(1) The legislative body of any city or a consolidated local government in which traffic in alcoholic beverages is permitted under KRS Chapter 242 may only issue the following alcoholic beverage licenses and corresponding maximum fees. The license fees are subject to the provisions of subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section, and shall not exceed the amounts specified in this subsection:
(a) Distiller’s license, per annum ………………………………………………………..$500.00 (b) Rectifier’s license:

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 243.070


1. Class A, per annum …………………………………………………………..$3,000.00
2. Class B (craft rectifier), per annum ………………………………………..$960.00 (c) Wholesaler’s distilled spirits and wine license, per annum ……………..$3,000.00 (d) Quota retail package license, per annum:
1. In counties containing a consolidated local government ………..$1,200.00
2. In all other counties ………………………………………………………….$1,000.00 (e) Quota retail drink license, per annum:
1. In counties containing a consolidated local government ………..$1,600.00
2. In all other counties …………………………………………………………..$1,000.00 (f) Special temporary license, per event:
1. In counties containing a consolidated local government …………..$266.66
2. In all other counties ……………………………………………………………..$166.66 (g) Nonquota type 1 retail drink license, per annum …………………………..$2,000.00 (h) Nonquota type 2 retail drink license, per annum:
1. In counties containing a consolidated local government ………..$1,800.00
2. In all other counties ………………………………………………………….$1,000.00 (i) Nonquota type 3 retail drink license, per annum ……………………………..$300.00 (j) Special temporary alcoholic beverage
auction license, per event ……………………………………………………………..$100.00 (k) Special Sunday retail drink license, per annum ……………………………….$300.00 (l) Extended hours supplemental license, per annum …………………………$2,000.00 (m) Caterer’s license, per annum …………………………………………………………$800.00 (n) Bottling house or bottling house storage license, per annum ………….$1,000.00 (o) Brewer’s license, per annum …………………………………………………………$500.00 (p) Microbrewery license, per annum ………………………………………………….$500.00 (q) Malt beverage distributor’s license, per annum ……………………………….$400.00 (r) Nonquota retail malt beverage package license, per annum ………………$200.00 (s) Nonquota type 4 retail malt beverage drink license, per annum………….$200.00 (t) Limited restaurant license, per annum:
1. In counties containing a consolidated local government ………..$1,800.00
2. In all other counties …………………………………………………………..$1,200.00 (u) Limited golf course license, per annum:
1. In counties containing a consolidated local government ………..$1,800.00
2. In all other counties ………………………………………………………….$1,200.00 (v) Authorized public consumption license, per annum………………………….$250.00 (w) Qualified historic site license, per annum……………………………………..$1,030.00
(2) The fee for the following license types may not be increased by more than five percent (5%) above the January 1, 2013, fee for the current license or the former license type listed beside it, during any five (5) year period. The fees for the licenses described in this subsection are still subject to the maximum amounts listed for those licenses in subsection (1) of this section:
(a) Quota retail package license: retail package liquor license; (b) Quota retail drink license: retail drink license;
(c) Nonquota type 1 retail drink license: convention center or convention hotel complex license;
(d) Nonquota type 2 retail drink license: restaurant drink license;
(e) Nonquota retail malt beverage package license: retail malt beverage license;
(f) Nonquota type 4 retail malt beverage drink license: retail malt beverage license;
(g) Limited restaurant license; and
(h) Limited golf course license.
(3) The fee for each of the first five (5) supplemental bar licenses shall be the same as the fee for the primary drink license. There shall be no charge for each supplemental license issued in excess of five (5) to the same licensee at the same premises.
(4) The holder of a nonquota retail malt beverage package license may obtain a Nonquota type 4 malt beverage drink license for a fee of fifty dollars ($50). The holder of a Nonquota type 4 malt beverage drink license may obtain a nonquota retail malt beverage package license for a fee of fifty dollars ($50).
Effective: June 29, 2017
History: Repealed and reenacted 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 44, effective June 29,
2017. — Amended 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 10, effective July 15, 2016. — Amended
2013 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 55, effective June 25, 2013. — Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 8, effective July 13, 2004. — Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 220, effective July 15, 2002. — Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 69, sec. 3, effective March 6,
2000; and ch. 435, sec. 11, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch.
518, sec. 5, effective April 13, 1998. — Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 95, sec. 4, effective July 15, 1996. — Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 109, sec. 1, effective July 15,
1994. — Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 60, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1984. — Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 99, effective June 17, 1978; and ch. 432, sec. 4, effective June 17, 1978. — Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 335, sec. 3 — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2554b-113.