="511" class="ldml-sentence">Attorneys for <span class="ldml-entity">Title Board</span> in <span class="ldml-entity"><span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_511"><span class="ldml-refname">Cases</span> <span class="ldml-cite">22SA101</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-referenceseparator">and</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_511"><span class="ldml-cite">22SA155</span></a></span></span></span>: <span class="ldml-entity"><span class="ldml-lawyer">Philip J. Weiser</span></span>, <span class="ldml-entity">Attorney General</span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><span class="ldml-lawyer">Emily B. Buckley</span></span>, Assistant <span class="ldml-entity">Attorney General</span>, Denver, Colorado</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="665" class="ldml-paragraph no-indent mt-2"><span data-paragraph-id="665" data-sentence-id="665" class="ldml-sentence">Attorneys for <span class="ldml-entity">Title Board</span> in Case <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_665"><span class="ldml-cite">22SA142</span></a></span>: <span class="ldml-entity"><span class="ldml-lawyer">Philip J. Weiser</span></span>, <span class="ldml-entity">Attorney General</span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><span class="ldml-lawyer">Peter G. Baumann</span></span>, Assistant <span class="ldml-entity">Attorney General</span>, Denver, Colorado</span></p></div><h2 class="ldml-opinionheading"><span data-paragraph-id="806" class="ldml-paragraph "><span class="ldml-judgepanel"><span data-paragraph-id="806" data-sentence-id="806" class="ldml-sentence">En Banc</span></span></span></h2><div class="ldml-opinion"><p data-paragraph-id="813" class="ldml-paragraph no-indent mt-4"><span class="ldml-opinionauthor content__heading content__heading--depth1" data-content-heading-label="Opinion (HART, BOATRIGHT, MÁRQUEZ, HOOD, GABRIEL, SAMOUR, BERKENKOTTER, HART)"><span data-paragraph-id="813" data-sentence-id="813" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">JUSTICE <span class="ldml-entity"><span class="ldml-judge">HART</span></span> <span class="ldml-opiniontype">delivered <span class="ldml-entity">the Opinion of <span class="ldml-entity">the Court</span></span></span>, in which CHIEF JUSTICE <span class="ldml-entity"><span class="ldml-judge">BOATRIGHT</span></span>, JUSTICE <span class="ldml-entity"><span class="ldml-judge">MÁRQUEZ</span></span>, JUSTICE <span class="ldml-entity"><span class="ldml-judge">HOOD</span></span>, JUSTICE <span class="ldml-entity"><span class="ldml-judge">GABRIEL</span></span>, JUSTICE <span class="ldml-entity"><span class="ldml-judge">SAMOUR</span></span>, and JUSTICE <span class="ldml-entity"><span class="ldml-judge">BERKENKOTTER</span></span> joined</span>.</span></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="992" class="ldml-paragraph no-indent mt-4"><span class="ldml-opinionauthor"><span data-paragraph-id="992" data-sentence-id="992" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">JUSTICE <span class="ldml-entity"><span class="ldml-judge">HART</span></span> <span class="ldml-opiniontype">delivered <span class="ldml-entity">the Opinion of <span class="ldml-entity">the Court</span></span></span></span>.</span></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="1040" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="1040" data-sentence-id="1040" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_1040"><span class="ldml-cite">¶1</span></a></span> In this opinion, <span class="ldml-entity">we</span> consider whether three proposed initiatives—Initiative <span class="ldml-entity">2021</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2022</span> #67, Initiative <span class="ldml-entity">2021</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2022</span> #115, and Initiative <span class="ldml-entity">2021</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2022</span> #128 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(collectively, <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"Initiatives"</span>)</span>—violate the single-subject requirement of the <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_1040"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Constitution</span></a></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="1040" data-sentence-id="1289" class="ldml-sentence">Each of the Initiatives includes provisions that would allow food retailers already licensed to sell beer to also sell wine and provisions that would authorize third-<span class="ldml-entity">party</span> delivery services to deliver all alcohol beverages sold from licensed retailers to consumers at their homes.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="1569" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="1569" data-sentence-id="1569" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_1569"><span class="ldml-cite">¶2</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-entity">We</span> hold that these provisions combine two subjects that are not necessarily or properly connected: <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> the sale of wine at grocery stores and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span> the home delivery of alcohol by third <span class="ldml-entity">parties</span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="1569" data-sentence-id="1765" class="ldml-sentence">The Initiatives therefore violate the single-subject requirement, and the <span class="ldml-entity">Title Board</span> lacked jurisdiction to set titles for them.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="1569" data-sentence-id="1895" class="ldml-sentence">Accordingly, <span class="ldml-entity">we</span> reverse the Board's actions.</span></p><div class="ldml-section"><section class="ldml-heading content__heading content__heading--depth1" data-format="upper_case_roman_numeral" data-confidences="very_high" data-id="heading_1939" data-ordinal_end="1" data-value="I. Facts and Procedural History" data-specifier="I" data-parsed="true" data-types="background" data-ordinal_start="1" id="heading_1939" data-content-heading-label="I. Facts and Procedural History"><span data-paragraph-id="1939" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="1939" data-sentence-id="1939" class="ldml-sentence">I.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="1939" data-sentence-id="1942" class="ldml-sentence">Facts and Procedural History</span></b></span></section><p data-paragraph-id="1970" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="1970" data-sentence-id="1970" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_1970"><span class="ldml-cite">¶3</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-entity">Steven Ward</span> and <span class="ldml-entity">Levi Mendyk</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(collectively, <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"<span class="ldml-localname"><span class="ldml-entity">Respondents</span></span>"</span>)</span> submitted the Initiatives to the Board for designation of a fair title and submission clause pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_1970"><span class="ldml-cite">section 1-40-106</span></a></span>, C.R.S. <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-entity">2021</span>)</span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="1970" data-sentence-id="2169" class="ldml-sentence">The Board conducted hearings on the Initiatives in March <span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_2226" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="929" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span> and <span class="ldml-entity">April 2022</span> and designated and fixed their titles.<a href="#note-fr1" class="ldml-noteanchor" id="note-ref-fr1">1</a></span> </p><p data-paragraph-id="2281" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="2281" data-sentence-id="2281" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_2281"><span class="ldml-cite">¶4</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-entity">Christopher Fine</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-quotation quote">"<span class="ldml-localname"><span class="ldml-entity">Petitioner</span></span>"</span>)</span>, a registered elector, then filed <span class="ldml-entity">motions for rehearing</span> on each fixed title and its corresponding ballot title and submission clause, alleging in part that the Initiatives contain multiple subjects.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="2281" data-sentence-id="2515" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-signal"><i class="ldml-italics">See</i></span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_2281"><span class="ldml-cite">Colo. Const. art. V, § 1 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(5.5)</span></span></a></span><span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_2281"><span class="ldml-cite">§ 1-40-106.5, C.R.S.</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-date">2021</span>)</span></a></span></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="2281" data-sentence-id="2580" class="ldml-sentence">The Board reheard the Initiatives and subsequently made some edits to the titles, but it otherwise denied <span class="ldml-entity">Petitioner</span>'s motions with one member of the Board dissenting.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="2747" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="2747" data-sentence-id="2747" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_2747"><span class="ldml-cite">¶5</span></a></span> During the rehearing on Initiative #67, the dissenting member of the Board observed: <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"I am thinking there may very well be <span class="ldml-entity">people</span> who don't have a problem with adding wine to grocery stores and convenience stores but have a bigger concern when all types of hard liquor could be expanded and delivered in the manner that's proposed by proponents."</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="2747" data-sentence-id="3097" class="ldml-sentence">Another member of the Board expressed the same concerns, despite ultimately voting to set title.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="3193" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="3193" data-sentence-id="3193" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_3193"><span class="ldml-cite">¶6</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-entity">Petitioner</span> filed this original proceeding for review of the Board's actions pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity">section</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">1-40-107<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span>, C.R.S.</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-date">2021</span>)</span></a></span>.</span></p></div><div class="ldml-section"><section class="ldml-heading content__heading content__heading--depth1" data-format="upper_case_roman_numeral" data-confidences="very_high" data-id="heading_3319" data-ordinal_end="2" data-value="II. Analysis" data-specifier="II" data-parsed="true" data-types="analysis" data-ordinal_start="2" id="heading_3319" data-content-heading-label="II. Analysis"><span data-paragraph-id="3319" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="3319" data-sentence-id="3319" class="ldml-sentence">II.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="3319" data-sentence-id="3323" class="ldml-sentence">Analysis</span></b></span></section><p data-paragraph-id="3331" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="3331" data-sentence-id="3331" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_3331"><span class="ldml-cite">¶7</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-entity">We</span> begin with the standard of review.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="3331" data-sentence-id="3372" class="ldml-sentence">Then, <span class="ldml-entity">we</span> discuss the single-subject requirement for initiatives and analyze whether the Initiatives violate that requirement.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="3331" data-sentence-id="3498" class="ldml-sentence">Concluding that <span class="ldml-entity">they</span> do, and therefore that the Board lacked jurisdiction to set title, <span class="ldml-entity">we</span> reverse the Board's actions.</span></p><div class="ldml-section"><section class="ldml-heading content__heading content__heading--depth2" data-format="upper_case_letters" data-confidences="very_high" data-id="heading_3617" data-ordinal_end="1" data-value="A. Standard of Review" data-specifier="A" data-parsed="true" data-types="standardofreview" data-ordinal_start="1" id="heading_3617" data-content-heading-label="A. Standard of Review"><span data-paragraph-id="3617" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="3617" data-sentence-id="3617" class="ldml-sentence">A.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="3617" data-sentence-id="3620" class="ldml-sentence">Standard of Review</span></b></span></section><p data-paragraph-id="3638" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="3638" data-sentence-id="3639" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_3639"><span class="ldml-cite">¶8</span></a></span> When a proposed initiative comprises multiple subjects, the Board lacks jurisdiction to set its title.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="3638" data-sentence-id="3745" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-signal"><i class="ldml-italics">See</i></span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="embeddedsentence_3781,sentence_3639"><span class="ldml-cite">Colo. Const. art. V, § 1 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(5.5)</span></span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-embeddedsentence"><span class="ldml-relatingauthority">stating</span> that <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"no title shall be set"</span> for a measure that <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"contains more than one subject"</span></span>)</span><span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="embeddedsentence_3886,sentence_3639"><span class="ldml-cite">§ 1-40-106.5</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-embeddedsentence">articulating the single-subject requirement for ballot initiatives</span>)</span></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="3638" data-sentence-id="3955" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-quotation quote">"<span class="ldml-entity">We</span> liberally construe the <span class="ldml-parenthetical">[single-subject]</span> requirement both because of the <span class="ldml-entity">Title Board</span>'s considerable discretion in setting the title and the ballot title and submission clause and in order to avoid unduly restricting the initiative process."</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="3638" data-sentence-id="4199" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_3955" data-refglobal="case:inretitle,ballottitlesubmissionclausefor2021-202216,2021co55"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-refname">In re Title, Ballot Title & Submission Clause for 2021-2022 #16</span>,</i> <span class="ldml-cite">
2021 CO 55</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_3955"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 8</span></a></span></span>, <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">
489 P.3d 1217, 1220</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(quoting <i class="ldml-italics">In re Title, Ballot Title & Submission Clause for <span class="ldml-entity">2019</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2020</span> #315,</i> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-refglobal="case:2020co61"><span class="ldml-cite">
2020 CO 61</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 17</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/901256365" data-vids="901256365" class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">
500 P.3d 363, 367</span></a></span> )</span></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="4414" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="4414" data-sentence-id="4415" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4415"><span class="ldml-cite">¶9</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-entity">We</span> therefore overturn the Board's determination of a single subject only in a <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"clear case,"</span> <i class="ldml-italics">In re <span class="ldml-entity">2019</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2020</span> #315,</i> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4415"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 17</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/901256365" data-vids="901256365" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4415"><span class="ldml-cite">500 P.3d at 367</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-cert">quoting</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4415" data-refglobal="case:inretitle,ballottitle,andsubmissionclausefor2013–201476,2014co52"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-refname">In re Title, Ballot Title, & Submission Clause for 2013-2014 #76</span>,</i> <span class="ldml-cite">
2014 CO 52</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4415"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 8</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4415" data-refglobal="case:inthematterofthetitle,ballottitle,andsubmissionclausefor2013–201476philiphayescaseno14sa105333p3d76june23,2014"><span class="ldml-cite">
333 P.3d 76, 79</span></a></span> )</span></span>—giving <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"all legitimate presumptions in favor of the propriety of the Board's actions,"</span> <i class="ldml-italics">In re <span class="ldml-entity">2021</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2022</span> #16,</i> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4415"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 9</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4415"><span class="ldml-cite">
489 P.3d at1220</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-cert">quoting</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4415" data-refglobal="case:inthematterofthetitle,ballottitleandsubmissionclausefor2009-201091christopherhowesno10sa135235p3d1071june28,2010"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-refname">In re Title, Ballot Title & Submission Clause for 2009-2010 #91</span>,</i> <span class="ldml-cite">
235 P.3d 1071, 1076</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-court">Colo.</span> <span class="ldml-date">2010</span>)</span></a></span> )</span></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="4414" data-sentence-id="4904" class="ldml-sentence">However, our deference here is not absolute; <span class="ldml-entity">we</span> have an obligation to <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"examine the initiative's wording to determine whether it comports with the constitutional requirements,"</span> <i class="ldml-italics">In re <span class="ldml-entity">2019</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2020</span> #315,</i> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4904"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 8</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/901256365" data-vids="901256365" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4904"><span class="ldml-cite">500 P.3d at 366</span></a></span>, and <span class="ldml-entity">we</span> have found clear violations of the single-subject requirement on review on multiple occasions, <i class="ldml-italics">see, e.g., </i> <i class="ldml-italics">In re <span class="ldml-entity">2021</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2022</span> #16,</i> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4904"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 42</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4904"><span class="ldml-cite">
489 P.3d at1225</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-embeddedsentence"><span class="ldml-relatingauthority">reversing</span> the Board's title setting on a proposed initiative amending animal cruelty <span class="ldml-entity">statutes</span> in two distinct ways</span>)</span><span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span></span> <i class="ldml-italics">In re Title, Ballot Title & Submission Clause for <span class="ldml-entity">2015</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2016</span> #132,</i> <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/895687514" data-vids="895687514" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4904"><span class="ldml-cite">
2016 CO 55</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4904"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 36</span></a></span></span>, <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/895687514" data-vids="895687514" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4904"><span class="ldml-cite">
374 P.3d 460, 469</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-embeddedsentence"><span class="ldml-relatingauthority">holding</span> that initiatives <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"combining the restructuring of the <span class="ldml-entity">Reapportionment Commission</span> with changes to the constitutional role of the <span class="ldml-entity">Supreme Court Nominating Commission</span>"</span> violated the single-subject requirement</span>)</span><span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4904" data-refglobal="case:matteroftitle,ballottitleandsubmissionclause,summaryfor1997-98no84johnsoutceltnos98sa147,98sa148961p2d456june8,1998"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-refname">In re Title, Ballot Title & Submission Clause, & Summary for 1997-1998 #84</span>,</i> <span class="ldml-cite">
961 P.2d 456, 461</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-court">Colo.</span> <span class="ldml-date">1998</span>)</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-embeddedsentence">concluding that two initiatives aimed at lowering certain state and local taxes <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"contain<span class="ldml-parenthetical">[ed]</span> multiple subjects and thus violate<span class="ldml-parenthetical">[d]</span> the <span class="ldml-parenthetical">[single-subject]</span> requirement"</span></span>)</span><span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_4904" data-refglobal="case:inthematterofthetitle,ballottitleandsubmissionclause,andsummaryfor1997-199864bennettsaisenbergno98sa131960p2d1192june22,1998"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-refname">In re Title, Ballot Title & Submission Clause, Summary for 1997-1998 #64</span>,</i> <span class="ldml-cite">
960 P.2d 1192, 1198</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-court">Colo.</span> <span class="ldml-date">1998</span>)</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-embeddedsentence"><span class="ldml-relatingauthority">holding</span> that an initiative involving judicial office <span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_6153" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="930" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span> qualifications violated the prohibition against multiple subjects</span>)</span></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="6221" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="6221" data-sentence-id="6222" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_6222"><span class="ldml-cite">¶10</span></a></span> In conducting our limited review of the <span class="ldml-entity">Title Board</span>'s actions, <span class="ldml-entity">we</span> use general rules of statutory construction, <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"giving words and phrases their plain and ordinary meanings."</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="6221" data-sentence-id="6399" class="ldml-sentence"><i class="ldml-italics">In re <span class="ldml-entity">2021</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2022</span> #16,</i> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_6399"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 10</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_6399"><span class="ldml-cite">
489 P.3d at1220</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(quoting <i class="ldml-italics">In re <span class="ldml-entity">2019</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2020</span> #315,</i> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_6399"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 8</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/901256365" data-vids="901256365" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_6399"><span class="ldml-cite">500 P.3d at 366</span></a></span> )</span></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="6221" data-sentence-id="6498" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">We</span> do not consider the merits of the proposed initiatives nor their validity or efficacy if approved by voters and enacted.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="6221" data-sentence-id="6622" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_6498"><span class="ldml-cite"><i class="ldml-italics">Id.</i></span></a></span></span></p></div><div class="ldml-section"><section class="ldml-heading content__heading content__heading--depth2" data-format="upper_case_letters" data-id="heading_6625" data-ordinal_end="2" data-value="B. The Single-Subject Requirement" data-specifier="B" data-parsed="true" data-ordinal_start="2" id="heading_6625" data-content-heading-label="B. The Single-Subject Requirement"><span data-paragraph-id="6625" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="6625" data-sentence-id="6625" class="ldml-sentence">B.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="6625" data-sentence-id="6628" class="ldml-sentence">The Single-Subject Requirement</span></b></span></section><p data-paragraph-id="6658" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="6658" data-sentence-id="6658" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_6658"><span class="ldml-cite">¶11 Article V of the Colorado Constitution</span></a></span> reserves the power of initiative to <span class="ldml-entity">the people</span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_6658"><span class="ldml-cite">§ 1<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span></span></a></span>, but prohibits an initiative from <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"containing more than one subject,"</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_6658"><span class="ldml-cite">§ 1 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(5.5)</span></span></a></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="6658" data-sentence-id="6837" class="ldml-sentence">If an initiative contains multiple subjects, then <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"no title shall be set and the measure shall not be submitted to <span class="ldml-entity">the people</span> for adoption or rejection at the polls."</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="6658" data-sentence-id="7004" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-referencechain"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_6837"><span class="ldml-cite">Id.</span></a></span><span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span> <span class="ldml-signal">see also</span></i> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="embeddedsentence_7032,sentence_6837"><span class="ldml-cite">§ 1-40-106.5</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-embeddedsentence"><span class="ldml-relatingauthority">stating</span> the single-subject requirement and its purposes</span>)</span></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="7089" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="7089" data-sentence-id="7089" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_7089"><span class="ldml-cite">¶12</span></a></span> The single-subject requirement exists <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"to prevent or inhibit various inappropriate or misleading practices that might otherwise occur."</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="7089" data-sentence-id="7229" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_7089"><span class="ldml-cite">§ 1-40-106.5<span class="ldml-headnoteanchor"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span></span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(d)</span></span></a></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="7089" data-sentence-id="7249" class="ldml-sentence">Specifically, it is designed to prevent <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"the practice of putting together in one measure subjects having no necessary or proper connection, for the purpose of enlisting in support of the measure the advocates of each measure, and thus securing <span class="ldml-entity">the enactment</span> of measures that could not be carried upon their merits,"</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_7249"><span class="ldml-cite">§ 1-40-106.5<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span></span></a></span>, and to <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"prevent surprise and fraud from being practiced upon voters"</span> by ensuring that the title of the measure <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"apprise <span class="ldml-entity">the people</span> of the subject,"</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">§ l-40-106.5<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(l)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="7759" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="7759" data-sentence-id="7760" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_7760"><span class="ldml-cite">¶13</span></a></span> To meet the single-subject requirement, <span class="ldml-entity">we</span> have previously explained that an initiative's provisions must be <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"necessarily and properly connected,"</span> <i class="ldml-italics">In re <span class="ldml-entity">2021</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2022</span> #16,</i> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_7760"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 13</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_7760"><span class="ldml-cite">
489 P.3d at1221</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(quoting <i class="ldml-italics">In re <span class="ldml-entity">2019</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2020</span> #315,</i> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_7760"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 13</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/901256365" data-vids="901256365" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_7760"><span class="ldml-cite">500 P.3d at 367</span></a></span> )</span><span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span></span> that is, <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"relat<span class="ldml-parenthetical">[ing]</span> directly to its single subject,"</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_7760"><span class="ldml-cite"><i class="ldml-italics">id.</i></span></a></span> at <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_7760"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 14</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_7760"><span class="ldml-cite">
489 P.3d at1221</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-cert">quoting</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_7760" data-refglobal="case:inre2009–201091,235p3dat1073–79"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-refname">In re 2009-2010 #91</span>,</i> <span class="ldml-cite">235 P.3d at 1076</span></a></span> )</span></span>, and <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"tend<span class="ldml-parenthetical">[ing]</span> to effect or to carry out one general objective or purpose,"</span> <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_7760"><span class="ldml-cite"><i class="ldml-italics">id.</i></span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-cert">quoting</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_7760" data-refglobal="case:inretitle,ballottitlesubmissionclausefor2017-20184,2017co57"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-refname">In re Title, Ballot Title & Submission Clause for 2017-2018 #4</span>,</i> <span class="ldml-cite">
2017 CO 57</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_7760"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 8</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/890467676" data-vids="890467676" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_7760"><span class="ldml-cite">
395 P.3d 318, 321</span></a></span> )</span></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="7759" data-sentence-id="8336" class="ldml-sentence">An initiative with provisions that are <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"disconnected or incongruous,"</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_8336"><span class="ldml-cite"><i class="ldml-italics">id.</i></span></a></span> at <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_8336"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 13</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_8336"><span class="ldml-cite">
