§ 224 - Third class licenses; open containers - Vermont Statutes

§ 224. Third class licenses; open containers

(a) The liquor control board may grant to a person who operates a hotel, restaurant, cabaret, or club a license of the third class if the person files an application accompanied by the license fee as provided in section 231 of this title for the premises in which the business of the hotel, restaurant, cabaret, or club is carried on. The holder of a third class license may sell spirituous liquors for consumption only on the premises covered by the license. The applicant for a third class license shall satisfy the liquor control board that the applicant is the bona fide owner or lessee of the premises and that the premises are operated for the purpose covered by the license.

(b) The holder of a first or first and third class license may permit a consumer to:

(1) Possess or carry no more than two open containers of alcoholic beverages.

(2) Maintain control over his or her open container of alcoholic beverages at all times while on the licensed premises.

(c) A person who holds a third class license shall purchase from the liquor control board all spirituous liquors dispensed in accordance with the provisions of the third class license and this title. (Amended 1971, No. 90, § 3; 2003, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2005, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 9, 2006.)