241.066 Limitation on number of quota retail package licenses in wet county not containing a city of the first class -- Exceptions -- Construction of section -- Reduction of quota licenses -- Superseding and replacing wet city quota in dry county that becomes wet

241.066 Limitation on number of quota retail package licenses in wet county not

containing a city of the first class -- Exceptions -- Construction of section --

Reduction of quota licenses -- Superseding and replacing wet city quota in dry

county that becomes wet.

(1) The number of quota retail package licenses issued by the department in any wet

county shall not exceed one (1) license for every two thousand three hundred

(2,300) persons resident in the county, except that:

(a) A wet county containing a city of the first class shall be subject to the

limitations in KRS 241.065;

(b) No fewer than two (2) quota retail package licenses shall be available for

issuance by the department in any wet county;

(c) Any specific county quota amounts that were issued by the department prior

to January 1, 2018, in excess of the population calculations established in this

section shall remain in effect, and the department shall maintain the list of

specific quotas in an administrative regulation; and

(d) The number of quota retail package licenses issued by the department in any

wet county or urban-county government, excluding a county containing a city

of a first class subject to KRS 241.065, containing more than one hundred

thousand (100,000) residents shall not exceed one (1) license for every two

thousand (2,000) persons resident in the county.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit license renewal or license

transfers approved by the department of an existing quota retail license issued in a

wet county.

(3) In counties that have not received an increased quota license amount from the

department, any quota licenses over the established amount shall be reduced as the

licenses are revoked, surrendered, or not renewed by the license holder.

(4) If a dry county that contains a wet city becomes wet, the quota established by this

section shall supersede and replace any separate city quota.