489 P.3d at1221</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(quoting <i class="ldml-italics">In re <span class="ldml-entity">2019</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2020</span> #315,</i> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_8336"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 13</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/901256365" data-vids="901256365" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_8336"><span class="ldml-cite">500 P.3d at 367</span></a></span> )</span></span>—covering <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"more than one subject and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">[having]</span> at least two distinct and separate purposes which are not dependent upon or connected with each other,"</span> <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_8336"><span class="ldml-cite"><i class="ldml-italics">id.</i></span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-cert">quoting</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_8336" data-refglobal="case:inthematterofthetitle,ballottitleandsubmissionclausefor2005-200674,beverlyausfahlkempvcaldarano06sa41136p3d237may30,2006"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-refname">In re Title, Ballot Title & Submission Clause for 2005-2006 #74</span>,</i> <span class="ldml-cite">
136 P.3d 237, 239</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-court">Colo.</span> <span class="ldml-date">2006</span>)</span></a></span> )</span></span>—violates this requirement.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="8777" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="8777" data-sentence-id="8778" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_8778"><span class="ldml-cite">¶14</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-entity">We</span> have recognized that <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"<span class="ldml-parenthetical">[m]</span>ere implementation or enforcement details directly tied to the initiative's single subject will not, in and of themselves, constitute a separate subject."</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="8777" data-sentence-id="8965" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_8778" data-refglobal="case:inre2005-200674,136p3dat239"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-refname">In re 2005-2006 #74</span>,</i> <span class="ldml-cite">136 P.3d at 239</span></a></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="8777" data-sentence-id="9003" class="ldml-sentence">However, attempting to <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"characterize an initiative under some general theme will not save <span class="ldml-parenthetical">[it]</span> from violating the single-subject rule if the initiative contains multiple subjects."</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="8777" data-sentence-id="9184" class="ldml-sentence"><i class="ldml-italics">In re <span class="ldml-entity">2019</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2020</span> #315,</i> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_9184"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 16</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/901256365" data-vids="901256365" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_9184"><span class="ldml-cite">500 P.3d at 367</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-cert">quoting</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_9184" data-refglobal="case:inre2009–201091,235p3dat1073–79"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-refname">In re 2009-2010 #91</span>,</i> <span class="ldml-cite">235 P.3d at 1076</span></a></span> )</span></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="9277" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="9277" data-sentence-id="9278" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_9278"><span class="ldml-cite">¶15</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-entity">We</span> also consider the purposes of the single-subject requirement when assessing whether an initiative's provisions are necessarily and properly connected.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="9277" data-sentence-id="9436" class="ldml-sentence"><i class="ldml-italics">See </i> <i class="ldml-italics">In re <span class="ldml-entity">2021</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2022</span> #16,</i> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_9436"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 16</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_9436"><span class="ldml-cite">
489 P.3d at1221</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-embeddedsentence"><span class="ldml-relatingauthority">explaining</span> that this analysis includes the <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"anti-logrolling and anti-fraud purposes of the single-subject requirement"</span></span>)</span></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="9277" data-sentence-id="9607" class="ldml-sentence">First, the single-subject requirement prompts <span class="ldml-entity">us</span> to ask whether there is danger of logrolling: Have measures been combined to secure <span class="ldml-entity">the enactment</span> of one that could not be carried out on its own?</span> <span data-paragraph-id="9277" data-sentence-id="9803" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-signal"><i class="ldml-italics">See</i></span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_9803"><span class="ldml-cite">§ 1-40-106.5<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span></span></a></span> <span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span></span> <i class="ldml-italics">see also </i> <i class="ldml-italics">In re <span class="ldml-entity">2017</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2018</span> #4,</i> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_9803"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 14</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/890467676" data-vids="890467676" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_9803"><span class="ldml-cite">
395 P.3d at322</span></a></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="9277" data-sentence-id="9884" class="ldml-sentence">Second, <span class="ldml-entity">we</span> ask whether there is a risk that voters will be surprised by the provisions.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="9277" data-sentence-id="9972" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-referencechain"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-signal">See</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/890467676" data-vids="890467676" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="embeddedsentence_9981,sentence_9884"><span class="ldml-cite">id.</span></a></span></i> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-embeddedsentence"><span class="ldml-relatingauthority">finding</span> no surprise where the initiative is <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"not overly lengthy or complex, and its plain language is not confusing"</span></span>)</span></span>.</span></p></div><div class="ldml-section"><section class="ldml-heading content__heading content__heading--depth2" data-format="upper_case_letters" data-id="heading_10099" data-ordinal_end="3" data-value="C. The Initiatives Violate the Single-Subject Requirement" data-specifier="C" data-parsed="true" data-ordinal_start="3" id="heading_10099" data-content-heading-label="C. The Initiatives Violate the Single-Subject Requirement"><span data-paragraph-id="10099" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="10099" data-sentence-id="10099" class="ldml-sentence">C.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="10099" data-sentence-id="10102" class="ldml-sentence">The Initiatives Violate the Single-Subject Requirement</span></b></span></section><p data-paragraph-id="10156" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="10156" data-sentence-id="10156" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_10156"><span class="ldml-cite">¶16</span></a></span> Applying these legal principles, <span class="ldml-entity">we</span> conclude that the Initiatives present a clear violation of the single-subject requirement.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="10156" data-sentence-id="10287" class="ldml-sentence">Each of them would result in two significant <span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_10332" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="931" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span> and unrelated changes to the regulation of alcohol in Colorado.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="10396" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="10396" data-sentence-id="10396" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_10396"><span class="ldml-cite">¶17</span></a></span> First, the Initiatives would expand the authority of food retailers already licensed to sell beer to also sell wine.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="10396" data-sentence-id="10517" class="ldml-sentence">This expansion of authority requires substantive changes made mostly, though not exclusively, in the Colorado Beer Code for Initiatives #67 and #115, <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-signal"><i class="ldml-italics">see</i></span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_10517" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/101"><span class="ldml-cite">§§ 44-4-101</span></a></span></span> to - 107, C.R.S. <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-entity">2021</span>)</span>, and in <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_10517"><span class="ldml-cite">article XXII of the Colorado Constitution</span></a></span> for Initiative #128.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="10777" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="10777" data-sentence-id="10777" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_10777"><span class="ldml-cite">¶18</span></a></span> Second, the Initiatives would authorize third-<span class="ldml-entity">party</span> providers like Grubhub or Uber Eats to deliver alcohol from licensed retailers to consumers.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="10777" data-sentence-id="10926" class="ldml-sentence">The Colorado Liquor Code, <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_10926" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/101"><span class="ldml-cite">§§ 44-3-101</span></a></span> to - 1002, C.R.S. <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-entity">2021</span>)</span>, currently restricts when and how a licensed retailer of alcohol beverages delivers those beverages, such as by requiring delivery only by the retailer itself, <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">§ 44-3-409<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span>, C.R.S.</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-date">2021</span>)</span></a></span>, and restricting deliveries so that <span class="ldml-entity">they</span> comprise <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"no more than fifty percent of <span class="ldml-parenthetical">[a licensee's]</span> gross annual revenues,"</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_10926" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/409_3_a_IV"><span class="ldml-cite">§ 44-3-409<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span></span></a></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="10777" data-sentence-id="11327" class="ldml-sentence">The proposed Initiatives lift those restrictions <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(by <span class="ldml-entity">statute</span> or constitutional <span class="ldml-entity">amendment</span>)</span>, and <span class="ldml-entity">they</span> do so for <i class="ldml-italics">all</i> types of alcohol beverages—including beer, wine, and liquor.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="11501" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="11501" data-sentence-id="11501" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_11501"><span class="ldml-cite">¶19</span></a></span> In <i class="ldml-italics">In re <span class="ldml-entity">2021</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2022</span> #16</i> , <span class="ldml-entity">we</span> explained that <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"<span class="ldml-parenthetical">[w]</span>e must examine sufficiently an initiative's central theme to determine whether it contains hidden purposes under a broad theme."</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="11501" data-sentence-id="11681" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 21</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_11501"><span class="ldml-cite">
489 P.3d at1222</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-cert">quoting</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_11501" data-refglobal="case:inthematterofthetitle,ballottitleandsubmissionclause,for2007-2008,17newstatedepartmentandelectedboardforenvironmentalconservationdouglaskemperstuartasanderson,registeredelectorsofthestateofcoloradovhamiltonno07sa201172p3d871november19,2007"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-refname">In re Title, Ballot Title & Submission Clause, for 2007-2008 #17</span>,</i> <span class="ldml-cite">
172 P.3d 871, 875</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-court">Colo.</span> <span class="ldml-date">2007</span>)</span></a></span> )</span></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="11501" data-sentence-id="11813" class="ldml-sentence">Our concern was that two disconnected provisions could be described as a single subject if done at a sufficiently high level of generality.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="11501" data-sentence-id="11953" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_11813"><span class="ldml-cite"><i class="ldml-italics">Id.</i></span></a></span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="11501" data-sentence-id="11957" class="ldml-sentence">Thus, <span class="ldml-entity">we</span> considered whether provisions of an initiative that not only expanded the definition of <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"animal cruelty"</span> but also expanded the definition of <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"sexual act with an animal"</span> each related to the <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"central theme of expanding the animal cruelty <span class="ldml-entity">statutes</span> to include livestock."</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="11501" data-sentence-id="12234" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_12234"><span class="ldml-cite"><i class="ldml-italics">Id.</i></span></a></span> at <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_12234"><span class="ldml-cite">¶¶ 22–23</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_12234"><span class="ldml-cite">
489 P.3d at1222</span></a></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="11501" data-sentence-id="12269" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">We</span> concluded that, although related when considered at a high level of generality, the provisions served different purposes not sufficiently connected to constitute a single subject.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="11501" data-sentence-id="12452" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_12452"><span class="ldml-cite"><i class="ldml-italics">Id.</i></span></a></span> at <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_12452"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 41</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/887125493" data-vids="887125493" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_12452"><span class="ldml-cite">
489 P.3d at1225</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="12482" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="12482" data-sentence-id="12483" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_12483"><span class="ldml-cite">¶20</span></a></span> The Initiatives here present the same problem.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="12482" data-sentence-id="12534" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">Respondents</span> contend that the Initiatives' central focus is <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"expanding the retail sale of alcohol beverages,"</span> and <span class="ldml-entity">they</span> assert that both measures implement that goal.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="12482" data-sentence-id="12699" class="ldml-sentence">But <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"expanding the retail sale of alcohol beverages"</span> is such a general focus that it could encompass a nearly limitless array of subjects.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="12482" data-sentence-id="12838" class="ldml-sentence">In the case of these Initiatives, <span class="ldml-entity">we</span> conclude that the covered subjects—<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> the sale of wine by retailers licensed to sell beer and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span> the home delivery of alcohol by third-<span class="ldml-entity">party</span> delivery services—are too distinct to satisfy the single-subject requirement.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="13095" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="13095" data-sentence-id="13095" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_13095"><span class="ldml-cite">¶21</span></a></span> The sale of wine in grocery stores has been a topic of legislative and public debate for decades.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="13095" data-sentence-id="13197" class="ldml-sentence">Forty years ago, proponents submitted an initiative to allow wine sales in grocery stores to the voters.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="13095" data-sentence-id="13302" class="ldml-sentence"><i class="ldml-italics">See </i> <i class="ldml-italics">In re Title, Ballot Title & Submission Clause, & Summary Pertaining to the Sale of Table Wine in Grocery Stores Initiative Adopted on </i><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_13302" data-refglobal="case:march24,1982,646p2d916,919-20colo1982"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-refname">March 24, 1982</span>,</i> <span class="ldml-cite">
646 P.2d 916, 919-20</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-court">Colo.</span> <span class="ldml-date">1982</span>)</span></a></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="13095" data-sentence-id="13492" class="ldml-sentence">That initiative failed to garner majority support.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="13095" data-sentence-id="13543" class="ldml-sentence">In the intervening years, the General Assembly has considered multiple proposals to fully permit wine sales in supermarkets, but it has instead taken incremental steps, permitting some—but not all—grocery stores to sell alcohol.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="13095" data-sentence-id="13772" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-referencechain"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-signal">See, e.g.</span>,</i> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_13543"><span class="ldml-cite">Ch. 365, sec. 1</span></a></span><span class="ldml-referenceseparator">,</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_13543"><span class="ldml-cite">§ 12-47-408</span></a></span><span class="ldml-referenceseparator">,</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="embeddedsentence_13852,sentence_13543"><span class="ldml-cite">
2016 Colo. Sess. Laws 1522, 1522-1526</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-embeddedsentence">permitting an expansion of the number of locations a grocery store could sell alcohol within <span class="ldml-entity">the state</span></span>)</span><span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_13543"><span class="ldml-cite">Ch. 366, sec. 1</span></a></span><span class="ldml-referenceseparator">,</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_13543"><span class="ldml-cite">
2018 Colo. Sess. Laws 2190, 2190 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(same)</span></span></a></span></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="13095" data-sentence-id="14015" class="ldml-sentence">And <span class="ldml-entity">the present case</span> illustrates that this public debate remains unsettled.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="14090" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="14090" data-sentence-id="14090" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_14090"><span class="ldml-cite">¶22</span></a></span> Whether to allow third-<span class="ldml-entity">party</span> delivery services to deliver alcohol to consumers in their homes presents a similarly unsettled policy choice, yet it constitutes a completely distinct subject.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="14090" data-sentence-id="14284" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">Respondents</span> and the Board argue that the relaxation of restrictions on alcohol delivery sufficiently relates to grocery store sales of wine because each will increase the retail sale of alcohol.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="14090" data-sentence-id="14479" class="ldml-sentence">But the indirect relationship between alcohol delivery and retail sales fails to satisfy the single-subject requirement.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="14090" data-sentence-id="14600" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-referencechain"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-signal">See</span> </i> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="embeddedsentence_14644,sentence_14479" data-refglobal="case:inre1997-199864,960p2dat1197"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-refname">In re 1997-1998 #64</span>,</i> <span class="ldml-cite">960 P.2d at 1198</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-embeddedsentence"><span class="ldml-relatingauthority">holding</span> that a measure that <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"indirectly affects"</span> the central objective <span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_14715" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="932" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span> is inconsistent with the single-subject requirement</span>)</span></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="14769" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="14769" data-sentence-id="14770" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_14770"><span class="ldml-cite">¶23</span></a></span> The inclusion of both subjects in one initiative <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"is precisely the logrolling dilemma that the voters intended to avoid when <span class="ldml-entity">they</span> adopted the <span class="ldml-parenthetical">[single-subject]</span> requirements."</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="14769" data-sentence-id="14948" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/890260528" data-vids="890260528" class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_14770"><i class="ldml-italics"><span class="ldml-refname">In re Title, Ballot Title, & Submission Clause for 2011-2012 #3</span>,</i> <span class="ldml-cite">
2012 CO 25</span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_14770"><span class="ldml-cite">¶ 31</span></a></span></span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a href="/vid/890260528" data-vids="890260528" class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">
274 P.3d 562, 571</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(Hobbs, J., dissenting)</span></a></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="14769" data-sentence-id="15074" class="ldml-sentence">A central purpose of the single-subject requirement is that it <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"precludes the joining together of multiple subjects into a single initiative in the hope of attracting support from various factions which may have different or even conflicting interest."</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="14769" data-sentence-id="15327" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_15074" data-refglobal="case:inretitle,ballottitlesubmissionclause,summarypertainingtoaproposedinitiativepublicrightsinwatersiiwatersii,898p2d1076,1078-79colo1995"><span class="ldml-refname"><i class="ldml-italics">In re Proposed Initiative <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"Public Rights in Waters II"</span></i></span> , <span class="ldml-cite">
898 P.2d 1076, 1079</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(<span class="ldml-court">Colo.</span> <span class="ldml-date">1995</span>)</span></a></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="14769" data-sentence-id="15418" class="ldml-sentence">As members of the <span class="ldml-entity">Title Board</span> recognized, even while ultimately setting title for these Initiatives, some voters might well support home delivery of alcohol while preferring to keep wine out of grocery stores, and others might feel precisely the opposite.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="14769" data-sentence-id="15674" class="ldml-sentence">These are simply two different subjects.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="14769" data-sentence-id="15715" class="ldml-sentence">The mere fact that both topics involve the regulation of alcohol is not enough to make them necessarily and properly connected.</span></p></div></div><div class="ldml-section"><section class="ldml-heading content__heading content__heading--depth1" data-format="upper_case_roman_numeral" data-confidences="very_high" data-id="heading_15842" data-ordinal_end="3" data-value="III. Conclusion" data-specifier="III" data-parsed="true" data-types="conclusion" data-ordinal_start="3" id="heading_15842" data-content-heading-label="III. Conclusion"><span data-paragraph-id="15842" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="15842" data-sentence-id="15842" class="ldml-sentence">III.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="15842" data-sentence-id="15847" class="ldml-sentence">Conclusion</span></b></span></section><p data-paragraph-id="15857" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="15857" data-sentence-id="15857" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_15857"><span class="ldml-cite">¶24</span></a></span> Because the Initiatives contain two distinct subjects—the sale of wine in grocery stores and the home delivery of all alcohol by third-<span class="ldml-entity">party</span> delivery services—that are not necessarily and properly connected, <span class="ldml-entity">they</span> violate the single-subject requirement of the <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_15857"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Constitution</span></a></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="15857" data-sentence-id="16143" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">We</span> therefore conclude that the <span class="ldml-entity">Title Board</span> lacked jurisdiction over these Initiatives for setting titles, and <span class="ldml-entity">we</span> reverse its actions doing so.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="16285" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="16285" data-sentence-id="16285" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold">APPENDIX: Titles and Filed Text of Initiatives</b></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="16331" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="16331" data-sentence-id="16331" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity">2021</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2022</span> #67</b></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="16344" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="16344" data-sentence-id="16344" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold">Title</b></span></p><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_16349" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="16349" class="ldml-sentence">A change to the <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_16349"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes</span></a></span> concerning the retail sale of alcohol beverages, and, in connection therewith, establishing a new fermented malt beverage and wine retailer license to allow grocery stores, convenience stores, and other business establishments licensed to sell beer for consumption off the licensed premises to also sell wine for off-premises consumption; automatically converting a fermented malt beverage retailer license authorizing the sale of beer for off-premises consumption that was in effect on <span class="ldml-entity">March 1, 2023</span>, to the new fermented malt beverage and wine retailer license; allowing fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licensees to conduct tastings on the licensed premises if approved by the local licensing authority; and allowing retail establishments licensed to sell alcohol beverages to deliver alcohol beverages to a person 21 years of age or older through a third-<span class="ldml-entity">party</span> delivery service that has obtained a delivery service permit from <span class="ldml-entity">the state</span> licensing authority.</span></blockquote><div class="ldml-section"><section class="ldml-heading content__heading content__heading--depth2" data-format="title_case_lacks_specifier_italics" data-id="heading_17361" data-value="Filed Text" data-specifier="" data-parsed="true" id="heading_17361" data-content-heading-label="Filed Text"><span data-paragraph-id="17361" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="17361" data-sentence-id="17361" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold">Filed Text</b></span></span></section><p data-paragraph-id="17371" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="17371" data-sentence-id="17371" class="ldml-sentence"><i class="ldml-italics">Be it enacted by <span class="ldml-entity">the People</span> of the <span class="ldml-entity">State of Colorado</span>:</i></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="17424" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="17424" data-sentence-id="17424" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_17424"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 1</span></a></span>:</b> Declaration</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="17446" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="17446" data-sentence-id="17446" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">The People</span> of the <span class="ldml-entity">State of Colorado</span> hereby find and declare that <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_17446"><span class="ldml-cite">Article 4 Title 44</span></a></span>, C.R.S. known as the <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"Colorado Beer Code"</span>, shall be amended to allow, beginning <span class="ldml-entity">March 1, 2023</span>, the sale of wine in grocery and convenience stores that are licensed to sell beer; and permit home delivery of alcohol sales made by licensed retailers through third-<span class="ldml-entity">party</span> home delivery service provider.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="17828" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="17828" data-sentence-id="17828" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 2</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="17828" data-sentence-id="17839" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_17839" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/103"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-103</span></a></span>, add <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(11.8)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(18.5)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(32.5)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(60.5)</span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="17929" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="17929" data-sentence-id="17929" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold">44-3-103. Definitions.</b></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="17951" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="17951" data-sentence-id="17951" class="ldml-sentence">As used in this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_17951"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3 and article 4</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_17951"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span>, unless the context otherwise requires:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="18047" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="18047" data-sentence-id="18047" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(11.8)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="18047" data-sentence-id="18054" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-quotation quote">"DELIVERY SERVICE PERMITTEE"</span> MEANS ANY INDIVIDUAL, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, CORPORATION, <span class="ldml-entity">OR PARTNERSHIP</span> THAT HOLDS A PERMIT TO DELIVER ALCOHOL UNDER <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_18054" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/911.5"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 44-3-911.5</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="18224" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="18224" data-sentence-id="18224" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(18.5)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="18224" data-sentence-id="18231" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-quotation quote">"FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER"</span> MEANS A RETAILER LICENSED UNDER <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_18231"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 4</span></a></span> OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_18231"><span class="ldml-cite">TITLE 44</span></a></span> TO SELL FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND</span> <span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_18371" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="933" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="18371" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="18371" data-sentence-id="18372" class="ldml-sentence">WINE, BUT NOT SPIRITOUS LIQUORS, IN <span class="ldml-entity">ORIGINAL SEALED CONTAINERS FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE LICENSED PREMISES</span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="18477" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="18477" data-sentence-id="18477" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(32.5)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="18477" data-sentence-id="18484" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-quotation quote">"<span class="ldml-entity">OFF PREMISES RETAILER</span>"</span> MEANS ANY RETAILER LICENSEE UNDER THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_18484"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 3</span></a></span> OR <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">ARTICLE 4 OF THIS TITLE</span> <span class="ldml-cite">44 THAT</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-entity">IS ALLOWED TO SELL ALCOHOL BEVERAGES AT RETAIL FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE LICENSED PREMISES</span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="18681" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="18681" data-sentence-id="18681" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(60.5)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="18681" data-sentence-id="18688" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-quotation quote">"WINE"</span> MEANS VINOUS LIQUORS.