Montana Code Annotated
Part 1. General Provisions, Proceedings, and Penalties
23-5-119. Appropriate alcoholic beverage license for certain gambling activities

23-5-119. Appropriate alcoholic beverage license for certain gambling activities. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), to be eligible to offer gambling under Title 23, chapter 5, part 3, 5, or 6, an applicant must own in the applicant's name:
(a) a retail all-beverages license issued under 16-4-201, but the owner of a license transferred after July 1, 2007, pursuant to 16-4-204 is not eligible to offer gambling;
(b) except as provided in subsection (1)(c), a license issued prior to October 1, 1997, under 16-4-105, authorizing the sale of beer and wine for consumption on the licensed premises;
(c) a beer and wine license issued in an area outside of an incorporated city or town as provided in 16-4-105(1)(f). The owner of the license whose premises are situated outside of an incorporated city or town may offer gambling, regardless of when the license was issued, if the owner and premises qualify under Title 23, chapter 5, part 3, 5, or 6.
(d) a retail beer and wine license issued under 16-4-109;
(e) a resort retail all-beverages license issued under 16-4-213; or
(f) a retail all-beverages license issued under 16-4-208.
(2) For purposes of subsection (1)(b), a license issued under 16-4-105 prior to October 1, 1997, may be transferred to a new owner or to a new location or transferred to a new owner and location by the department of revenue pursuant to the applicable provisions of Title 16. The owner of the license that has been transferred may offer gambling if the owner and the premises qualify under Title 23, chapter 5, part 3, 5, or 6.
(3) Lessees of retail all-beverages licenses issued under 16-4-208 or beer and wine licenses issued under 16-4-109 who have applied for and been granted a gambling operator's license under 23-5-177 are eligible to offer and may be granted permits for gambling authorized under Title 23, chapter 5, part 3, 5, or 6.
(4) A license transferee or a qualified purchaser operating pending final approval under 16-4-404(6) who has been granted a gambling operator's license under 23-5-177 may be granted permits for gambling under Title 23, chapter 5, part 3, 5, or 6.
(5) A license issued under a competitive bidding process as provided in 16-4-430 is not eligible to offer gambling under Title 23, chapter 5, part 3, 5, or 6.
History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 465, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 263, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 110, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 277, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 49, Ch. 2, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 5, Sp. L. November 2017; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 336, L. 2019; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 342, L. 2019.

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