32B-6-206. Master full-service restaurant license.

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Effective 5/1/2024

(a)The commission may issue a master full-service restaurant license that authorizes a person to store, sell, offer for sale, furnish, or allow the consumption of an alcoholic product on premises at multiple locations as full-service restaurants if the person applying for the master full-service restaurant license:

(i)owns each of the full-service restaurants;

(ii)except for the fee requirements, establishes to the satisfaction of the commission that each location of a full-service restaurant under the master full-service restaurant license separately meets the requirements of this part; and

(iii)the master full-service restaurant license includes at least five full-service restaurant locations.

(b)The person seeking a master full-service restaurant license shall designate which full-service restaurant locations the person seeks to have under the master full-service restaurant license.

(c)A full-service restaurant location under a master full-service restaurant license is considered separately licensed for purposes of this title, except as provided in this section.

(2)A master full-service restaurant license and each location designated under Subsection

(1)are considered a single full-service restaurant license for purposes of Subsection 32B-6-203 (3)(a).

(a)A master full-service restaurant license expires on October 31 of each year.

(b)To renew a person's master full-service restaurant license, a person shall comply with the renewal requirements of Chapter 5, Part 2, Retail Licensing Process, by no later than September 30.

(a)The nonrefundable application fee for a master full-service restaurant license is $330.

(i)The initial license fee for a master full-service restaurant license is $5,000 plus a separate initial license fee for each newly licensed full-service restaurant location under the master full-service restaurant license determined in accordance with Subsection 32B-6-204 (3)(b).

(ii)The department shall prorate the $5,000 initial license fee for the period that begins the day on which the initial license fee is paid and ends the day on which the master full-service restaurant license expires.

(c)To renew a master full-service restaurant license the master full-service restaurant licensee shall pay a separate renewal fee for each full-service restaurant location under the master full-service restaurant license in accordance with Subsection 32B-6-204 (3)(c).

(5)A new location may be added to a master full-service restaurant license after the master full-service restaurant license is issued if:

(a)the master full-service restaurant licensee pays a nonrefundable application fee of $330; and

(b)including payment of the initial license fee, the location separately meets the requirements of this part.

(a)A master full-service restaurant licensee shall notify the department of a change in the persons managing a location covered by a master full-service restaurant license:

(i)immediately, if the management personnel is not management personnel at a location covered by the master full-service restaurant licensee at the time of the change; or

(ii)within 30 days of the change, if the master full-service restaurant licensee is transferring management personnel from one location to another location covered by the master full-service restaurant licensee.

(b)A location covered by a master full-service restaurant license shall keep the location's own records on the location's premises so that the department may audit the records.

(c)A master full-service restaurant licensee may not transfer alcoholic products between different locations covered by the master full-service restaurant license.

(7)If there is a violation of this title at a location covered by a master full-service restaurant license, the violation may result in disciplinary action in accordance with Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and Enforcement Act, against:

(a)the single location under a master full-service restaurant license;

(b)individual staff of the location under the master full-service restaurant license; or

(c)a combination of persons or locations described in Subsections (7)(a) and (b).

(8)The commission may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to establish how a person may apply for a master full-service restaurant license under this section.

Amended by Chapter 94 , 2024 General Session