Sec. 20. (a) The commission may issue a three-way permit to a hotel situated outside the corporate limits of an incorporated city or town if the establishment meets the following requirements:

(1) It shall be provided with special space and accommodations where, in consideration of payment, food and lodging are habitually furnished to travelers.

(2) It shall have at least twenty-five (25) adequately furnished and completely separate sleeping rooms with adequate facilities under one (1) roof.

(3) It shall be so disposed that persons usually apply for and receive overnight accommodations in it in the course of usual and regular travel or as a residence.

(4) It shall operate either a:

(A) regular dining room constantly frequented by customers each day; or

(B) room in which continental breakfasts and hors d’oeuvres are served in areas designated as dining rooms.

(5) It shall be sufficiently served by adequate law enforcement at its premises.

     (b) This subsection applies to a hotel that qualifies under subsection (a)(4)(B). All laws and commission rules regarding legal serving for alcoholic beverages fully apply to the hotel. Rooms that qualify under subsection (a)(4)(B) qualify as rooms under IC 7.1-5-7-11(a)(16). The commission may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 concerning floor plans of the hotel.

[Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-8(4)(b).]

Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.204-2001, SEC.36.