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="18716" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="18716" data-sentence-id="18716" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 3</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="18716" data-sentence-id="18727" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_18727" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301_amend_9_a_I_B_12"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-301, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> 9<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(12)</span></span></a></span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a.5)</span></span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span>, and <b class="ldml-bold">add</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(12)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a.5)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="18832" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="18832" data-sentence-id="18832" class="ldml-sentence">44-3-301.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="18832" data-sentence-id="18842" class="ldml-sentence">Licensing in general.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="18863" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="18863" data-sentence-id="18863" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-headnoteanchor"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(9)</span></span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span> <span class="ldml-entity">The state</span> and local licensing authorities shall not grant permission under this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_18863"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(9)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span></span></a></span> to a fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_18863" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1_a"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-4-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> to move its permanent location if the new location is: Within one thousand five hundred feet of a retail liquor store licensed under <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_18863" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/409"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-409</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span></span> for a premises located in a municipality with a population of ten thousand or fewer, within three thousand feet of a retail liquor store licensed under <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_18863" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/409"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-409</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span></span> or, for a premises located in a municipality with a population of ten thousand or fewer that is contiguous to the <span class="ldml-entity">city and county of Denver</span>, within one thousand five hundred feet of a retail liquor store licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_18863" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/409"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-409</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="19622" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="19622" data-sentence-id="19622" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-headnoteanchor"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(12)</span></span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a.5)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> Notwithstanding any other provision of <span class="ldml-entity">this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_19622"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3, SUBSECTION 12<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span></span></a></span> OF THIS SECTION</span>, on and after-------------------------<span class="ldml-entity">March 1, 2023</span>, <span class="ldml-entity">the state</span> and local licensing authorities shall not issue a new fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer's license under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_19622"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_19622"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span> authorizing the sale at retail of fermented malt beverages AND WINE in sealed containers for consumption off the licensed premises if the premises for which the retail license is sought is located within five hundred feet of a retail liquor store licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_19622" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/409"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-409</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="20204" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="20204" data-sentence-id="20204" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(12)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a.5)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span> THIS <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_20204"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(12)</span></span></a></span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a.5)</span></span> DOES <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">NOT APPLY TO THE CONVERSION OF A LICENSE UNDER SECTION</span> <span class="ldml-cite">44-4-107<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a.5)</span></span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="20322" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="20322" data-sentence-id="20322" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(12)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a.5)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span> NOTWITHSTANDING <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">ANY OTHER PROVISION OF SUBSECTION</span> <span class="ldml-cite">12<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span> OF THIS SECTION, THE STATE AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES SHALL NOT ISSUE A NEW RETAIL LIQUOR STORE LICENSE UNDER ARTICLE 3 OF THIS TITLE 44 AUTHORIZING THE SALE AT RETAIL OF MALT, VINOUS, OR SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS IN SEALED CONTAINERS FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE LICENSED PREMISES IF THE PREMISES FOR WHICH THE RETAIL LICENSE IS SOUGHT IS LOCATED WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF A FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE RETAILER LICENSED UNDER SECTION 44-4-107</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="20838" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="20838" data-sentence-id="20838" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 4</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="20838" data-sentence-id="20849" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_20849" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/313_amend_1_e_I_1_e_II_1_e_IV_and_1_e_V"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-313, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(V)</span></span></a></span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="20956" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="20956" data-sentence-id="20956" class="ldml-sentence">44-3-313.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="20956" data-sentence-id="20966" class="ldml-sentence">Restrictions for applications for new license.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="21012" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="21012" data-sentence-id="21012" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> If the building in which the fermented malt beverages AND WINE are to be sold pursuant to a license under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_21012" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1_a"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-4-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> is located within five hundred feet of any public or parochial school or the principal campus of any college, university, or seminary; except that this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_21012"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span></span></a></span> does not apply to:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="21344" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="21344" data-sentence-id="21344" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span> Licensed premises located or to be located on land owned by a municipality;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="21423" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="21423" data-sentence-id="21423" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span> An existing licensed premises on land owned by <span class="ldml-entity">the state</span>;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="21484" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="21484" data-sentence-id="21484" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(C)</span> A fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer that held a valid license and was actively doing business before the principal campus was constructed;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="21634" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="21634" data-sentence-id="21634" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(D)</span> A club located within the principal campus of any college, university, or seminary that limits its membership to the faculty or staff of the institution; or</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="21794" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="21794" data-sentence-id="21794" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(E)</span> A campus liquor complex.<span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_21822" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="934" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="21822" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="21822" data-sentence-id="21823" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span> The distances referred to in <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_21823"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span> are to be computed by direct measurement from the nearest property line of the land used for school purposes to the nearest portion of the building in which fermented malt beverages AND WINE are to be sold, using a route of direct pedestrian access.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="22149" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="22149" data-sentence-id="22149" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span> In addition to the requirements of <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_22149" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/312_2"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-312 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span></span></a></span>, the local licensing authority shall consider the evidence and make a specific finding of fact as to whether the building in which the fermented malt beverages AND WINE are to be sold is located within any distance restriction established by or pursuant to this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_22149"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span></span></a></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="22149" data-sentence-id="22497" class="ldml-sentence">The finding is subject to judicial review pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_22497" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/802"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-802</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="22568" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="22568" data-sentence-id="22568" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(V)</span> This <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_22568"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span></span></a></span> applies to:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="22612" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="22612" data-sentence-id="22612" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span> Applications for new fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer's licenses under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_22612" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1_a"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-4-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> submitted on or after ---------------------------<span class="ldml-entity">MARCH 1, 2023</span>; and</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="22787" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="22787" data-sentence-id="22787" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span> Applications submitted on or after <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">June</span> <span class="ldml-cite">4, 2018 MARCH 1, 2023</span></a></span>, under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_22787" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301_9"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-301 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(9)</span></span></a></span> by fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailers licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_22787" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1_a"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-4-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> to change the permanent location of the fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer's licensed premises.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="23068" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="23068" data-sentence-id="23068" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 5</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="23068" data-sentence-id="23079" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_23079" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/901_amend_1_g_1_i_III_6_i_II_6_k_I_6_k_II_B_6_k_IV_6_k_V_and_6_p_III_and_8_b"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-901, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(g)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(V)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(p)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(8)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span></span></a></span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="23246" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="23246" data-sentence-id="23246" class="ldml-sentence">44-3-901.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="23246" data-sentence-id="23256" class="ldml-sentence">Unlawful acts – exceptions – definitions.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="23297" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="23297" data-sentence-id="23297" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(g)</span> To sell at retail any malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors in sealed containers without holding a retail liquor store or liquor-licensed drugstore license, except as permitted by <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_23297" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/107_2"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span></span></a></span> or 44-3-301 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> or any other provision of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_23297"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3</span></a></span>, or to sell at retail any fermented malt beverages in sealed containers without holding a fermented malt beverage retailer's license under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_23297" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/104_1_c"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-4-104 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span></span></a></span> OR TO SELL AT RETAIL ANY FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE IN SEALED CONTAINERS WITHOUT HOLDING A FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER'S LICENSE UNDER <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_23297" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1_a"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 44-4-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="23906" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="23906" data-sentence-id="23906" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span> Notwithstanding <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_23906"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span>, it shall not be unlawful for adult patrons of a retail liquor store, liquor-licensed drugstore or FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER licensee to consume malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors on the licensed premises when the consumption is conducted within the limitations of the licensee's license and is part of a tasting if authorization for the tasting has been granted pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_23906" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-301</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="24383" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="24383" data-sentence-id="24383" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span> NOTWITHSTANDING <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_24383"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span></span></a> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span></span>, IT SHALL NOT BE UNLAWFUL FOR ADULT PATRONS OF A FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER LICENSEE TO CONSUME MALT, OR VINOUS LIQUORS ON THE LICENSED PREMISES WHEN THE CONSUMPTION IS CONDUCTED WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS OF THE LICENSEE'S LICENSE AND IS PART OF A TASTING IF AUTHORIZATION FOR THE TASTING HAS BEEN GRANTED PURSUANT TO <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_24383" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 44-3-301</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="24798" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="24798" data-sentence-id="24798" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span> Notwithstanding <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_24798"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span>, it shall not be unlawful for a retail liquor store, liquor-licensed drugstore or FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER licensee to allow tastings to be conducted on his or her licensed premises if authorization for the tastings has been granted pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_24798" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-301</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="25141" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="25141" data-sentence-id="25141" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> Except as provided in <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_25141"><span class="ldml-cite">subsections <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(V)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span>, to have on the licensed premises, if licensed as a retail liquor store, liquor licensed drugstore, fermented malt beverage retailer, OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER, any container that shows evidence of having once been opened or that contains a volume of liquor less than that specified on the label of the container;<span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_25571" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="935" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span> A person holding a fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer's license under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_25141" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1_a"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-4-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> may have upon the licensed premises fermented malt beverages AND WINE in open containers when the open containers were brought onto the licensed premises by and remain solely in the possession of the sales personnel of a person licensed to sell at wholesale pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_25141"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_25141"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span> for the purpose of sampling fermented malt beverages AND WINE by the fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer licensee only.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="26109" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="26109" data-sentence-id="26109" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span> It is not unlawful for a retail liquor store, liquor-licensed drugstore or FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER licensee to allow tastings to be conducted on the licensed premises if authorized for the tastings has been granted pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_26109" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-301</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="26382" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="26382" data-sentence-id="26382" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(V)</span> A person holding a retail liquor store or liquor-licensed drugstore license under this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_26382"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3</span></a></span> or a fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer's license under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_26382" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1_a"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-4-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> may have upon the licensed premises an open container of an alcohol beverage product that the licensee discovers to be damaged or defective so long as the licensee marks the product as damaged or for return and stores the open container outside the sales area of the licensed premises until the licensee is able to return the product to the wholesaler from whom the product was purchased.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="26964" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="26964" data-sentence-id="26964" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(p)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span> If licensed as a retail liquor store under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_26964" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/409"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-409</span></a></span>, a liquor-licensed drugstore under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_26964" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/410"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-410</span></a></span>, or a fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_26964" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1_a"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-4-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span>, to permit an employee OR ANY OTHER PERSON who is under twenty-one years of age to deliver malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors or fermented malt beverages offered for sale on, or sold and removed from, the licensed premises of the retail liquor store, liquor-licensed drugstore, or fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="27490" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="27490" data-sentence-id="27490" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(8)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> Notwithstanding <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_27490"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(8)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span>, it shall not be unlawful for a retail liquor store, liquor-licensed drugstore or FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER licensee to allow tasting to be conducted on his or her licensed premises if authorization for the tastings has been granted pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_27490" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-301</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="27825" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="27825" data-sentence-id="27825" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 6</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="27825" data-sentence-id="27836" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_27836" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/amend 44/4/101"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> 44-4-101</span></a></span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="27892" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="27892" data-sentence-id="27892" class="ldml-sentence">44-4-101.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="27892" data-sentence-id="27902" class="ldml-sentence">Short title.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="27914" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="27914" data-sentence-id="27914" class="ldml-sentence">The short title of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_27914"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span> is SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS the <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"Colorado <s class="ldml-strikethrough">B</s>Beer AND WINE <s class="ldml-strikethrough">C</s>Code"</span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="28022" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="28022" data-sentence-id="28022" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 7</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="28022" data-sentence-id="28033" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_28033" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/amend 44/4/102"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> 44-4-102</span></a></span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="28089" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="28089" data-sentence-id="28089" class="ldml-sentence">44-4-102.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="28089" data-sentence-id="28099" class="ldml-sentence">Legislative declaration.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="28123" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="28123" data-sentence-id="28123" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> The general assembly hereby declares that it is in the public interest that fermented malt beverages AND <span class="ldml-entity">WINE FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE PREMISES OF THE LICENSEE</span>, FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES OF THE LICENSEE, AND FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES FOR CONSUMPTION BOTH ON AND <span class="ldml-entity">OFF THE PREMISES OF THE LICENSEE</span> shall be sold at retail only by persons licensed as provided in this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_28123"><span class="ldml-cite"><s class="ldml-strikethrough">article 4</s> TITLE 44</span></a></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="28123" data-sentence-id="28540" class="ldml-sentence">The general assembly further declares that it is lawful to sell fermented malt beverages AND WINE at retail subject to this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_28540"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span> and applicable provisions of <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_28540"><span class="ldml-cite">articles 3 and 5</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_28540"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="28737" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="28737" data-sentence-id="28737" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span> The general assembly further recognizes that fermented malt beverages and malt liquors are separate and distinct from, and have a unique regulatory history in relation to, vinous and spirituous liquors; however, <s class="ldml-strikethrough">fermented malt beverages and malt liquor are separate and distinct from, and have a unique regulatory history in relation to,</s>------------------------maintaining a separate regulatory framework and licensing structure for fermented malt beverages AND FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE under this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_28737"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span> is no longer necessary except at the retail level.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="28737" data-sentence-id="29309" class="ldml-sentence">Furthermore, to aid administrative efficiency, <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_29309"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_29309"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span> applies to the regulation of fermented malt beverages AND FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND <span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_29470" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="936" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span> WINE, except when otherwise expressly provided for in this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_29309"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="29540" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="29540" data-sentence-id="29540" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 8</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="29540" data-sentence-id="29551" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_29551" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/103_amend_2_and_3"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-4-103, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span> and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span></span></a></span>, and <b class="ldml-bold">add</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(7)</span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="29633" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="29633" data-sentence-id="29633" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold">44-4-103. Definitions.</b></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="29655" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="29655" data-sentence-id="29655" class="ldml-sentence">Definitions applicable to this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_29655"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span> also appear in <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_29655"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_29655"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="29655" data-sentence-id="29739" class="ldml-sentence">As used in this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_29739"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span>, unless the context otherwise requires:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="29804" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="29804" data-sentence-id="29804" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span> <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"License"</span> means a grant to a licensee to sell fermented malt beverages OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE at retail as provided by this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_29804"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="29956" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="29956" data-sentence-id="29956" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span> <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"Licensed premises"</span> means the premises specified in an application for a license under this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_29956"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span> that are owned or in possession of the licensee and within which the licensee is authorized to sell, dispense, or serve fermented malt beverages OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE in accordance with the provisions of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_29956"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="30296" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="30296" data-sentence-id="30296" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(7)</span> <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"WINE"</span> MEANS VINOUS LIQUORS AS DEFINED IN <span class="ldml-entity">SECTION</span> 44-3-103<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(59)</span>, WHEN PURCHASED BY A FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER FROM A WHOLESALER LICENSED PURSUANT TO <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_30296"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 3</span></a></span> OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_30296"><span class="ldml-cite">TITLE 44</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="30492" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="30492" data-sentence-id="30492" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 9</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="30492" data-sentence-id="30503" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_30503" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/104_amend_1_1_c_I_A_and_1_c_I_B"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-4-104, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span></span></a></span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="30597" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="30597" data-sentence-id="30597" class="ldml-sentence">44-4-104.