00HOUSE BILL NO. 180                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to liquor licenses issued to a hotel, motel, resort, or similar establishment; and                     
02 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 04.11.400(d) is amended to read:                                                                    
05  (d)  The board may approve the issuance or transfer of ownership of a beverage                                        
06 dispensary or restaurant or eating place license without regard to (a) of this section if it appears                    
07 that the issuance or transfer will encourage the tourist trade by encouraging the construction or                       
08 improvement of                                                                                                          
09   (1)  a hotel, motel, resort, or similar business relating to the tourist trade with a                                
10 dining facility or having kitchen facilities in a majority of its rental rooms and at least a minimum                   
11 number of rental rooms available to the public required according to the population of the                            
12 established village, incorporated city, unified municipality, or population area established under (a)                
13 of this section in which the facility will be located, as follows:                                                      
14   (A)  10 rental rooms if the population is less than 1,501;                                                          

01   (B)  20 rental rooms if the population is between 1,501 and 2,500;                                                  
02   (C)  25 rental rooms if the population is between 2,501 and 5,000;                                                  
03   (D)  30 rental rooms if the population is between 5,001 and 15,000;                                                 
04   (E)  35 rental rooms if the population is between 15,001 and 25,000;                                                
05   (F)  40 rental rooms if the population is between 25,001 and 50,000; and                                            
06   (G)  50 rental rooms if the population is greater than 50,000; [OR]                                                 
07   (2)  an airport terminal;                                                                                           
08   (3)  a hotel, motel, resort, or similar business that is inside a unified                                            
09 municipality or organized borough, has at least 10 rooms available to the public for rent,                              
10 and from the nearest first or second class city or established village, cannot be reached by                            
11 highway, or could be reached by highway during no more than 10 of the 12 months in the                                  
12 calendar year preceding the year in which the issuance or transfer is requested; in this                                
13 paragraph, "highway" has the meaning given in AS 28.40.100.                                                            
14    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).