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The alcohol laws of Kentucky, which govern the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in that state, lead to a patchwork of counties that are either dry (prohibiting all sale of alcoholic beverage), or wet (permitting full retail sales under state license), or "moist" (occupying a middle ground between the two).
Selling, serving and giving alcohol to a minor is a class 4 felony punishable by up to 18 months in prison, [106] except when "a parent, legal guardian or adult spouse of a minor serves alcoholic beverages to that minor on real property, other than licensed premises, under the control of the parent, legal guardian or adult spouse", [107] or for ...
21 (exemptions: (1) a person over age eighteen who is an employee or permit holder under section 30-90a and who possesses alcoholic liquor in the course of such person's employment or business, (2) a minor who possesses alcoholic liquor on the order of a practicing physician, or (3) a minor who possesses alcoholic liquor while accompanied by a ...
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Kentucky Revised Statute 243.115, for example, permits restaurants licensed under the state’s liquor laws to let a patron take one open container of wine from the establishment for consumption ...
Local bans on alcohol sales have been the norm for decades in Kentucky until only recently. As of 2011, more than a third of the state’s 120 counties remained legally dry .
Four grocery chain stores in the county have grandfathered alcohol licenses. [34] The regulatory agency is Montgomery County Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS). Dorchester County was an alcohol control county until 2008, when the County Council voted to permanently close the county-owned liquor dispensaries, with subsequent change in the state law ...
Alcohol tax is an excise tax, and while a sin tax or demerit tax, is a significant source of revenue for governments. The U.S. government collected $5.8 billion in 2009. [ 46 ] In history, the Whiskey Rebellion was caused by the introduction of an alcohol tax to fund the newly formed U.S. federal government .