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="30597" data-sentence-id="30607" class="ldml-sentence">Licenses – state license fees – requirements – definition.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="30665" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="30665" data-sentence-id="30665" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> The licenses to be granted and issued by <span class="ldml-entity">the state</span> licensing authority pursuant to this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_30665"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span> for the retail sale of fermented malt beverages OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE are as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="30867" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="30867" data-sentence-id="30867" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span> A retailer's license shall be granted and issued to any person, partnership, association, organization, or corporation qualifying under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_30867" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-301</span></a></span> and not prohibited from licensure under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_30867" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/307"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-307</span></a></span> to sell at retail fermented malt beverages AND WINE either for consumption off the licensed premises, OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES for consumption on the licensed premises or, subject to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_30867"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span>, FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES for consumption on and off the licensed premises, upon paying an annual license fee of seventy-five dollars to <span class="ldml-entity">the state</span> licensing authority.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="31482" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="31482" data-sentence-id="31482" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span> A person licensed pursuant to this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_31482"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span></span></a></span> to sell fermented malt beverages OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE at retail shall purchase the fermented malt beverages OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE only from a wholesaler licensed pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_31482"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_31482"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="31780" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="31780" data-sentence-id="31780" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 10</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="31780" data-sentence-id="31792" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_31792" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/105_amend_1_a_I_A"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-4-105, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span></span></a></span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="31862" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="31862" data-sentence-id="31862" class="ldml-sentence">44-4-105.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="31862" data-sentence-id="31872" class="ldml-sentence">Fees and taxes – allocation.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="31900" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="31900" data-sentence-id="31900" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span> Applications for new fermented malt beverage AND NEW FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER licenses pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_31900" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-301</span></a></span> and rules thereunder;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="32067" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="32067" data-sentence-id="32067" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 11</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="32067" data-sentence-id="32079" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_32079" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/106_amend_1_1_a_and_1_b"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-4-106, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span></span></a></span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="32160" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="32160" data-sentence-id="32160" class="ldml-sentence">44-4-106.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="32160" data-sentence-id="32170" class="ldml-sentence">Lawful acts.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="32182" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="32182" data-sentence-id="32182" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> It is lawful for a person under eighteen years of age who is under the supervision of a person on the premises eighteen years of age or older to be employed in a place of business where fermented malt beverages OR WINE are sold at retail in containers for off-premises consumption.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="32182" data-sentence-id="32468" class="ldml-sentence">During the normal course of such employment, any person under twenty-one years of age may handle and otherwise act with respect to fermented malt beverages OR WINE in the same manner as that person does with other items sold at retail; except that:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="32716" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="32716" data-sentence-id="32716" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span> A person under eighteen years of age shall not sell or dispense fermented malt beverages OR WINE, check age identification, or make deliveries beyond the customary parking area for the customers of the retail outlet; and</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="32940" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="32940" data-sentence-id="32940" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> A person who is under twenty-one years of age shall not deliver fermented malt <span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_33023" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="937" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span> beverages OR WINE in sealed containers to customers.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="33076" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="33076" data-sentence-id="33076" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 12</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="33076" data-sentence-id="33088" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_33088" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_amend_1_1_a_1_b_1_c_I_4_4_a_I_4_a_II_4_b_5_and_6"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-4-107, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(4)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(4)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(4)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(4)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(5)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span></span></a></span>, and <b class="ldml-bold">add</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a.5)</span> and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(7)</span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="33252" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="33252" data-sentence-id="33252" class="ldml-sentence">44-4-107.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="33252" data-sentence-id="33262" class="ldml-sentence">Local licensing authority – application – fees – definition – rules.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="33330" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="33330" data-sentence-id="33330" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> The local licensing authority shall issue only the following classes of fermented malt <s class="ldml-strikethrough">beverage</s> licenses:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="33439" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="33439" data-sentence-id="33439" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span> Sales OF FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE for consumption off the premises of the licensee;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="33535" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="33535" data-sentence-id="33535" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a.5)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="33535" data-sentence-id="33541" class="ldml-sentence">LICENSES ISSUED BY THE LOCAL AND <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITIES UNDER THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_33541"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span></span> IN EFFECT ON <span class="ldml-entity">MARCH 1, 2023</span>, SHALL IMMEDIATELY CONVERT FROM A <span class="ldml-entity">FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE PREMISES TO A FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE RETAILER</span>, ON <span class="ldml-entity">MARCH 1, 2023</span>, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ACT BY THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE OR LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITY OR THE LICENSEE</span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="33914" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="33914" data-sentence-id="33914" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> Sales OF FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES for consumption on the premises of the licensee;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="34000" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="34000" data-sentence-id="34000" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> Subject to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_34000"><span class="ldml-cite">subsections <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span> and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span>, sales OF FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES for consumption both on and off the premises of the licensee.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="34170" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="34170" data-sentence-id="34170" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(4)</span> On or after ------------------------<span class="ldml-entity">MARCH 1, 2023</span>, a fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_34170"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span>:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="34318" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="34318" data-sentence-id="34318" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> Shall not sell fermented malt beverages OR WINE to consumers at a price that is below the retailer's cost, as listed on the invoice, to purchase the fermented malt beverages OR WINE, unless the sale is of discontinued or close-out fermented malt beverages OR WINE.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="34590" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="34590" data-sentence-id="34590" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="34590" data-sentence-id="34595" class="ldml-sentence">This <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_34595"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(4)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> does not prohibit a fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer from operating a bona fide loyalty or rewards program for fermented malt beverages OR WINE so long as the price for the product is not below the retailer's costs as listed on the invoice.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="34590" data-sentence-id="34868" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">The state</span> licensing authority may adopt rules to implement this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_34868"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(4)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="34950" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="34950" data-sentence-id="34950" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> Shall not allow consumers to purchase fermented malt beverages OR WINE at a self-checkout or other mechanism that allows the consumer to complete the fermented malt beverages OR WINE purchase without assistance from and completion of the entire transaction by an employee of the fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="35275" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="35275" data-sentence-id="35275" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(5)</span> A person licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_35275"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span> that holds multiple fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer's licenses for multiple licensed premises may operate under a single or consolidated corporate entity but shall not commingle purchases of or credit extensions for purchases of alcohol beverage product from a wholesaler licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_35275"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_35275"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span> for more than one licensed premises.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="35275" data-sentence-id="35698" class="ldml-sentence">A wholesaler licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_35698"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_35698"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span> shall not base the price for the alcohol beverage product it sells to a fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_35698"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span> on the total volume of alcohol beverage product that the retailer purchases for multiple licensed premises.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="36023" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="36023" data-sentence-id="36023" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span> ----A person licensed under--------------------------------------------------------<span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_36023"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span></span></a></span> and rules promulgated under this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_36023" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1__6"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span> SECTION 44-4-107<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span></span></a></span> may deliver fermented malt beverages OR WINE PURSUANT TO <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_36023"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 911.5 OF ARTICLE 3</span></a></span> OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_36023"><span class="ldml-cite">TITLE 44</span></a></span>. in sealed containers to a person of legal age if:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="36345" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="36345" data-sentence-id="36345" class="ldml-sentence"><s class="ldml-strikethrough"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> The person receiving the delivery of fermented malt beverages is located at a place </s>----------------------------</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="36461" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="36461" data-sentence-id="36461" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="36461" data-sentence-id="36466" class="ldml-sentence">The delivery is made by an employee of the fermented malt beverage retailer who is at least twenty-one years of age and who is using a vehicle owned or leased by the licensee to make the delivery;<s class="ldml-strikethrough"><span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_36662" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="938" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span> The person making the delivery verifies, in accordance with <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_36466"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44</span></a></span> 3</s></span></p><s class="ldml-strikethrough"> </s><p data-paragraph-id="36742" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="36742" data-sentence-id="36742" class="ldml-sentence">---------------------<s class="ldml-strikethrough">that the person receiving the delivery of fermented malt beverages is at least twenty-one years of age; and</s></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="36870" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="36870" data-sentence-id="36870" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="36870" data-sentence-id="36875" class="ldml-sentence">The fermented malt beverage retailer derives no more than fifty percent of its gross annual revenues from total sales of fermented malt beverages from the sale of fermented malt beverages that the fermented malt beverage retailer delivers.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="36870" data-sentence-id="37115" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> <span class="ldml-entity">The state</span> licensing authority shall promulgate rules as necessary for the proper delivery of fermented malt beverages pursuant to this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_37115"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span></span></a></span> and may issue a permit to any person who is licensed pursuant to and delivers fermented malt beverages under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_37115"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="36870" data-sentence-id="37413" class="ldml-sentence">A permit issued under this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_37413"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span></span></a></span> is subject to the same suspension and----------------------------------------<s class="ldml-strikethrough">44-3-601 for other licenses granted pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_37413"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_37413"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span></s></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="37606" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="37606" data-sentence-id="37606" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(7)</span> A FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER MAY ALLOW TASTINGS OF FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES OR WINE TO BE CONDUCTED ON THE LICENSED PREMISES IF THE LICENSEE HAS RECEIVED AUTHORIZATION TO CONDUCT TASTINGS PURSUANT TO <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_37606" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 44-3-301</span></a></span>.</span></p><div class="ldml-embeddeddocument"><p data-paragraph-id="37842" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="37842" data-sentence-id="37842" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_37842"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 13</span></a></span>:</b> In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_37842"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 44, Article 3</span></a></span>, <b class="ldml-bold">add</b> 911.5 as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="37926" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="37926" data-sentence-id="37926" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">911.5 THIRD-PARTY DELIVERY</span></a></span> OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES</b></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="37973" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="37973" data-sentence-id="37973" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_37973"><span class="ldml-cite">OR RULE</span></a></span> TO THE CONTRARY, A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMITTEE, OR AN EMPLOYEE OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OF A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMITTEE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_37973"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 3</span></a></span> OR <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_37973"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 4</span></a></span> OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_37973"><span class="ldml-cite">TITLE 44</span></a></span>, MAY TRANSPORT AND <span class="ldml-entity">DELIVER ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FROM AN OFF</span>-PREMISES RETAILER LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_37973"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 3</span></a></span> OR <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_37973"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 4</span></a></span> OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_37973"><span class="ldml-cite">TITLE 44</span></a></span>, OR <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">FROM A LICENSEE LICENSED FOR ON PREMISES CONSUMPTION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE 3, TO A PERSON IN THE STATE WHO IS AT LEAST</span> <span class="ldml-cite">21 YEARS</span></a></span> OF AGE.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="37973" data-sentence-id="38495" class="ldml-sentence">THE HOLDER OF A LICENSE LISTED IN THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_38495"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span></span></a></span> SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO APPLY FOR AND TO HOLD A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMIT AS A PRIVILEGE SEPARATE FROM ITS EXISTING LICENSE.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="38670" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="38670" data-sentence-id="38670" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span> <span class="ldml-entity">ANY INDIVIDUAL, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, CORPORATION</span>, <span class="ldml-entity">OR PARTNERSHIP</span> THAT IS REGISTERED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE, REGARDLESS OF THE RESIDENCY OR DOMICILE OF THE INDIVIDUAL, ENTITY, OR <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">OWNERS OF THE ENTITY, MAY APPLY FOR AND BE ISSUED A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMIT THAT AUTHORIZES THE PERMITTEE TO DELIVER ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FROM A LICENSEE PERMITTED FOR DELIVERY BY SECTION 44-3-911.5<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span>, TO A PERSON IN THE STATE WHO IS AT LEAST</span> <span class="ldml-cite">21 YEARS</span></a></span> OF AGE.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="39121" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="39121" data-sentence-id="39121" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span> IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMIT, AN APPLICANT SHALL:</span></p><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_39191" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="39191" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span> PROVIDE TO THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY A SAMPLE CONTRACT THAT THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO ENTER INTO WITH A LICENSEE</span> LISTED IN <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_39191"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span></span></a> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span></span> FOR THE DELIVERY OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES.</span> <span data-sentence-id="39391" class="ldml-sentence">COMPLIANCE WITH THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_39391"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED IN THE EVENT A LICENSEE LISTED IN <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_39391"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span></span></a> OF THIS <a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_39391"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 911.5</span></a></span>, OR AN ENTITY UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP WITH SUCH LICENSEE, IS THE APPLICANT FOR THE DELIVERY SERVICE PERMIT.</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_39629" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="39629" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> SUBMIT TO THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY AN OUTLINE OF AN INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR DELIVERY SERVICE PERSONNEL</span> OR CONTRACTORS THAT ADDRESSES TOPICS SUCH AS IDENTIFYING UNDERAGE PERSONS,</span> <span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_39839" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="939" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_39839" class="ldml-blockquote"> <span data-sentence-id="39840" class="ldml-sentence">INTOXICATED PERSONS, AND FAKE OR ALTERED IDENTIFICATION; AND</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_39900" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="39900" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span> PROOF OF A GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY IN AN AMOUNT NO LESS THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS <span class="ldml-parenthetical">($1,000,000)</span> PER OCCURRENCE.</span></blockquote></div><p data-paragraph-id="40024" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="40024" data-sentence-id="40024" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(4)</span> A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMITTEE:</span></p><div class="ldml-embeddeddocument"><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_40057" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="40057" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span> MAY, <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">THROUGH ITS EMPLOYEES OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, DELIVER ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FOR ANY OFF-PREMISES RETAILER PERMITTED FOR DELIVERY BY SUBSECTION</span> <span class="ldml-cite">44-3-911.5<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span>, FOR THE PURPOSE</span></a></span> OF DELIVERING ALCOHOL BEVERAGES.</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_40272" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="40272" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> MAY, THROUGH ITS EMPLOYEES OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, DELIVER ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FOR LICENSEES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_40272" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/911"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION 44-3-911</span></a></span>, WHICH MAY INCLUDE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES BY THE DRINK.</span> <span data-sentence-id="40466" class="ldml-sentence">THE COMPLETION OF THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM REQUIRED BY <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_40466"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span></span></a> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span></span> SHALL SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_40466"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION 44-3-911<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(d)</span></span></a></span></span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_40616" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="40616" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span> MAY USE ITS OWN EMPLOYEES OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS WHO ARE AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE TO DELIVER SUCH ALCOHOL BEVERAGES, PROVIDED ALL DELIVERY AGENTS COMPLETE A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT MEETS THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY</span>.</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_40881" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="40881" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(d)</span> MAY FACILITATE ORDERS BY TELEPHONE, INTERNET, OR BY OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS FOR THE SALE AND DELIVERY OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES UNDER <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span>.</span> <span data-sentence-id="41027" class="ldml-sentence">THE FULL AMOUNT OF EACH ORDER SHALL BE HANDLED IN A MANNER THAT GIVES THE LICENSEE CONTROL OVER THE ULTIMATE RECEIPT OF THE PAYMENT FROM THE CONSUMER.</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_41177" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="41177" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span> MAY DELIVER ALCOHOL BEVERAGES ANY TIME DURING WHICH THE LICENSEE IS LAWFULLY ALLOWED TO SELL ALCOHOL BEVERAGES.</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_41292" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="41292" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(f)</span> SHALL VERIFY, AT THE TIME OF DELIVERY, IN <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION</span> <span class="ldml-cite">44-3-901<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(11)</span>, THAT THE PERSON RECEIVING THE DELIVERY</span></a></span> OF MALT, VINOUS, OR SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS IS AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE.</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_41493" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="41493" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(g)</span> SHALL REFUSE TO DELIVER ALCOHOL BEVERAGES IF THE RECIPIENT IS UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE, APPEARS INTOXICATED, OR FAILS TO PROVIDE PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION.</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_41655" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="41655" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(h)</span> MAY NOT DELIVER TO ANY LOCATION LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_41655"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 3</span></a></span>, OR <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_41655"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 4</span></a></span> OR <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_41655"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 5</span></a></span> OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_41655"><span class="ldml-cite">TITLE 44</span></a></span>.</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_41771" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="41771" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span> SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY OR ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND THE <span class="ldml-entity">COLORADO COURTS</span> CONCERNING ENFORCEMENT OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span> AND ANY RELATED LAWS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_41771"><span class="ldml-cite">OR RULES</span></a></span></span>.</span></blockquote></div><p data-paragraph-id="41985" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="41985" data-sentence-id="41985" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(5)</span> A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMITTEE MAY RENEW ITS PERMIT WITH THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY BY MAINTAINING ALL QUALIFICATIONS AND PAYING ANNUALLY A RENEWAL FEE ESTABLISHED BY <span class="ldml-entity">THE STATE</span> LICENSING AUTHORITY</span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="42187" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="42187" data-sentence-id="42187" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span> <span class="ldml-entity">NOTHING IN <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span> SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE A TECHNOLOGY SERVICES COMPANY</span> TO OBTAIN A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMIT FOR PROVIDING SOFTWARE OR A DIGITAL NETWORK APPLICATION THAT CONNECTS CONSUMERS AND LICENSED RETAILERS FOR THE DELIVERY OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FROM THE LICENSED RETAILER BY</span> <span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_42482" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="940" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="42482" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="42482" data-sentence-id="42483" class="ldml-sentence">EMPLOYEES OR OTHER DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS OF THE LICENSED RETAILER.