Mont. Code Ann. § 16-4-109

(1) Upon On application, the department of revenue shall issue a retail beer and wine license, to be known as a publicly owned golf course beer and wine license, for use at a golf course owned course. The application must be made by the state, a unit of person the or university system, or a local government. entity that owns and operates the golf course.

(2) The application must be made by the state agency, unit of the university system, or local department shall issue a government that owns and golf operates the public golf course. The owner may lease the license course for use at the golf course beer and wine license to an individual or entity approved by a qualified applicant regardless of the department. number of beer and wine licenses already issued within the beer and wine license quota area in which the golf

(3) A publicly owned If the owner of the golf course beer and wine license and all retail beer and wine sales thereunder are subject to is not the state, all statutes and rules governing a retail beer license with unit of the university system, or a wine license amendment. local government, the owner must be approved by the department as provided in this chapter for the issuance of retail beer and wine licenses and:

(a) the golf course must consist of at least 9 holes and 2,500 lineal yards;

(b) the golf course must be either within the limits of an incorporated city or town or within 5 miles of the limits of an incorporated city or town;

(c) the applicant for a license under this section may not have held a retail beer and wine or all-beverages license within 12 months of the date of application; and

(d) the applicant, except for a golf course under a governing body incorporated under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, shall pay an initial application fee as provided in 16-4-501.

(4) The department If the owner of revenue shall issue the a golf publicly owned golf course beer and wine license to is a the qualified applicant regardless state, a unit of the number of beer and wine licenses already issued within university system, or a local government, the beer and wine license quota area in which department may approve the golf course is situated. A license issued pursuant to this section is nontransferable. application if an owner-designated individual who provides general oversight of the alcoholic

(5) (a) Except as provided in subsection (5)(c), a golf course beer and wine license and all retail beer and wine sales under the license are subject to all statutes and rules governing a retail beer and wine license.

(b) If the owner of the golf course is not the state, a unit of the university system, or a local government:

(i) retail beer and wine sales may be made only during the time of the year that the golf course is open for business, and sales on days during that time must stop by 1 hour after sunset;

(ii) the seating capacity of the premises where the beer and wine are sold may not exceed 75 persons; and

(iii) gaming or gambling is not authorized under the license issued under this section.

(c) If the owner of a golf course is the state, a unit of the university system, or a local government, the owner may lease the beer and wine license for use at the golf course to an individual or entity approved by the department.

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