Sec. 23. (a) As used in this section, "in-room vending unit" means a closed container that is:
(1) located in a guest room of a hotel; and
(2) used for the storage and dispensing of food or beverage (alcoholic or nonalcoholic).
(b) The holder of a retailer's permit that is issued to a hotel may dispense alcoholic beverages in individual portions to registered hotel guests through in-room vending units.
(c) Access to the interior of an in-room vending unit must be:
(1) restricted by a locking device, the opening of which requires use of a key, magnetic card, or similar device; or
(2) controlled at all times by the holder of a retailer's permit that is issued to a hotel.
(d) Alcoholic beverages may be dispensed through in-room vending units only:
(1) on days and at times when the sale of alcoholic beverages is permitted under this title; and
(2) to persons who are permitted to purchase alcoholic beverages under this title.
(e) A permittee to whom this section applies may provide a key, magnetic card, or similar device required to gain access to the interior of an in-room vending unit only to a person who is:
(1) a registered hotel guest; and
(2) twenty-one (21) years of age or older.
(f) In order to prevent the illegal furnishing of an alcoholic beverage to a minor, a permittee to whom this section applies shall determine that the registered hotel guest is not a minor (as defined in IC 7.1-1-3-25) prior to providing a key, magnetic card, or similar device required to gain access to the interior of an in-room vending unit to that registered hotel guest.
(g) Each employee of a permittee to whom this section applies who handles alcoholic beverages for dispensing through an in-room vending unit must be twenty-one (21) years of age or older and hold an employee's permit issued by the commission under IC 7.1-3-18-9.
As added by P.L.102-1989, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-1990, SEC.88.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 7.1. Alcohol and Tobacco
Chapter 20. Clubs, Restaurants, and Hotels
7.1-3-20-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter
7.1-3-20-1. Clubs; General Requirements
7.1-3-20-2. Clubs Within Corporate Limits
7.1-3-20-3. Clubs Outside Corporate Limits
7.1-3-20-4. Clubs Outside Corporate Limits; Exception
7.1-3-20-5. Clubs; Two Locations
7.1-3-20-6. Member of a Club; Qualifications
7.1-3-20-7. Fraternal Clubs; Labor Organizations
7.1-3-20-8. Club; Enabling Ordinance Required
7.1-3-20-8.5. Discriminatory Practices
7.1-3-20-9. Restaurants; General Requirements
7.1-3-20-9.5. Restaurant Carryout Sales; Eligibility
7.1-3-20-9.6. Resealing Wine Bottle Purchased With Meal
7.1-3-20-10. Restaurants Within Corporate Limits
7.1-3-20-11. Restaurants; Unincorporated Town Exception
7.1-3-20-11.5. Restaurants; Small City Provision
7.1-3-20-12. Restaurants Outside Corporate Limits
7.1-3-20-13. New Restaurants Outside Corporate Limits
7.1-3-20-13.5. Public Restaurant at Golf Course or Tennis Club; Gross Food Sales Requirement
7.1-3-20-13.6. Golf Course Clubhouse; Sale From Golf Cart
7.1-3-20-14. Restaurants Outside Corporate Limits; Nonrenewals
7.1-3-20-16.1. Municipal Riverfront Development Project; Alcoholic Beverage Permit Requirements
7.1-3-20-16.3. Sale of Manufactured Beer for Carryout
7.1-3-20-16.5. Restaurants in Historic Places or Districts; Retailer's Permits
7.1-3-20-16.8. Permits in Areas of Economic Development or Redevelopment in Certain Municipalities
7.1-3-20-17.5. Dispensing and Storing Alcoholic Beverage in Event Space of Hotel or Restaurant
7.1-3-20-18. Hotels; General Requirements
7.1-3-20-18.6. Submission of Hotel Floor Plan
7.1-3-20-18.7. College or University Hotels; Nonpermanent Outside Bars; Service Windows
7.1-3-20-19. Hotels Within Corporate Limits
7.1-3-20-20. Hotels Outside Corporate Limits
7.1-3-20-23. Hotels; In-Room Vending Units
7.1-3-20-24. Licensed Permit Premises Used Exclusively as Catering Hall
7.1-3-20-26. Permit for Historic Theater
7.1-3-20-27. Restaurants; Service Windows
7.1-3-20-28.5. Patio or Rooftop of Civic Center or Recreational Facility
7.1-3-20-29. Food Hall Master Permit