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="42482" data-sentence-id="42555" class="ldml-sentence">HOWEVER, <span class="ldml-entity">THE ACT</span> OF CONNECTING CONSUMERS TO LICENSED RETAILERS SHALL SERVE TO GRANT JURISDICTION TO THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE OF COLORADO</span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="42677" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="42677" data-sentence-id="42677" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(7)</span> THERE SHALL BE NO LIMIT TO THE PERCENTAGE OF A LICENSEE'S GROSS ANNUAL REVENUES FROM TOTAL SALES OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES THAT THE LICENSEE MAY DERIVE FROM ALCOHOL BEVERAGE DELIVERIES.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="42861" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="42861" data-sentence-id="42861" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(8)</span> THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY</span> MAY ENFORCE THE REQUIREMENTS OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span> BY THE SAME ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS THAT APPLY TO ALCOHOL BEVERAGE LICENSES OR PERMITS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DISCIPLINARY ACTION APPLICABLE TO THE SELLING LICENSEE, OR THE DELIVERY SERVICE PERMITTEE RESULTING FROM ANY UNLAWFUL SALE TO A MINOR.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="43198" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="43198" data-sentence-id="43198" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(9)</span> THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY</span> MAY ENFORCE THE REQUIREMENTS OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span> AGAINST THE SELLING LICENSEE, DELIVERY SERVICE PERMITTEE, AND ANY EMPLOYEE OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OF SUCH, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE STATUS OF ANY DELIVERY SERVICE PERSONNEL AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OR EMPLOYEE.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="43198" data-sentence-id="43490" class="ldml-sentence">IF A LICENSEE IS ALSO A DELIVERY PERMITTEE, A VIOLATION OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_43490"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 3</span></a></span> OR <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_43490" data-refglobal="case:article4or5"><span class="ldml-refname">ARTICLE</span> <span class="ldml-cite">4 OR 5</span></a></span> OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_43490"><span class="ldml-cite">TITLE 44</span></a></span> BY ITS EMPLOYEE OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR DURING DELIVERY WILL SUBJECT BOTH THE RETAILER'S PERMIT AND DELIVERY SERVICE PERMIT TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR THE VIOLATION.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="43198" data-sentence-id="43767" class="ldml-sentence">DELIVERY TO A MINOR SHALL BE TREATED AS FURNISHING TO A MINOR AND SHALL RESULT IN ANY APPLICABLE DISCIPLINARY ACTION.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="43884" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="43884" data-sentence-id="43884" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(10)</span> THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AS NECESSARY FOR THE PROPER DELIVERY OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES AS</span> PERMITTED BY THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_43884"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 911.5</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="44035" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="44035" data-sentence-id="44035" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_44035"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 14</span></a></span>:</b> In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_44035" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/409"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-409</span></a></span>, <b class="ldml-bold">repeal</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span> and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="44125" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="44125" data-sentence-id="44125" class="ldml-sentence">44-3-409.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="44125" data-sentence-id="44135" class="ldml-sentence">Retail liquor store license – rules.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="44171" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="44171" data-sentence-id="44171" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="44171" data-sentence-id="44176" class="ldml-sentence">The delivery is made by an employee--------------------------------------------<s class="ldml-strikethrough">least twenty one years of age and who is using a vehicle owned or leased by the licensee to make the delivery;</s></span></p><div class="ldml-embeddeddocument"><p data-paragraph-id="44365" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="44365" data-sentence-id="44365" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="44365" data-sentence-id="44370" class="ldml-sentence">The retail liquor store derives no more than fifty percent of its gross annual revenues from -------------------------------</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="44494" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="44494" data-sentence-id="44494" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_44494"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 15</span></a></span>:</b> In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_44494" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/410"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-410</span></a></span>, <b class="ldml-bold">repeal</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span> and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span> as follows:</span></p></div><p data-paragraph-id="44584" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="44584" data-sentence-id="44584" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold">Liquor-licensed drugstore license – multiple licenses permitted – requirements – rules.</b></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="44671" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="44671" data-sentence-id="44671" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="44671" data-sentence-id="44676" class="ldml-sentence"><s class="ldml-strikethrough">The delivery is made by an employee of the liquor-licensed drugstore who is at least twenty-one years of age and who is using a vehicle owned or leased by the licensee to make the delivery;</s></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="44865" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="44865" data-sentence-id="44865" class="ldml-sentence">--------------<s class="ldml-strikethrough">licensed drugstore derives no more than fifty percent of its gross annual </s>------------------------------------------------<s class="ldml-strikethrough">licensed drugstore delivers.</s></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="45029" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="45029" data-sentence-id="45029" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_45029"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 16</span></a></span>:</b> In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_45029" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/911"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-911</span></a></span>, <b class="ldml-bold">repeal</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(7)</span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="45123" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="45123" data-sentence-id="45123" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold">Takeout and delivery of alcohol beverages – permit – on-premises consumption licenses – requirements and limitations – rules – definition – repeal.</b></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="45270" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="45270" data-sentence-id="45270" class="ldml-sentence"><s class="ldml-strikethrough"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span> Derive no more than fifty percent of its gross annual revenues from total sales of food and alcohol beverages from the sale of alcohol beverages through takeout orders</s>-------------------------------</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="45472" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="45472" data-sentence-id="45472" class="ldml-sentence">---------------------------------<s class="ldml-strikethrough">apply if the governor has declared a disaster emergency under <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_45472"><span class="ldml-cite">part 7 of article 33.5 of title 24</span></a></span><span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span></span> or</s><s class="ldml-strikethrough"><span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_45605" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="941" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span> This <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_45472"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span></span></a></span> does not apply to a sales room at a promises licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_45472" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/402"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-402</span></a></span> or 44-3-407; and</s></span></p><s class="ldml-strikethrough"> </s><p data-paragraph-id="45728" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="45728" data-sentence-id="45728" class="ldml-sentence"><s class="ldml-strikethrough"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> Be an employee of the licensee who is twenty-one years of age or older;</s></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="45807" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="45807" data-sentence-id="45807" class="ldml-sentence"><s class="ldml-strikethrough"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(7)</span> <span class="ldml-entity">This section</span> is repealed, effective <span class="ldml-entity">July 1, 2025</span>.</s></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="45860" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="45860" data-sentence-id="45860" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_45860"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 17</span></a></span>:</b> In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_45860" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-4-107</span></a></span>, <b class="ldml-bold">repeal</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span> and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="45950" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="45950" data-sentence-id="45950" class="ldml-sentence">44-4-107.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="45950" data-sentence-id="45960" class="ldml-sentence">Local licensing authority – application – fees – definitions – rules.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="46029" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="46029" data-sentence-id="46029" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="46029" data-sentence-id="46034" class="ldml-sentence"><s class="ldml-strikethrough">The delivery is made by an employee of the fermented malt beverage retailor who is at least twenty-one years of age and who is using a vehicle owned or leased by the licensee to make the delivery;</s></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="46230" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="46230" data-sentence-id="46230" class="ldml-sentence">------------<s class="ldml-strikethrough">fermented malt beverage retailor derives no more than fifty percent of its gross annual revenues from total sales of fermented malt beverages from the sale of fermented malt beverages that the fermented malt beverage retailor delivers.</s></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="46477" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="46477" data-sentence-id="46477" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 18</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="46477" data-sentence-id="46489" class="ldml-sentence">Effective date:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="46504" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="46504" data-sentence-id="46504" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">This act</span> takes effect on <span class="ldml-entity">March 1, 2023</span>.</span></p></div><div class="ldml-section"><section class="ldml-heading content__heading content__heading--depth2" data-format="title_case_lacks_specifier_italics" data-id="heading_46543" data-value="2021-2022 #115" data-specifier="" data-parsed="true" id="heading_46543" data-content-heading-label="2021-2022 #115"><span data-paragraph-id="46543" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="46543" data-sentence-id="46543" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity">2021</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2022</span> #115</b></span></span></section><div class="ldml-section"><section class="ldml-heading content__heading content__heading--depth3" data-format="title_case_lacks_specifier_italics" data-id="heading_46557" data-value="Title" data-specifier="" data-parsed="true" data-merge_confidence="medium" id="heading_46557" data-content-heading-label="Title"><span data-paragraph-id="46557" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="46557" data-sentence-id="46557" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold">Title</b></span></span></section><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_46562" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="46562" class="ldml-sentence">A change to the <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_46562"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes</span></a></span> concerning the expansion of retail sale of alcohol beverages, and, in connection therewith, establishing a new fermented malt beverage and wine retailer license for off-site consumption to allow grocery stores, convenience stores, and other business establishments licensed to sell fermented malt beverages, such as beer, for off-site consumption to also sell wine; automatically converting such fermented malt beverage retailer license to the new license; allowing fermented malt beverage and wine retailer licensees to conduct tastings if approved by the local licensing authority; allowing retail establishments, including restaurants and liquor stores, to deliver any alcohol beverages, <span class="ldml-entity">they</span> are licensed to sell, to a person 21 years of age or older through a third-<span class="ldml-entity">party</span> delivery service that has obtained a delivery service permit; and removing the limit on the percentage of gross sales revenues a licensee may derive from alcohol beverage deliveries.</span></blockquote></div></div><div class="ldml-section"><section class="ldml-heading content__heading content__heading--depth2" data-format="title_case_lacks_specifier_italics" data-id="heading_47563" data-value="Filed Text" data-specifier="" data-parsed="true" id="heading_47563" data-content-heading-label="Filed Text"><span data-paragraph-id="47563" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="47563" data-sentence-id="47563" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold">Filed Text</b></span></span></section><p data-paragraph-id="47573" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="47573" data-sentence-id="47573" class="ldml-sentence"><i class="ldml-italics">Be it enacted by <span class="ldml-entity">the People</span> of the <span class="ldml-entity">State of Colorado</span>:</i></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="47626" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="47626" data-sentence-id="47626" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_47626"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 1</span></a></span>:</b> Declaration</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="47648" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="47648" data-sentence-id="47648" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">The People</span> of the <span class="ldml-entity">State of Colorado</span> hereby find and declare that <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_47648"><span class="ldml-cite">Article 4 of Title 44, Colorado Revised Statutes</span></a></span>, known as the <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"Colorado Beer Code"</span>, shall be amended to allow, beginning <span class="ldml-entity">March 1, 2023</span>, the sale of wine in grocery and convenience stores that are licensed to sell beer; and permit home delivery of alcohol sales made by licensed retailers through a third-<span class="ldml-entity">party</span> home delivery service provider.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="48055" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="48055" data-sentence-id="48055" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 2</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="48055" data-sentence-id="48066" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_48066" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/103"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-103</span></a></span>, <b class="ldml-bold">add</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(11.8)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(18.5)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(32.5)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(60.5)</span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="48156" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="48156" data-sentence-id="48156" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold">44-3-103. Definitions.</b></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="48178" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="48178" data-sentence-id="48178" class="ldml-sentence">As used in this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_48178"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3 and article 4</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_48178"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span>, unless the context otherwise requires:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="48274" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="48274" data-sentence-id="48274" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(11.8)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="48274" data-sentence-id="48281" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-quotation quote">"DELIVERY SERVICE PERMITTEE"</span> MEANS ANY INDIVIDUAL, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, CORPORATION, <span class="ldml-entity">OR PARTNERSHIP</span> THAT HOLDS A PERMIT TO DELIVER ALCOHOL UNDER <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_48281" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/911.5"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 44-3-911.5</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="48451" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="48451" data-sentence-id="48451" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(18.5)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="48451" data-sentence-id="48458" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-quotation quote">"FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER"</span> MEANS A RETAILER LICENSED UNDER <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_48458"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 4</span></a></span> OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_48458"><span class="ldml-cite">TITLE 44</span></a></span> TO SELL FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE, BUT NOT SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS, IN <span class="ldml-entity">ORIGINAL SEALED CONTAINERS FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE LICENSED PREMISES</span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="48704" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="48704" data-sentence-id="48704" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(32.5)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="48704" data-sentence-id="48711" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-quotation quote">"OFF-PREMISES RETAILER"</span> MEANS ANY RETAILER LICENSED UNDER THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_48711"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 3</span></a></span> OR <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">ARTICLE 4 OF THIS TITLE</span> <span class="ldml-cite">44 THAT</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-entity">IS ALLOWED TO SELL ALCOHOL BEVERAGES AT RETAIL FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE LICENSED PREMISES</span>.<span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_48908" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="942" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="48908" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="48908" data-sentence-id="48909" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(60.5)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="48908" data-sentence-id="48916" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-quotation quote">"WINE"</span> MEANS VINOUS LIQUORS</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="48943" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="48943" data-sentence-id="48943" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 3</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="48943" data-sentence-id="48954" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_48954" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301_amend_9_a_I_B_10_b_10_c_I_A_10_c_XII_10_d_10_e"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-301, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> 9<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(10)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span>, 10<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span>, 10<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(XII)</span>, 10<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(d)</span>, 10<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span></span></a></span><span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span></span> and <b class="ldml-bold">repeal and reenact, with <span class="ldml-entity">amendments</span>,</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(12)</span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="49117" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="49117" data-sentence-id="49117" class="ldml-sentence">44-3-301.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="49117" data-sentence-id="49127" class="ldml-sentence">Licensing in general.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="49148" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="49148" data-sentence-id="49148" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(9)</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span> <span class="ldml-entity">The state</span> and local licensing authorities shall not grant permission under this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_49148"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(9)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span></span></a></span> to a fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_49148" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1_a"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-4-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> to move its permanent location if the new location is: Within one thousand five hundred feet of a retail liquor store licensed under <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_49148" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/409"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-409</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span></span> for a premises located in a municipality with a population of ten thousand or fewer, within three thousand feet of a retail liquor store licensed under <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_49148" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/409"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-409</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span></span> or, for a premises located in a municipality with a population of ten thousand or fewer that is contiguous to the <span class="ldml-entity">city and county of Denver</span>, within one thousand five hundred feet of a retail liquor store licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_49148" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/409"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-409</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="49908" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="49908" data-sentence-id="49908" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(10)</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> A retail liquor store, or liquor-licensed drugstore, OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER licensee who wishes to conduct tastings may submit an application or application renewal to the local licensing authority.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="49908" data-sentence-id="50138" class="ldml-sentence">The local licensing authority may reject the application if the applicant fails to establish that <span class="ldml-entity">he</span> or <span class="ldml-entity">she</span> is able to conduct tastings without violating the provisions of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span> or creating a public safety risk to the neighborhood.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="49908" data-sentence-id="50377" class="ldml-sentence">A local licensing authority may establish its own application procedure and may charge a reasonable application fee.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="50493" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="50493" data-sentence-id="50493" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span> Tastings are subject to the following limitations:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="50547" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="50547" data-sentence-id="50547" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> Tastings shall be conducted only:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="50584" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="50584" data-sentence-id="50584" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span> By a person who: Has completed a server training program that meets the standards established by the liquor enforcement division in the department and is a retail liquor store, or liquor-licensed drugstore, OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER licensee, an employee of a retail liquor store, or liquor-licensed drugstore, OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER licensee, or a representative, employee, or agent of the licensed wholesaler, brew pub, distillery pub, manufacturer, limited winery, importer, or vintner's restaurant promoting the alcohol beverages for the tasting; and</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="51183" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="51183" data-sentence-id="51183" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(XII)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="51183" data-sentence-id="51189" class="ldml-sentence">No manufacturer of spirituous or vinous liquors shall induce a licensee through free goods or financial or in-kind assistance to favor the manufacturer's products being sampled at a tasting.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="51183" data-sentence-id="51380" class="ldml-sentence">The retail liquor store, or liquor-licensed drugstore, OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER licensee bears the financial and all other responsibility for a tasting conducted on its licensed premises.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="51587" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="51587" data-sentence-id="51587" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(d)</span> A violation of a limitation specified in this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_51587"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(10)</span></span></a></span> by a retail liquor store, or liquor-licensed drugstore, OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER licensee, whether by the licensee's employees, agents, or otherwise or by a representative, employee, or agent of the licensed wholesaler, brew pub, distillery pub, manufacturer, limited winery, importer, or vintner's restaurant that promoted the alcohol beverages for the tasting, is the responsibility of, and <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_51587" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/801"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-801</span></a></span> applies to, the retail liquor store, or liquor-licensed drugstore, OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER licensee that conducted the tasting.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="52231" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="52231" data-sentence-id="52231" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span> A retail liquor store, or liquor-licensed drugstore, OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER licensee conducting a tasting shall be subject to the same revocation, suspension, and enforcement provisions as otherwise apply to the licensee.</span></p><div class="ldml-embeddeddocument"><p data-paragraph-id="52478" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="52478" data-sentence-id="52478" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(12)</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span> NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_52478"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 3</span></a></span>, ON AND AFTER <span class="ldml-entity">JULY 1, 2016</span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">THE STATE AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES SHALL NOT ISSUE A NEW LICENSE UNDER THIS ARTICLE</span> <span class="ldml-cite">3 AUTHORIZING THE SALE</span></a></span> AT RETAIL OF MALT, VINOUS, OR SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS</span> <span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_52732" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="943" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="52732" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="52732" data-sentence-id="52733" class="ldml-sentence">IN <span class="ldml-entity">SEALED CONTAINERS FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE LICENSED PREMISES IF THE PREMISES FOR WHICH THE RETAIL LICENSE IS SOUGHT IS LOCATED</span>:</span></p></div><p data-paragraph-id="52862" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="52862" data-sentence-id="52862" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF ANOTHER LICENSED PREMISES LICENSED TO SELL MALT, VINOUS, OR SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS AT RETAIL FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="53025" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="53025" data-sentence-id="53025" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="53025" data-sentence-id="53030" class="ldml-sentence">FOR A PREMISES LOCATED IN A MUNICIPALITY WITH A POPULATION OF TEN THOUSAND OR FEWER, WITHIN THREE THOUSAND FEET OF ANOTHER LICENSED PREMISES LICENSED TO SELL MALT, VINOUS, OR SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS AT RETAIL FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION; OR</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="53266" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="53266" data-sentence-id="53266" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="53266" data-sentence-id="53272" class="ldml-sentence">FOR A PREMISES LOCATED IN A MUNICIPALITY WITH A POPULATION OF TEN THOUSAND OR FEWER THAT IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE <span class="ldml-entity">CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER</span>, WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF ANOTHER LICENSED PREMISES LICENSED TO SELL MALT, VINOUS, OR SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS AT RETAIL FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="53568" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="53568" data-sentence-id="53568" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a.5)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> NOTWITHSTANDING <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">ANY OTHER PROVISION OF SUBSECTION</span> <span class="ldml-cite">12<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span> OF THIS SECTION, ON AND AFTER MARCH 1, 2023</span></a></span>, THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES SHALL NOT ISSUE A NEW FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER</span>'<span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">S LICENSE UNDER ARTICLE 4</span></a></span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">OF THIS TITLE</span> <span class="ldml-cite">44 AUTHORIZING THE SALE</span></a></span> AT RETAIL OF FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND <span class="ldml-entity">WINE IN SEALED CONTAINERS FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE LICENSED PREMISES IF THE PREMISES FOR WHICH THE RETAIL LICENSE IS SOUGHT IS LOCATED</span> WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF A RETAIL LIQUOR STORE LICENSED UNDER <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_53568" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/409"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 44-3-409</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="54106" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="54106" data-sentence-id="54106" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="54106" data-sentence-id="54111" class="ldml-sentence">THIS <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_54111"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(12)</span></span></a></span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a.5)</span></span> DOES NOT APPLY TO A PERSON THAT OWNS OR LEASES A PROPOSED FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE RETAILER LICENSED PREMISES AND, AS OF <span class="ldml-entity">JANUARY 1, 2019</span>, HAS APPLIED FOR OR RECEIVED FROM THE MUNICIPALITY, CITY AND COUNTY, OR <span class="ldml-entity">COUNTY IN WHICH THE PREMISES ARE LOCATED</span>:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="54386" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="54386" data-sentence-id="54386" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span> A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE STRUCTURE TO BE USED FOR THE FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE RETAILER LICENSED PREMISES, WHICH PERMIT IS CURRENTLY ACTIVE AND WILL NOT EXPIRE BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF THE LIQUOR LICENSING PROCESS; OR</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="54607" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="54607" data-sentence-id="54607" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span> A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE STRUCTURE TO BE USED FOR THE FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE RETAILER LICENSED PREMISES.