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Title 3. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES · Chapter 9. SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BY PASSENGER CARRIERS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND HOTELS AND MOTELS · Article 2. HOTELS AND MOTELS

3-9-11. Licenses for in-room service.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    Notwithstanding anything contained in this title or any other law, in any county or municipality in which the sale of alcoholic beverages either by the package or by the drink is authorized, the commissioner may authorize any hotel which is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages either by the package or by the drink or any hotel which is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages both by the package and by the drink to provide in-room service.#

  2. (b)

    No hotel shall be authorized to provide in-room service until it has been issued a license to do so by the commissioner. A license fee of $100.00 shall be imposed to provide alcoholic beverages by in-room service, except that a license fee of $50.00 shall be imposed to provide only beer or wine by in-room service.#

  3. (c)

    The sale of alcoholic beverages by in-room service shall be subject to all restrictions and limitations in this title relative to the sale of alcoholic beverages, except as provided otherwise in this article, and shall be authorized only on such days and only during such hours as the sale of alcoholic beverages is otherwise authorized in the county or municipality.#

  4. (d)

    Distilled spirits sold by the package pursuant to this article shall not be sold in packages containing less than 50 milliliters each.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 3-9-11, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 778, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 553, § 5; Ga. L. 2021, p. 391, § 3/HB 392.

Amendments

The 2021 amendment, effective May 4, 2021, inserted “by the package” near the beginning of subsection (d).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t1-3-(v3)-pdf.pdf, Volume V3, 2019 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 158 to 159; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 19703c1bece5.