00SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 180(CRA)                                                                                   
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 04.11.400(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                               
07 it appears that the issuance or transfer will encourage the tourist trade by encouraging                                
08 the construction or improvement of                                                                                      
09   (1)  a hotel, motel, resort, or similar business relating to the tourist trade                                       
10 with a dining facility or having kitchen facilities in a majority of its rental rooms and                               
11 at least a minimum number of rental rooms available to the public required according                                  
12 to the population of the established village, incorporated city, unified municipality, or                             
13 population area established under (a) of this section in which the facility will be                                     
14 located, as follows:                                                                                                    

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