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="54726" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="54726" data-sentence-id="54726" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> FOR PURPOSES OF <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_54726"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(12)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">OF THIS SECTION, A LICENSE UNDER THIS ARTICLE</span> <span class="ldml-cite">3 AUTHORIZING THE SALE</span></a></span> AT RETAIL OF MALT, VINOUS, OR <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS IN SEALED CONTAINERS FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE LICENSED PREMISES INCLUDES A LICENSE UNDER THIS ARTICLE</span> <span class="ldml-cite">3 AUTHORIZING THE SALE</span></a></span> OF MALT AND VINOUS LIQUORS IN SEALED CONTAINERS NOT TO BE CONSUMED AT THE PLACE WHERE THE MALT AND VINOUS LIQUORS ARE SOLD.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="55130" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="55130" data-sentence-id="55130" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_55130"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTIONS <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(12)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span> AND <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(12)</span></span></a></span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a.5)</span></span> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span> ARE SATISFIED, THE DISTANCE SHALL BE DETERMINED BY A RADIUS MEASUREMENT THAT BEGINS AT THE PRINCIPAL DOORWAY OF THE PREMISES FOR WHICH THE APPLICATION IS MADE AND ENDS AT THE PRINCIPAL DOORWAY OF THE OTHER RETAIL LICENSED PREMISES.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="55493" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="55493" data-sentence-id="55493" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="55493" data-sentence-id="55498" class="ldml-sentence">THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_55498"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(12)</span></span></a></span> DOES NOT APPLY TO THE CONVERSION OF</span> <span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_55555" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="944" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="55555" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="55555" data-sentence-id="55556" class="ldml-sentence">A LICENSE UNDER <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_55556" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1_a_II"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 44-4-107<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="55599" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="55599" data-sentence-id="55599" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="55599" data-sentence-id="55605" class="ldml-sentence">NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_55605"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(12)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">OF THIS SECTION, THE STATE AND LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITIES SHALL NOT ISSUE A NEW RETAIL LIQUOR STORE LICENSE UNDER ARTICLE 3 OF THIS TITLE</span> <span class="ldml-cite">44 AUTHORIZING THE SALE</span></a></span> AT RETAIL OF MALT, VINOUS, <span class="ldml-entity">OR SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS IN SEALED CONTAINERS FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE LICENSED PREMISES IF THE PREMISES FOR WHICH THE RETAIL LICENSE IS SOUGHT IS LOCATED</span> WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF A FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER LICENSED UNDER <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_55605" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 44-4-107</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="56108" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="56108" data-sentence-id="56108" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 4</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="56108" data-sentence-id="56119" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_56119" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/313_amend_1_e_I_1_e_II_1_e_IV_and_1_e_V"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-313, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(V)</span></span></a></span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="56225" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="56225" data-sentence-id="56225" class="ldml-sentence">44-3-313.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="56225" data-sentence-id="56235" class="ldml-sentence">Restrictions for applications for new license.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="56281" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="56281" data-sentence-id="56281" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> An application for the issuance of any license specified in <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_56281" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/309_1"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-309 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span></span></a></span> or 44-4-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> shall not be received or acted upon:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="56418" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="56418" data-sentence-id="56418" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> If the building in which the fermented malt beverages AND WINE are to be sold pursuant to a license under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_56418" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1_a"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-4-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> is located within five hundred feet of any public or parochial school or the principal campus of any college, university, or seminary; except that this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_56418"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span></span></a></span> does not apply to:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="56746" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="56746" data-sentence-id="56746" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span> Licensed premises located or to be located on land owned by a municipality;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="56825" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="56825" data-sentence-id="56825" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span> An existing licensed premises on land owned by <span class="ldml-entity">the state</span>;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="56886" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="56886" data-sentence-id="56886" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(C)</span> A fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer that held a valid license and was actively doing business before the principal campus was constructed;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="57036" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="57036" data-sentence-id="57036" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(D)</span> A club located within the principal campus of any college, university, or seminary that limits its membership to the faculty or staff of the institution; or</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="57196" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="57196" data-sentence-id="57196" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(E)</span> A campus liquor complex.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="57224" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="57224" data-sentence-id="57224" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="57224" data-sentence-id="57229" class="ldml-sentence">The distances referred to in <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_57229"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span> are to be computed by direct measurement from the nearest property line of the land used for school purposes to the nearest portion of the building in which fermented malt beverages AND WINE are to be sold, using a route of direct pedestrian access.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="57544" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="57544" data-sentence-id="57544" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="57544" data-sentence-id="57549" class="ldml-sentence">In addition to the requirements of <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_57549" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/312_2"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-312 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span></span></a></span>, the local licensing authority shall consider the evidence and make a specific finding of fact as to whether the building in which the fermented malt beverages AND WINE are to be sold is located within any distance restriction established by or pursuant to this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_57549"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span></span></a></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="57544" data-sentence-id="57886" class="ldml-sentence">The finding is subject to judicial review pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_57886" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/802"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-802</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="57957" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="57957" data-sentence-id="57957" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(V)</span> This <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_57957"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span></span></a></span> applies to:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="57995" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="57995" data-sentence-id="57995" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span> Applications for new fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer's licenses under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_57995" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1_a"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-4-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> submitted on or after -----------------<span class="ldml-entity">MARCH 1, 2023</span>; and</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="58160" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="58160" data-sentence-id="58160" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span> Applications submitted on or after ----------------<span class="ldml-entity">MARCH 1, 2023</span>, under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_58160" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301_9"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-301 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(9)</span></span></a></span> by fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailers licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_58160" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1_a"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-4-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> to change the permanent location of the fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer's licensed premises.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="58444" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="58444" data-sentence-id="58444" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 5</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="58444" data-sentence-id="58455" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_58455" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/901_amend_1_g_1_i_III_6_i_II_6_k_I_6_k_II_B_6_k_IV_6_k_V_and_6_p_III_and_8_b"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-901, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(g)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(V)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(p)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(8)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span></span></a></span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="58622" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="58622" data-sentence-id="58622" class="ldml-sentence">44-3-901.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="58622" data-sentence-id="58632" class="ldml-sentence">Unlawful acts – exceptions – definitions</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="58672" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="58672" data-sentence-id="58672" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> Except as provided in <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_58672"><span class="ldml-cite">section 18-13-122</span></a></span>, it is unlawful for any person:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="58747" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="58747" data-sentence-id="58747" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(g)</span> To sell at retail any malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors in sealed containers without holding a retail liquor store or liquor-licensed drugstore license, except as permitted by <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_58747" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/107_2"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span></span></a></span> or 44-3-301 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> or any other provision of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_58747"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3</span></a></span>, or to sell at retail any fermented malt beverages in sealed containers without holding a fermented malt beverage retailer's license under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_58747" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/104_1_c"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-4-104 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span></span></a></span> OR TO SELL AT</span> <span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_59187" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="945" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="59187" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="59187" data-sentence-id="59188" class="ldml-sentence">RETAIL ANY FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE IN SEALED CONTAINERS WITHOUT HOLDING A FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER'S LICENSE UNDER <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_59188" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1_a"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 44-4-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="59354" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="59354" data-sentence-id="59354" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span> Notwithstanding <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_59354"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span>, it shall not be unlawful for adult patrons of a retail liquor store or liquor-licensed drugstore licensee to consume malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors on the licensed premises when the consumption is conducted within the limitations of the licensee's license and is part of a tasting if authorization for the tasting has been granted pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_59354" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-301</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="59785" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="59785" data-sentence-id="59785" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span> NOTWITHSTANDING <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_59785"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span></span></a> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span></span>, IT SHALL NOT BE UNLAWFUL FOR ADULT PATRONS OF A FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER LICENSEE TO CONSUME MALT OR VINOUS LIQUORS ON THE LICENSED PREMISES WHEN THE CONSUMPTION IS CONDUCTED WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS OF THE LICENSEE'S LICENSE AND IS PART OF A TASTING IF AUTHORIZATION FOR THE TASTING HAS BEEN GRANTED PURSUANT TO <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_59785" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 44-3-301</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="60196" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="60196" data-sentence-id="60196" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span> It is unlawful for any person licensed to sell at retail pursuant to this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_60196"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3</span></a></span> or <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_60196"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_60196"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span>:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="60314" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="60314" data-sentence-id="60314" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span> Notwithstanding <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_60314"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span>, it shall not be unlawful for a retail liquor store, liquor-licensed drugstore, or FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER licensee to allow tastings to be conducted on his or her licensed premises if authorization for the tastings has been granted pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_60314" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-301</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="60655" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="60655" data-sentence-id="60655" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> Except as provided in <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_60655"><span class="ldml-cite">subsections <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(k)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(V)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span>, to have on the licensed premises, if licensed as a retail liquor store, liquor licensed drugstore, fermented malt beverage retailer, OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER, any container that shows evidence of having once been opened or that contains a volume of liquor less than that specified on the label of the container;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="61082" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="61082" data-sentence-id="61082" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span> A person holding a fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer's license under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_61082" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1_a"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-4-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> may have upon the licensed premises fermented malt beverages AND WINE in open containers when the open containers were brought onto the licensed premises by and remain solely in the possession of the sales personnel of a person licensed to sell at wholesale pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_61082"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_61082"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span> for the purpose of sampling fermented malt beverages AND WINE by the fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer licensee only.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="61613" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="61613" data-sentence-id="61613" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="61613" data-sentence-id="61618" class="ldml-sentence">It is not unlawful for a retail liquor store, liquor-licensed drugstore, or FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER licensee to allow tastings to be conducted on the licensed premises if authorized for the tastings has been granted pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_61618" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-301</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="61881" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="61881" data-sentence-id="61881" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(V)</span> A person holding a retail liquor store or liquor-licensed drugstore license under this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_61881"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3</span></a></span> or a fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer's license under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_61881" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1_a"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-4-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> may have upon the licensed premises an open container of an alcohol beverage product that the licensee discovers to be damaged or defective so long as the licensee marks the product as damaged or for return and stores the open container outside the sales area of the licensed premises until the licensee is able to return the product to the wholesaler from whom the product was purchased.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="62457" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="62457" data-sentence-id="62457" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(p)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span> If licensed as a retail liquor store under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_62457" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/409"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-409</span></a></span>, a liquor-licensed drugstore under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_62457" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/410"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-410</span></a></span>, or a fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_62457" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_1_a"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-4-107 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span>, to permit an employee OR ANY OTHER PERSON who is under twenty-one years of age to deliver malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors or fermented malt beverages offered for sale on, or sold and removed from, the licensed premises of the retail liquor store, liquor-licensed drugstore, or fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer.<span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_62980" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="946" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="62980" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="62980" data-sentence-id="62981" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(8)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> Notwithstanding <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_62981"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(8)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span>, it shall not be unlawful for a retail liquor store, liquor-licensed drugstore, or FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER licensee to allow tasting to be conducted on his or her licensed premises if authorization for the tastings has been granted pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_62981" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-301</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="63317" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="63317" data-sentence-id="63317" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 6</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="63317" data-sentence-id="63328" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_63328" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/amend 44/4/101"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> 44-4-101</span></a></span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="63384" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="63384" data-sentence-id="63384" class="ldml-sentence">44-4-101.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="63384" data-sentence-id="63394" class="ldml-sentence">Short title.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="63406" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="63406" data-sentence-id="63406" class="ldml-sentence">The short title of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_63406"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span> is the <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"Colorado Beer AND WINE Code"</span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="63477" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="63477" data-sentence-id="63477" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 7</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="63477" data-sentence-id="63488" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_63488" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/amend 44/4/102"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> 44-4-102</span></a></span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="63544" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="63544" data-sentence-id="63544" class="ldml-sentence">44-4-102.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="63544" data-sentence-id="63554" class="ldml-sentence">Legislative declaration.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="63578" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="63578" data-sentence-id="63578" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> The general assembly hereby declares that it is in the public interest that fermented malt beverages AND <span class="ldml-entity">WINE FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE PREMISES OF THE LICENSEE</span>, FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES OF THE LICENSEE, AND FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES FOR CONSUMPTION BOTH ON AND <span class="ldml-entity">OFF THE PREMISES OF THE LICENSEE</span> shall be sold at retail only by persons licensed as provided in this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_63578"><span class="ldml-cite"><s class="ldml-strikethrough">article 4</s> TITLE 44</span></a></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="63578" data-sentence-id="63995" class="ldml-sentence">The general assembly further declares that it is lawful to sell fermented malt beverages AND WINE at retail subject to this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_63995"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span> and applicable provisions of <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_63995"><span class="ldml-cite">articles 3 and 5</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_63995"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="64192" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="64192" data-sentence-id="64192" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span> The general assembly further recognizes that fermented malt beverages and malt liquors are separate and distinct from, and have a unique regulatory history in relation to, vinous and spirituous liquors; however, maintaining a separate regulatory framework and licensing structure for fermented malt beverages AND FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE under this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_64192"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span> is no longer necessary except at the retail level.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="64192" data-sentence-id="64615" class="ldml-sentence">Furthermore, to aid administrative efficiency, <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_64615"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_64615"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span> applies to the regulation of fermented malt beverages AND FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE, except when otherwise expressly provided for in this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_64615"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="64845" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="64845" data-sentence-id="64845" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 8</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="64845" data-sentence-id="64856" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_64856" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/103_amend_2_and_3"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-4-103, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span> and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span></span></a></span> <span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span></span> and <b class="ldml-bold">add</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(7)</span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="64939" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="64939" data-sentence-id="64939" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold">44-4-103. Definitions.</b></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="64961" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="64961" data-sentence-id="64961" class="ldml-sentence">Definitions applicable to this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_64961"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span> also appear in <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_64961"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_64961"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="64961" data-sentence-id="65045" class="ldml-sentence">As used in this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_65045"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span>, unless the context otherwise requires:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="65110" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="65110" data-sentence-id="65110" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span> <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"License"</span> means a grant to a licensee to sell fermented malt beverages OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE at retail as provided by this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_65110"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="65262" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="65262" data-sentence-id="65262" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span> <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"Licensed premises"</span> means the premises specified in an application for a license under this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_65262"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span> that are owned or in possession of the licensee and within which the licensee is authorized to sell, dispense, or serve fermented malt beverages OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE in accordance with the provisions of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_65262"><span class="ldml-cite">article 4</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="65602" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="65602" data-sentence-id="65602" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(7)</span> <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"WINE"</span> MEANS VINOUS LIQUORS, AS DEFINED IN <span class="ldml-entity">SECTION</span> 44-3-103<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(59)</span>, WHEN PURCHASED BY A FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER FROM A WHOLESALER LICENSED PURSUANT TO <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_65602"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 3</span></a></span> OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_65602"><span class="ldml-cite">TITLE 44</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="65799" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="65799" data-sentence-id="65799" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 9</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="65799" data-sentence-id="65810" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_65810" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/104"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-4-104</span></a></span>, <b class="ldml-bold">repeal and reenact, with <span class="ldml-entity">amendments</span>,</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="65902" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="65902" data-sentence-id="65902" class="ldml-sentence">44-4-104.