00 SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 180(CRA) am S                                                                              
01 "An Act relating to liquor licenses issued to a hotel, motel, resort, or similar                                        
02 establishment; and providing for an effective date."                                                                    
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 04.06.100 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                            
05  (c)  The board may not adopt a regulation that discriminates between liquor                                           
06 licenses issued to a hotel, motel, resort, or similar business as to hours during which                                 
07 a licensee may offer live entertainment.  In this subsection, "similar business" includes                               
08 a restaurant or eating place.                                                                                           
09    * Sec. 2.  AS 04.11.400(d) is amended to read:                                                                       
10  (d)  The board may approve the issuance or transfer of ownership of a beverage                                        
11 dispensary or restaurant or eating place license without regard to (a) of this section if                               
12 it appears that the issuance or transfer will encourage the tourist trade by encouraging                                
13 the construction or improvement of                                                                                      
14   (1)  a hotel, motel, resort, or similar business relating to the tourist trade                                       
01 with a dining facility or having kitchen facilities in a majority of its rental rooms and                               
02 at least a minimum number of rental rooms available to the public required according                                  
03 to the population of the established village, incorporated city, unified municipality, or                             
04 population area established under (a) of this section in which the facility will be                                     
05 located, as follows:                                                                                                    
06   (A)  10 rental rooms if the population is less than 1,501;                                                          
07   (B)  20 rental rooms if the population is between 1,501 and                                                         
08 2,500;                                                                                                                  
09   (C)  25 rental rooms if the population is between 2,501 and                                                         
10 5,000;                                                                                                                  
11   (D)  30 rental rooms if the population is between 5,001 and                                                         
12 15,000;                                                                                                                 
13   (E)  35 rental rooms if the population is between 15,001 and                                                        
14 25,000;                                                                                                                 
15   (F)  40 rental rooms if the population is between 25,001 and                                                        
16 50,000; and                                                                                                             
17   (G)  50 rental rooms if the population is greater than 50,000;                                                      
18 [OR]                                                                                                                    
19   (2)  an airport terminal;                                                                                           
20   (3)  a hotel, motel, resort, or similar business that is inside a unified                                            
21 municipality or organized borough and has at least 10 rooms available to the                                            
22 public for rent and that (A) cannot be reached by highway from the nearest first                                        
23 or second class city or established village or (B) could be reached by highway                                          
24 during no more than 10 of the 12 months in the calendar year preceding the year                                         
25 in which the issuance or transfer is requested; in this paragraph, "highway"                                            
26 means a road maintained by the state for use by public transportation.                                                 
27    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).