Central receiving and distribution center: means a facility that:
(a)
operates at an international airport or domestic airport;
(b)
receives goods and supplies delivered to the international airport or domestic airport for an airport licensee;
(c)
screens the goods and supplies described in Subsection (2)(b) for security purposes; and
(d)
distributes the goods and supplies described in Subsection (2)(b) to the airport licensee for whom the goods and supplies were delivered. See Utah Code 32B-17-102
Commission: means the Alcoholic Beverage Services Commission created in Section 32B-2-201. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
Package agency: means a retail liquor location operated:
(a)
under an agreement with the department; and
(b)
by a person:
(i)
other than the state; and
(ii)
who is authorized by the commission in accordance with 6, to sell packaged liquor for consumption off the premises of the package agency. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
Premises: means a building, enclosure, or room used in connection with the storage, sale, furnishing, consumption, manufacture, or distribution, of an alcoholic product, unless otherwise defined in this title or rules made by the commission. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
State store: means a facility for the sale of packaged liquor:
(i)
located on premises owned or leased by the state; and
Store: means to place or maintain in a location an alcoholic product. See Utah Code 32B-1-102
(a)
A person who is not a retail licensee shall obtain a liquor transport license issued by the commission in accordance with this chapter before the person may:
(i)
pickup liquor on behalf of a retail licensee and deliver the liquor to a retail licensee or a central receiving and distribution center; or
(ii)
if the person is a central receiving and distribution center:
(A)
pickup liquor on behalf of an airport licensee and deliver the liquor to the central receiving and distribution center’s premises; or
(B)
receive, screen, store, or deliver alcoholic product as part of the central receiving and distribution center’s operations.
(b)
A violation of Subsection (1)(a) is a class A misdemeanor.
(2)
The commission may issue a liquor transport license for:
(a)
the pickup of liquor on behalf of a retail licensee and the delivery of the liquor to the retail licensee or a central receiving and distribution center; or
(b)
the receipt, screening, storage, and distribution of alcoholic product by a central receiving and distribution center.
(3)
In accordance with this chapter, a liquor transport license entitles the holder to:
(a)
(i)
pickup liquor from a package agency or state store on behalf of a retail licensee using the retail licensee’s funds; and
(ii)
transport and deliver the liquor directly to:
(A)
the retail licensee; or
(B)
if the retail licensee is an airport licensee, a central receiving and distribution center; or
(b)
if the holder is a central receiving and distribution center:
(i)
(A)
pickup liquor from a package agency or state store on behalf of an airport licensee using the airport licensee’s funds; and
(B)
transport the liquor directly to the central receiving and distribution center’s premises for screening, storage, and delivery to the airport licensee;
(ii)
receive at the central receiving and distribution center’s premises:
(A)
liquor purchased by or on behalf of an airport licensee and delivered to the central receiving and distribution center by the airport licensee or a liquor transport licensee; or
(B)
beer delivered to the central receiving and distribution center for an airport licensee by a beer wholesaler licensee or a small brewer;
(iii)
screen and store alcoholic product picked up or received by the central receiving and distribution center; and
(iv)
transport and deliver the alcoholic product to the airport licensee.
(4)
Nothing in this chapter prohibits a retail licensee from picking up liquor purchased by the retail licensee and transporting the liquor to the retail licensee’s licensed premises in accordance with the other provisions of this title.