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="65902" data-sentence-id="65912" class="ldml-sentence">Licenses – state license fees – requirements – definition.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="65970" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="65970" data-sentence-id="65970" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> THE <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">LICENSES TO BE GRANTED AND ISSUED BY THE STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE</span> <span class="ldml-cite">4 FOR THE RETAIL SALE</span></a></span> OF FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE ARE AS FOLLOWS:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="66172" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="66172" data-sentence-id="66172" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span> AND <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> REPEALED.</span><span data-paragraph-id="66172" data-sentence-id="66193" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span> <span class="ldml-entity">A RETAILER'S LICENSE SHALL BE GRANTED AND ISSUED TO ANY PERSON, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION</span>, ORGANIZATION, OR <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">CORPORATION QUALIFYING UNDER SECTION</span> <span class="ldml-cite">44-3-301 AND NOT PROHIBITED FROM LICENSURE</span></a></span></span> <span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_66390" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="947" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="66390" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="66390" data-sentence-id="66391" class="ldml-sentence">UNDER <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_66391" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/307"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 44-3-307</span></a></span> TO SELL AT RETAIL FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND <span class="ldml-entity">WINE EITHER FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE LICENSED PREMISES</span>, OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE LICENSED PREMISES OR, SUBJECT TO <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_66391"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span></span></a> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span></span>, FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES FOR CONSUMPTION ON AND <span class="ldml-entity">OFF THE LICENSED PREMISES</span>, UPON PAYING AN ANNUAL LICENSE FEE OF SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS TO THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY</span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="66806" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="66806" data-sentence-id="66806" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span> A PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_66806"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span></span></a></span> TO SELL FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE AT RETAIL SHALL PURCHASE THE FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES OR FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE ONLY FROM A WHOLESALER LICENSED PURSUANT TO <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_66806"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 3</span></a></span> OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_66806"><span class="ldml-cite">TITLE 44</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="67095" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="67095" data-sentence-id="67095" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="67095" data-sentence-id="67100" class="ldml-sentence">EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_67100"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span></span></a> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span></span>:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="67171" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="67171" data-sentence-id="67171" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span> THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL NOT ISSUE A NEW OR RENEW A FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE RETAILER</span>'S LICENSE FOR THE SALE OF FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES FOR CONSUMPTION ON AND <span class="ldml-entity">OFF THE LICENSED PREMISES</span>; AND</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="67375" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="67375" data-sentence-id="67375" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span> ANY LICENSEE HOLDING A FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE LICENSE AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES FOR CONSUMPTION ON AND OFF THE LICENSED PREMISES THAT WAS ISSUED BY <span class="ldml-entity">THE STATE</span> LICENSING AUTHORITY UNDER THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_67375"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span></span></a></span> BEFORE <span class="ldml-entity">JUNE 4, 2018</span>, THAT APPLIES TO RENEW THE LICENSE ON OR AFTER <span class="ldml-entity">JUNE 4, 2018</span>, AND WHOSE LICENSED PREMISES IS LOCATED IN A <span class="ldml-entity">COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OF THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND OR MORE AND NOT IN AN UNDERSERVED AREA MUST</span> SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLY TO CONVERT THE LICENSE EITHER TO A LICENSE FOR THE <span class="ldml-entity">SALE OF FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AT RETAIL FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE LICENSED PREMISES OR TO A LICENSE FOR THE SALE OF FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AT</span> RETAIL FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE LICENSED PREMISES.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="68093" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="68093" data-sentence-id="68093" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="68098" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="68098" data-sentence-id="68098" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span> THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY</span> MAY ISSUE A NEW OR RENEW A FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE RETAILER'S LICENSE FOR THE SALE OF FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES FOR CONSUMPTION ON AND <span class="ldml-entity">OFF THE LICENSED PREMISES IF THE LICENSED PREMISES IS LOCATED IN A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND OR IN AN UNDERSERVED AREA</span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="68418" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="68418" data-sentence-id="68418" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span> REPEALED.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="68431" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="68431" data-sentence-id="68431" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="68431" data-sentence-id="68437" class="ldml-sentence">AS USED IN THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_68437"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span></span></a></span>, <span class="ldml-quotation quote">"UNDERSERVED AREA"</span> MEANS AN AREA THAT IS WITHIN A <span class="ldml-entity">COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OF THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND OR MORE BUT LIES OUTSIDE OF MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES OR</span> IS A <span class="ldml-entity">CITY OR TOWN WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED</span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="68700" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="68700" data-sentence-id="68700" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="68700" data-sentence-id="68705" class="ldml-sentence">FOR PURPOSES OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_68705"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(C)</span></span></a></span>, POPULATION IS DETERMINED ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENTLY AVAILABLE POPULATION STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="68868" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="68868" data-sentence-id="68868" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(d)</span> REPEALED.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="68881" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="68881" data-sentence-id="68881" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="68884" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="68884" data-sentence-id="68884" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, BEGINNING ON <span class="ldml-entity">JANUARY 31, 2019</span>, THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL NOT ISSUE OR RENEW ANY LICENSES UNDER <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span> EXCEPT FOR LICENSES</span> AUTHORIZED UNDER <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_68884"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span></span></a> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="69118" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="69118" data-sentence-id="69118" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="69118" data-sentence-id="69123" class="ldml-sentence">LICENSES ISSUED BY THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY UNDER</span></span> <span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_69178" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="948" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="69178" class="ldml-paragraph "> <span data-paragraph-id="69178" data-sentence-id="69179" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_69179"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span></span></a></span>, OR <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(d)</span> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span> IN EFFECT ON <span class="ldml-entity">JANUARY 31, 2019</span>, IMMEDIATELY CONVERT, ON <span class="ldml-entity">JANUARY 31, 2019</span>, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ACT BY THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY OR THE LICENSEE</span>, AS FOLLOWS:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="69390" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="69390" data-sentence-id="69390" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span> A MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE THAT WAS ISSUED UNDER <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_69390"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span></span>, AS IT EXISTED BEFORE <span class="ldml-entity">JANUARY 31, 2019</span>, <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">CONVERTS TO A MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION</span> <span class="ldml-cite">44-3-402 FOR THE MANUFACTURE</span></a></span> OF MALT LIQUORS;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="69625" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="69625" data-sentence-id="69625" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span> A WHOLESALER'S LICENSE THAT WAS ISSUED UNDER <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_69625"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span></span></a> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span></span>, AS IT EXISTED BEFORE <span class="ldml-entity">JANUARY 31, 2019</span>, CONVERTS TO A WHOLESALER'S BEER LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_69625" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/407_1_b"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 44-3-407 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span></span></a></span><span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span></span></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="69831" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="69831" data-sentence-id="69831" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(C)</span> A NONRESIDENT MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE THAT WAS ISSUED UNDER <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_69831"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(d)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span></span></a> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span></span>, AS IT EXISTED BEFORE <span class="ldml-entity">JANUARY 31, 2019</span>, CONVERTS TO A NONRESIDENT MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO <span class="ldml-referencechain"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_69831" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/406_1"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 44-3-406 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span></span></a></span><span class="ldml-referenceseparator">;</span></span> AND</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="70064" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="70064" data-sentence-id="70064" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(D)</span> AN IMPORTER'S LICENSE THAT WAS ISSUED UNDER <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_70064"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(d)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span></a> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span></span>, AS IT EXISTED BEFORE <span class="ldml-entity">JANUARY 31, 2019</span>, CONVERTS TO A MALT LIQUOR IMPORTER'S LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_70064" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/406_2"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 44-3-406 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span></span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="70275" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="70275" data-sentence-id="70275" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="70275" data-sentence-id="70281" class="ldml-sentence">THE CONVERSION OF A LICENSE ISSUED UNDER <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_70281"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span></span></a></span>, OR <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(d)</span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">OF THIS SECTION TO A LICENSE ISSUED UNDER ARTICLE 3 OF THIS TITLE</span> <span class="ldml-cite">44 PURSUANT</span></a></span> TO <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_70281"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span></a></span> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">OF THIS SECTION IS A CONTINUATION OF THE PRIOR LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE</span> <span class="ldml-cite">4 AND DOES NOT AFFECT</span></a></span>:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="70571" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="70571" data-sentence-id="70571" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span> ANY PRIOR DISCIPLINE, LIMITATION, OR CONDITION IMPOSED BY THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY ON A LICENSEE</span>;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="70677" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="70677" data-sentence-id="70677" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(B)</span> THE DEADLINE FOR RENEWAL OF A LICENSE; OR</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="70722" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="70722" data-sentence-id="70722" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(C)</span> ANY PENDING OR FUTURE INVESTIGATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="70791" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="70791" data-sentence-id="70791" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 10</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="70791" data-sentence-id="70803" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_70803" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/105_amend_1_a_I_A"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-4-105, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span></span></a></span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="70873" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="70873" data-sentence-id="70873" class="ldml-sentence">44-4-105.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="70873" data-sentence-id="70883" class="ldml-sentence">Fees and taxes – allocation.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="70911" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="70911" data-sentence-id="70911" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(A)</span> Applications for new fermented malt beverage AND NEW FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER licenses pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_70911" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-301</span></a></span> and rules thereunder;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="71078" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="71078" data-sentence-id="71078" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 11</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="71078" data-sentence-id="71090" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_71090" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/106_amend_1"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-4-106, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span></span></a></span> introductory portion, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="71192" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="71192" data-sentence-id="71192" class="ldml-sentence">44-4-106.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="71192" data-sentence-id="71202" class="ldml-sentence">Lawful acts.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="71214" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="71214" data-sentence-id="71214" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> It is lawful for a person under eighteen years of age who is under the supervision of a person on the premises eighteen years of age or older to be employed in a place of business where fermented malt beverages OR WINE are sold at retail in containers for off-premises consumption.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="71214" data-sentence-id="71500" class="ldml-sentence">During the normal course of such employment, any person under twenty-one years of age may handle and otherwise act with respect to fermented malt beverages OR WINE in the same manner as that person does with other items sold at retail; except that:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="71748" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="71748" data-sentence-id="71748" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span> A person under eighteen years of age shall not sell or dispense fermented malt beverages OR WINE, check age identification, or make deliveries beyond the customary parking area for the customers of the retail outlet; and</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="71972" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="71972" data-sentence-id="71972" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> A person who is under twenty-one years of age shall not deliver fermented malt beverages OR WINE in sealed containers to customers <s class="ldml-strikethrough">under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_71972"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-4</span></a></span>-</s>------------------.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="72145" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="72145" data-sentence-id="72145" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 12</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="72145" data-sentence-id="72157" class="ldml-sentence">In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_72157" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/4/107_amend_1"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-4-107, <b class="ldml-bold">amend</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span></span></a></span> introductory portion, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(4)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(5)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span>; and add <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(7)</span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="72323" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="72323" data-sentence-id="72323" class="ldml-sentence">44-4-107.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="72323" data-sentence-id="72333" class="ldml-sentence">Local licensing authority – application – fees – definition – rules.</span></b><span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_72401" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="949" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span></p><div class="ldml-embeddeddocument"><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_72401" class="ldml-blockquote"> <span data-sentence-id="72402" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> The local licensing authority shall issue only the following classes of <s class="ldml-strikethrough">fermented malt beverage</s> licenses:</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_72511" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="72511" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span></span></blockquote></div><p data-paragraph-id="72514" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="72514" data-sentence-id="72514" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> Sales OF FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE for consumption off the premises of the licensee;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="72613" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="72613" data-sentence-id="72613" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="72613" data-sentence-id="72618" class="ldml-sentence">A LICENSE ISSUED BY THE LOCAL AND <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITIES UNDER THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_72618"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span></span> IN EFFECT ON <span class="ldml-entity">MARCH 1, 2023</span>, SHALL IMMEDIATELY CONVERT FROM A <span class="ldml-entity">LICENSE TO SELL FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE PREMISES TO A FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES AND WINE RETAILER LICENSE</span>, ON <span class="ldml-entity">MARCH 1, 2023</span>, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ACTION BY THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE OR LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITY OR THE LICENSEE</span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="73019" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="73019" data-sentence-id="73019" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> Sales OF FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES for consumption on the premises of the licensee;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="73105" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="73105" data-sentence-id="73105" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> Subject to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_73105"><span class="ldml-cite">subsections <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span> and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span>, sales OF FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES for consumption both on and off the premises of the licensee.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="73274" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="73274" data-sentence-id="73274" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(4)</span> On or after ------------------------<span class="ldml-entity">MARCH 1, 2023</span>, a fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_73274"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span>:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="73422" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="73422" data-sentence-id="73422" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> Shall not sell fermented malt beverages OR WINE to consumers at a price that is below the retailer's cost, as listed on the invoice, to purchase the fermented malt beverages OR WINE, unless the sale is of discontinued or close-out fermented malt beverages OR WINE.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="73693" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="73693" data-sentence-id="73693" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="73693" data-sentence-id="73698" class="ldml-sentence">This <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_73698"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(4)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> does not prohibit a fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer from operating a bona fide loyalty or rewards program for fermented malt beverages OR WINE so long as the price for the product is not below the retailer's costs as listed on the invoice.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="73693" data-sentence-id="73971" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">The state</span> licensing authority may adopt rules to implement this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_73971"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(4)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="74053" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="74053" data-sentence-id="74053" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> Shall not allow consumers to purchase fermented malt beverages OR WINE at a self-checkout or other mechanism that allows the consumer to complete the fermented malt beverages OR WINE purchase without assistance from and completion of the entire transaction by an employee of the fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="74378" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="74378" data-sentence-id="74378" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(5)</span> A person licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_74378"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span> that holds multiple fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer's licenses for multiple licensed premises may operate under a single or consolidated corporate entity but shall not commingle purchases of or credit extensions for purchases of alcohol beverage product from a wholesaler licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_74378"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_74378"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span> for more than one licensed premises.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="74378" data-sentence-id="74801" class="ldml-sentence">A wholesaler licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_74801"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_74801"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span> shall not base the price for the alcohol beverage product it sells to a fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_74801"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span> on the total volume of alcohol beverage product that the retailer purchases for multiple licensed premises.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="75126" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="75126" data-sentence-id="75126" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span> A person licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_75126"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span> who complies with this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_75126"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span></span></a></span> and rules promulgated under this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_75126"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span></span></a></span> may deliver fermented malt beverages AND WINE in sealed containers to a person of legal age if:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="75373" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="75373" data-sentence-id="75373" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> The person receiving the delivery of fermented malt beverages OR WINE is located at a place that is not licensed pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span>;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="75515" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="75515" data-sentence-id="75515" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="75515" data-sentence-id="75520" class="ldml-sentence">The delivery is made by an employee of the fermented malt beverage AND WINE retailer who is at least twenty-one years of age and who is using a vehicle owned or leased by the licensee to make the delivery;</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="75725" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="75725" data-sentence-id="75725" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(III)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="75725" data-sentence-id="75731" class="ldml-sentence">The person making the delivery verifies, in accordance with <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_75731" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/901_11"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-901 <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(11)</span></span></a></span>, that the person receiving the delivery of fermented malt beverages OR WINE is at least twenty-one years of age; <s class="ldml-strikethrough">and</s></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="75929" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="75929" data-sentence-id="75929" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="75929" data-sentence-id="75934" class="ldml-sentence"><s class="ldml-strikethrough">The fermented malt beverage retailer derives no more than fifty percent of its </s><s class="ldml-strikethrough"><span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_76013" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="950" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span> gross annual revenues from total sales of fermented malt beverages from the sale of fermented malt beverages that the fermented malt beverage retailer delivers.</s></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="76174" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="76174" data-sentence-id="76174" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> <span class="ldml-entity">The state</span> licensing authority shall promulgate rules as necessary for the proper delivery of fermented malt beverages pursuant to this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_76174"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span></span></a></span> and may issue a permit to any person who is licensed pursuant to and delivers fermented malt beverages under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_76174"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="76174" data-sentence-id="76472" class="ldml-sentence">A permit issued under this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_76472"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span></span></a></span> is subject to the same suspension and revocation provisions as are set forth in <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_76472" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/601"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-601</span></a></span> for other licenses granted pursuant to <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_76472"><span class="ldml-cite">article 3</span></a></span> of this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_76472"><span class="ldml-cite">title 44</span></a></span></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="76676" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="76676" data-sentence-id="76676" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span> A PERSON LICENSED UNDER <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_76676"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span></span> MAY ALSO DELIVER THROUGH A THIRD-<span class="ldml-entity">PARTY</span> DELIVERY AGENT OR A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMITTEE IN COMPLIANCE WITH <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_76676" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/911.5"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 44-3-911.5</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="76862" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="76862" data-sentence-id="76862" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(7)</span> A FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE AND WINE RETAILER MAY ALLOW TASTINGS OF FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGES OR WINE TO BE CONDUCTED ON THE LICENSED PREMISES IF THE LICENSEE HAS RECEIVED AUTHORIZATION TO CONDUCT TASTINGS PURSUANT TO <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_76862" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/301"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 44-3-301</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="77098" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="77098" data-sentence-id="77098" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_77098"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 13</span></a></span>:</b> In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_77098"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes</span></a></span>, <b class="ldml-bold">add</b> 44-3-911.5 as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="77166" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="77166" data-sentence-id="77166" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold">44-3-911.5 Third-<span class="ldml-entity">party</span> delivery of alcohol beverages.