Licenses issued to limited sales precincts prior to July 14, 2022 -- Regulatory license fee
KRS 242.1292
in effect242.1292. Licenses issued to limited sales precincts prior to July 14, 2022 -- Regulatory license fee
(1) Any license issued by a state or local administrator under this section before July 14, 2022, shall:
(a) Remain valid and in effect unless the license is surrendered to the department as authorized under KRS Chapters 241 to 244;
(b) Continue to be subject to the regulatory license fee assessed under KRS 243.075, and the jurisdiction that issued the license may continue to assess the regulatory license fee; and
(c) Not count toward the total for any other city, county, or state license limits.
(2) (a) Notwithstanding any limitations imposed on the city's taxing or licensing power by KRS 243.070, for any city with a limited sale precinct established as wet territory under this section prior to July 14, 2022, the governing body of the city may continue to impose a regulatory license fee upon the gross receipts of each establishment located in said city licensed to sell alcoholic beverages.
(b) The regulatory license fee may be levied at the beginning of each city budget period at the percentage rate reasonably estimated to fully reimburse the city for the estimated costs of any additional policing, regulatory, or administrative expenses related to the sale of alcoholic beverages in the city.
(c) The regulatory license fee shall be in addition to any other taxes, fees, or licenses permitted by law, but a credit against the fee shall be allowed in an amount equal to any licenses or fees imposed by the city pursuant to KRS 243.070.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Repealed and reenacted 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 104, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2022. -- Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 27, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 294, effective January 1, 2015. -- Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 17, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 248, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 360, sec. 68, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1980.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/98). This section was amended by 1998 Ky. Acts chs. 121 and 248. Where these Acts are not in conflict, they have been codified together. Where a conflict exists, Acts ch. 248, which was last enacted by the General Assembly, prevails under KRS 446.250.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=52758Fetched: 10/20/2026