§ 37-535.3. Interactive entertainment facilities – Mixed beverage license.  


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  • A.  As used in this section:

    1.  “Interactive entertainment facility” means premises that feature interactive computer and video entertainment attractions, themed merchandise, food, alcoholic beverages, and low-point beer; and

    2.  “Main purpose of the business” means that the total gross income derived from interactive entertainment exceeds the total gross income derived from the sale, mixing, or serving of alcoholic beverages and low-point beer.

    B.  Nothing in Sections 535, 535.1 or 535.2 of Title 37 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be construed as prohibiting the issuance, transfer, or renewal of any mixed beverage license to any person or corporation with respect to premises that are an integral part of an interactive entertainment facility in which a manufacturer, nonresident seller, distiller, or rectifier has an interest, directly or indirectly, of less than thirty percent (30%) if all the following conditions are met:

    1.  The main purpose of the business conducted within the facility is providing interactive entertainment, not the sale of alcoholic beverages;

    2.  The mixed beverage licensee shall serve other brands of wine, low-point beer, and alcoholic beverages in addition to the brands manufactured, produced, or distributed by any distiller, rectifier, nonresident seller, or manufacturer that has a direct or indirect interest in the mixed beverage license;

    3.  No more than twenty percent (20%) of the mixed beverage licensee’s purchases of alcoholic beverages for sale on its licensed premises shall be products manufactured, produced, or distributed by the manufacturer, distiller, rectifier, or nonresident seller that has a direct or indirect interest in the licensed premises;

    4.  The licensee purchases all alcoholic beverages and low-point beer sold on the premises from wholesalers that are licensed in Oklahoma;

    5.  The distiller, rectifier, nonresident seller, or manufacturer does not control, directly or indirectly, the day-to-day operation of the licensed premises; and

    6.  Officers, directors, and employees of the distiller, rectifier, nonresident seller, or manufacturer do not serve as officers or directors of the entity operating the licensed premises.

Added by Laws 2000, c. 107, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2000.