</b></span></p><div class="ldml-embeddeddocument"><p data-paragraph-id="77219" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="77219" data-sentence-id="77219" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span> NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_77219"><span class="ldml-cite">OR RULE</span></a></span> TO THE CONTRARY, A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMITTEE, OR AN EMPLOYEE OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OF A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMITTEE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_77219"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 3</span></a></span> OR <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_77219"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 4</span></a></span> OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_77219"><span class="ldml-cite">TITLE 44</span></a></span>, MAY TRANSPORT AND <span class="ldml-entity">DELIVER ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FROM AN OFF</span>-PREMISES RETAILER LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_77219"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 3</span></a></span> OR <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_77219"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 4</span></a></span> OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_77219"><span class="ldml-cite">TITLE 44</span></a></span>, OR FROM A RETAILER LICENSEE LICENSED FOR ON PREMISES CONSUMPTION PURSUANT TO THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_77219"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 3</span></a></span>, TO A PERSON IN THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE WHO IS AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE</span>.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="77219" data-sentence-id="77758" class="ldml-sentence">THE HOLDER OF A LICENSE LISTED IN THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_77758"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span></span></a></span> MUST APPLY FOR AND TO HOLD A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMIT AS A PRIVILEGE SEPARATE FROM ITS EXISTING LICENSE IN ORDER TO USE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS FOR DELIVERY.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="77219" data-sentence-id="77969" class="ldml-sentence">AN OFF-PREMISES RETAILER LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_77969"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 3</span></a></span> OR <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_77969"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 4</span></a></span> OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_77969"><span class="ldml-cite">TITLE 44</span></a></span> IS NOT REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMIT IF THE DELIVERY IS MADE BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE LICENSEE WHO IS AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE AND WHO IS USING A VEHICLE OWNED OR LEASED BY THE LICENSEE TO MAKE THE DELIVERY.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="77219" data-sentence-id="78288" class="ldml-sentence">A RETAILER LICENSEE LICENSED FOR ON PREMISES CONSUMPTION PURSUANT TO THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_78288"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 3</span></a></span> IS NOT REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMIT IF THE DELIVERY IS MADE BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE LICENSEE WHO IS AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_78288" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/911"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 44-3-911</span></a></span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="78573" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="78573" data-sentence-id="78573" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span> <span class="ldml-entity">ANY INDIVIDUAL, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, CORPORATION</span>, <span class="ldml-entity">OR PARTNERSHIP</span> THAT IS REGISTERED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE, REGARDLESS OF THE RESIDENCY OR DOMICILE OF THE INDIVIDUAL, ENTITY, OR OWNERS OF THE ENTITY, MAY APPLY TO THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY FOR AND BE ISSUED A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMIT THAT AUTHORIZES THE PERMITTEE TO</span> DELIVER ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FROM A LICENSEE PERMITTED FOR DELIVERY BY <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_78573"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span></span></a></span> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span>, TO A PERSON IN THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE WHO IS AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE</span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="79071" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="79071" data-sentence-id="79071" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span> IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMIT, AN APPLICANT SHALL:<span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_79141" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="951" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span></span></p><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_79141" class="ldml-blockquote"> <span data-sentence-id="79142" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span> PROVIDE TO THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY A SAMPLE CONTRACT THAT THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO ENTER INTO WITH A LICENSEE</span> LISTED IN <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_79142"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span></span></a> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span></span> FOR THE DELIVERY OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES.</span> <span data-sentence-id="79342" class="ldml-sentence">COMPLIANCE WITH THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_79342"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span></span></a></span> SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED IN THE EVENT A LICENSEE LISTED IN <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_79342"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span></span></a> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span></span>, OR AN ENTITY UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP WITH SUCH LICENSEE, IS THE APPLICANT FOR THE DELIVERY SERVICE PERMIT.</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_79574" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="79574" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> SUBMIT TO THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY AN OUTLINE OF AN INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR DELIVERY SERVICE PERSONNEL</span> OR CONTRACTORS THAT ADDRESSES TOPICS SUCH AS IDENTIFYING UNDERAGE PERSONS, INTOXICATED PERSONS, AND FAKE OR ALTERED IDENTIFICATION; AND</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_79844" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="79844" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span> SUBMIT PROOF OF A GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY IN AN AMOUNT NO LESS THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS <span class="ldml-parenthetical">($1,000,000)</span> PER OCCURRENCE.</span></blockquote></div><p data-paragraph-id="79975" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="79975" data-sentence-id="79975" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(4)</span> A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMITTEE:</span></p><div class="ldml-embeddeddocument"><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_80008" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="80008" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span> MAY, THROUGH ITS EMPLOYEES OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, <span class="ldml-entity">DELIVER ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FOR ANY OFF</span>-PREMISES RETAILER PERMITTED FOR DELIVERY BY <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_80008"><span class="ldml-cite">SUBSECTION <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span></span></a> OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span></span>, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DELIVERING ALCOHOL BEVERAGES.</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_80229" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="80229" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> MAY, THROUGH ITS EMPLOYEES OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, DELIVER ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FOR ANY LICENSEE LICENSED FOR ON PREMISES CONSUMPTION PURSUANT TO THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_80229"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 3</span></a></span>, WHICH MAY INCLUDE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES BY THE DRINK.</span> <span data-sentence-id="80446" class="ldml-sentence">SUCH <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">DELIVERIES SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 44-3-911, EXCEPT FOR SUBSECTION</span> <span class="ldml-cite">44-3-911<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(d)</span></span></a></span>.</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_80568" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="80568" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span> MAY USE ITS OWN EMPLOYEES OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS WHO ARE AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE TO DELIVER SUCH ALCOHOL BEVERAGES, IF ALL DELIVERY AGENTS COMPLETE A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT MEETS THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY</span>.</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_80827" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="80827" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(d)</span> MAY FACILITATE ORDERS BY TELEPHONE, INTERNET, OR BY OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS FOR THE SALE AND DELIVERY OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES UNDER <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span>.</span> <span data-sentence-id="80973" class="ldml-sentence">THE FULL AMOUNT OF EACH ORDER SHALL BE HANDLED IN A MANNER THAT GIVES THE LICENSEE CONTROL OVER THE ULTIMATE RECEIPT OF THE PAYMENT FROM THE CONSUMER.</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_81123" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="81123" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(e)</span> MAY DELIVER ALCOHOL BEVERAGES ANY TIME DURING WHICH THE LICENSEE IS LAWFULLY ALLOWED TO SELL ALCOHOL BEVERAGES.</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_81238" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="81238" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(f)</span> SHALL VERIFY, AT THE TIME OF DELIVERY, IN <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-refname">ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION</span> <span class="ldml-cite">44-3-901<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(11)</span>, THAT THE PERSON RECEIVING THE DELIVERY</span></a></span> OF MALT, VINOUS, OR SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS IS AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE.</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_81439" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="81439" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(g)</span> SHALL REFUSE TO DELIVER ALCOHOL BEVERAGES IF THE RECIPIENT IS UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE, APPEARS INTOXICATED, OR FAILS TO PROVIDE PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION.</span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_81601" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="81601" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(h)</span> MAY NOT DELIVER TO ANY LOCATION LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_81601"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 3</span></a></span>, OR <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_81601"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 4</span></a></span> OR <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_81601"><span class="ldml-cite">ARTICLE 5</span></a></span> OF THIS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_81601"><span class="ldml-cite">TITLE 44</span></a></span>.<span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_81717" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="952" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span></span></blockquote><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_81717" class="ldml-blockquote"> <span data-sentence-id="81718" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(i)</span> SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE CONSENTED TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY OR ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND THE <span class="ldml-entity">COLORADO COURTS</span> CONCERNING ENFORCEMENT OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span> AND ANY RELATED LAWS <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_81718"><span class="ldml-cite">OR RULES</span></a></span></span>.</span></blockquote></div><p data-paragraph-id="81932" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="81932" data-sentence-id="81932" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(5)</span> A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMITTEE MAY RENEW ITS PERMIT WITH THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY BY MAINTAINING ALL QUALIFICATIONS AND PAYING ANNUALLY A RENEWAL FEE ESTABLISHED BY <span class="ldml-entity">THE STATE</span> LICENSING AUTHORITY</span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="82134" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="82134" data-sentence-id="82134" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(6)</span> <span class="ldml-entity">NOTHING IN <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span> SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO REQUIRE A TECHNOLOGY SERVICES COMPANY</span> TO OBTAIN A DELIVERY SERVICE PERMIT FOR PROVIDING SOFTWARE OR A DIGITAL NETWORK APPLICATION THAT CONNECTS CONSUMERS AND LICENSED RETAILERS FOR THE DELIVERY OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES FROM THE LICENSED RETAILER BY EMPLOYEES OR OTHER DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS OF THE LICENSED RETAILER.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="82134" data-sentence-id="82501" class="ldml-sentence">HOWEVER, <span class="ldml-entity">THE ACT</span> OF CONNECTING CONSUMERS TO LICENSED RETAILERS SHALL SERVE TO GRANT JURISDICTION TO THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE OF COLORADO</span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="82623" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="82623" data-sentence-id="82623" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(7)</span> THERE SHALL BE NO LIMIT TO THE PERCENTAGE OF A LICENSEE'S GROSS ANNUAL REVENUES FROM TOTAL SALES OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES THAT THE LICENSEE MAY DERIVE FROM ALCOHOL BEVERAGE DELIVERIES.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="82807" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="82807" data-sentence-id="82807" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(8)</span> THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY</span> MAY ENFORCE THE REQUIREMENTS OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span> BY THE SAME ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS THAT APPLY TO ALCOHOL BEVERAGE LICENSES OR PERMITS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DISCIPLINARY ACTION APPLICABLE TO THE SELLING LICENSEE, OR THE DELIVERY SERVICE PERMITTEE RESULTING FROM ANY UNLAWFUL SALE TO A MINOR.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="83144" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="83144" data-sentence-id="83144" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(9)</span> THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY</span> MAY ENFORCE THE REQUIREMENTS OF <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span> AGAINST THE SELLING LICENSEE, DELIVERY SERVICE PERMITTEE, AND ANY EMPLOYEE OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OF THE DELIVERY SERVICE PERMITTEE, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE STATUS OF ANY DELIVERY SERVICE PERSONNEL AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OR EMPLOYEE.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="83144" data-sentence-id="83462" class="ldml-sentence">FOR THE LICENSEE'S LICENSE TO BE SUBJECT TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR A VIOLATION OF ALCOHOL LAW DURING DELIVERY, THE LICENSEE MUST EITHER BE THE DELIVERY PERMITTEE OR THE DELIVERY MUST BE MADE BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE LICENSEE.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="83685" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="83685" data-sentence-id="83685" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(10)</span> THE <span class="ldml-entity">STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AS NECESSARY FOR THE PROPER DELIVERY OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES AS</span> PERMITTED BY <span class="ldml-entity">THIS SECTION</span>.</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="83830" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="83830" data-sentence-id="83830" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_83830"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 14</span></a></span>:</b> In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_83830" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/409"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-409</span></a></span>, <b class="ldml-bold">repeal</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span> and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="83926" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="83926" data-sentence-id="83926" class="ldml-sentence">44-3-409.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="83926" data-sentence-id="83936" class="ldml-sentence">Retail liquor store license – rules.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="83972" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="83972" data-sentence-id="83972" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span> A person licensed to sell at retail who complies with this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_83972"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span></span></a></span> and rules promulgated pursuant to this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_83972"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span></span></a></span> may deliver malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors to a person of legal age if:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="84184" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="84184" data-sentence-id="84184" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span><s class="ldml-strikethrough"> The delivery is made by an employee of the licensed</s>----------------------------------<s class="ldml-strikethrough">at least twenty one years of age and who is using a vehicle owned or leased by the licensee to make the delivery;</s></span></p><div class="ldml-embeddeddocument"><p data-paragraph-id="84393" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="84393" data-sentence-id="84393" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span> <s class="ldml-strikethrough">The retail liquor store derives no more than fifty percent of its gross annual revenues from total sal</s>------------------------------</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="84536" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="84536" data-sentence-id="84536" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_84536"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 15</span></a></span>:</b> In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_84536" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/410"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-410</span></a></span>, <b class="ldml-bold">repeal</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span> and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span> as follows:<span class="ldml-pagenumber" data-id="pagenumber_84632" data-vol="526" data-rep="P.3d" data-val="953" data-page_type="bracketed_cite"></span></span></p></div><p data-paragraph-id="84632" class="ldml-paragraph "> <b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="84632" data-sentence-id="84633" class="ldml-sentence">44-3-410.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="84632" data-sentence-id="84643" class="ldml-sentence">Liquor-licensed drugstore license – multiple licenses permitted – requirements – rules.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="84730" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="84730" data-sentence-id="84730" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span> A liquor-licensed drugstore licensee who complies with this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_84730"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span></span></a></span> and rules promulgated pursuant to this <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_84730"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span></span></a></span> may deliver malt, vinous, and spirituous liquors to a person of legal age if:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="84943" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="84943" data-sentence-id="84943" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(a)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span><s class="ldml-strikethrough"> The delivery is made by an employee of the liquor-licensed drugstore who is at least twenty one years of age and who is using a vehicle owned or leased by the licensee to make the delivery;</s></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="85143" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="85143" data-sentence-id="85143" class="ldml-sentence">-------<span class="ldml-parenthetical">(IV)</span> <s class="ldml-strikethrough">The l</s>----------<s class="ldml-strikethrough">licensed drugstore derives no more than fifty percent of its gross</s> ---------------------------------<s class="ldml-strikethrough">-licensed drugstore delivers.</s></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="85299" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="85299" data-sentence-id="85299" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_85299"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 16</span></a></span>:</b> In <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_85299" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/911"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado Revised Statutes, 44-3-911</span></a></span>, <b class="ldml-bold">repeal</b> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span>, <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span>, and <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(7)</span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="85393" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="85393" data-sentence-id="85393" class="ldml-sentence">44-3-911.</span> <span data-paragraph-id="85393" data-sentence-id="85403" class="ldml-sentence">Takeout and delivery of alcohol beverages – permit – on-premises consumption licenses – requirements and limitations – rules – definition – repeal.</span></b></p><p data-paragraph-id="85550" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="85550" data-sentence-id="85550" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span> To sell and deliver an alcohol beverage or to allow a customer to remove an alcohol beverage from the licensed premises as either is authorized under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_85550"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(1)</span></span></a> of <span class="ldml-entity">this section</span></span>, the licensee must:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="85754" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="85754" data-sentence-id="85754" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span> <s class="ldml-strikethrough">Derive no more than fifty percent of its gross annual revenues from total sales of food and alcohol beverages from the sale of alcohol beverages through takeout orders </s>------------------------</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="85950" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="85950" data-sentence-id="85950" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(I)</span> <s class="ldml-strikethrough">This <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_85950"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span></span></a></span> does not apply if the governor has declared a disaster emergency unde </s>------------------------------------</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="86083" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="86083" data-sentence-id="86083" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(II)</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="86083" data-sentence-id="86088" class="ldml-sentence"><s class="ldml-strikethrough">This <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_86088"><span class="ldml-cite">subsection <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(2)</span><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(c)</span></span></a></span> does not apply to a sales room at a promises licensed under <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_86088" data-refglobal="statute:/co/statutes/44/3/402"><span class="ldml-cite">section 44-3-402</span></a></span> or 44-3-407; and</s></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="86204" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="86204" data-sentence-id="86204" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(3)</span> <span class="ldml-parenthetical">(b)</span> <s class="ldml-strikethrough">Be an employee of the licensee who is twenty one years of age or older;</s></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="86283" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="86283" data-sentence-id="86283" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-parenthetical">(7)</span> <s class="ldml-strikethrough"><span class="ldml-entity">This section</span> is repealed, effective <span class="ldml-entity">July 1, 2025</span>.</s></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="86336" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="86336" data-sentence-id="86336" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 17</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="86336" data-sentence-id="86348" class="ldml-sentence">Effective date: <span class="ldml-entity">This act</span> takes effect on <span class="ldml-entity">March 1, 2023</span>.</span></p></div><div class="ldml-section"><section class="ldml-heading content__heading content__heading--depth2" data-format="title_case_lacks_specifier_italics" data-id="heading_86403" data-value="2021-2022 #128" data-specifier="" data-parsed="true" id="heading_86403" data-content-heading-label="2021-2022 #128"><span data-paragraph-id="86403" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="86403" data-sentence-id="86403" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity">2021</span>-<span class="ldml-entity">2022</span> #128</b></span></span></section><div class="ldml-section"><section class="ldml-heading content__heading content__heading--depth3" data-format="title_case_lacks_specifier_italics" data-id="heading_86417" data-value="Title" data-specifier="" data-parsed="true" data-merge_confidence="medium" id="heading_86417" data-content-heading-label="Title"><span data-paragraph-id="86417" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="86417" data-sentence-id="86417" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold">Title</b></span></span></section><blockquote data-paragraph-id="b_86422" class="ldml-blockquote"><span data-sentence-id="86422" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-entity">An amendment</span> to the <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_86422"><span class="ldml-cite">Colorado constitution</span></a></span> concerning the expansion of retail sale of alcohol beverages, and, in connection therewith, authorizing a person licensed to sell beer at retail to also sell wine at retail and authorizing home delivery of all alcohol beverages through third-<span class="ldml-entity">party</span> home delivery service providers that use employees or independent contractors to make deliveries so long as the delivery person and the recipient are both at least 21 years of age.</span></blockquote></div></div><div class="ldml-section"><section class="ldml-heading content__heading content__heading--depth2" data-format="title_case_lacks_specifier_italics" data-id="heading_86892" data-value="Filed Text" data-specifier="" data-parsed="true" id="heading_86892" data-content-heading-label="Filed Text"><span data-paragraph-id="86892" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="86892" data-sentence-id="86892" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold">Filed Text</b></span></span></section><p data-paragraph-id="86902" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="86902" data-sentence-id="86902" class="ldml-sentence"><i class="ldml-italics">Be it Enacted by <span class="ldml-entity">the People</span> of the <span class="ldml-entity">State of Colorado</span>:</i></span></p><p data-paragraph-id="86955" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="86955" data-sentence-id="86955" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">SECTION 1</span></a></span>.</b></span> <span data-paragraph-id="86955" data-sentence-id="86966" class="ldml-sentence">In the <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_86966"><span class="ldml-cite">constitution of the state of Colorado</span></a></span>, <b class="ldml-bold">recreate and reenact, with <span class="ldml-entity">amendments</span>,</b> <span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_86966"><span class="ldml-cite">article XXII</span></a></span> as follows:</span></p><p data-paragraph-id="87075" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="87075" data-sentence-id="87075" class="ldml-sentence"><b class="ldml-bold"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference" data-prop-ids="sentence_87075"><span class="ldml-cite">Article XXII</span></a></span> Intoxicating Liquors</b></span></p></div><div class="ldml-section"><section class="ldml-heading content__heading content__heading--depth2" data-format="title_case_lacks_specifier_italics" data-id="heading_87108" data-value="Section 1. Wine and Beer." data-specifier="" data-parsed="true" id="heading_87108" data-content-heading-label="Section 1. Wine and Beer."><span data-paragraph-id="87108" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="87108" data-sentence-id="87108" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-embeddedsentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">Section 1</span></a></span>.</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="87108" data-sentence-id="87119" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-embeddedsentence">Wine and Beer.</span></span></b></span></section><p data-paragraph-id="87133" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="87133" data-sentence-id="87133" class="ldml-sentence">A PERSON LICENSED TO SELL BEER AT RETAIL <span class="ldml-entity">MAY SELL WINE</span> AT RETAIL FROM A PREMISES THAT IS LICENSED TO SELL BEER AT RETAIL.</span></p></div><div class="ldml-section"><section class="ldml-heading content__heading content__heading--depth2" data-format="title_case_lacks_specifier_italics" data-id="heading_87254" data-value="Section 2. Home Delivery." data-specifier="" data-parsed="true" id="heading_87254" data-content-heading-label="Section 2. Home Delivery."><span data-paragraph-id="87254" class="ldml-paragraph "><b class="ldml-bold"><span data-paragraph-id="87254" data-sentence-id="87254" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-embeddedsentence"><span class="ldml-entity"><a class="ldml-reference"><span class="ldml-cite">Section 2</span></a></span>.</span></span> <span data-paragraph-id="87254" data-sentence-id="87265" class="ldml-sentence"><span class="ldml-embeddedsentence">Home Delivery.</span></span></b></span></section><p data-paragraph-id="87279" class="ldml-paragraph "><span data-paragraph-id="87279" data-sentence-id="87279" class="ldml-sentence">HOME DELIVERY OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES IS PERMITTED THROUGH THIRD-<span class="ldml-entity">PARTY</span> HOME DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO USE EMPLOYEES OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS TO MAKE DELIVERIES, PROVIDED THE DELIVERY PERSON IS TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND THE DELIVERY RECIPIENT PRESENTS A VALID IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT SHOWING PROOF OF BEING AGE TWENTY-ONE OR OLDER.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="ldml-notes content__heading content__heading--depth1" data-content-heading-label="Footnotes"><div class="ldml-note ldml-note"><p data-paragraph-id="87624" class="ldml-paragraph "><sup class="ldml-superscript"></sup><a href="#note-ref-fr1" class="ldml-notemarker" id="note-fr1">1</a> <span data-paragraph-id="87624" data-sentence-id="87625" class="ldml-sentence">The titles set and filed text for each of the Initiatives are attached to this opinion as an appendix.</span></p></div></div></div></div> </div> </div>
Document Info
Docket Number： Supreme Court Case Nos. 22SA101
Citation Numbers： 526 P.3d 927
Filed Date： 6/27/2022
Precedential Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 7/29/2024