32B-17-201. Commission's power to issue liquor transport license.
(1) A person who is not a retail licensee shall obtain a liquor transport license issued by the commission in accordance with this chapter before the person may: pickup liquor on behalf of a retail licensee and deliver the liquor to a retail licensee or a central receiving and distribution center; or if the person is a central receiving and distribution center: pickup liquor on behalf of an airport licensee and deliver the liquor to the central receiving and distribution center's premises; or receive, screen, store, or deliver alcoholic product as part of the central receiving and distribution center's operations. A violation of Subsectionis a class A misdemeanor. (1)(a)
(2) The commission may issue a liquor transport license for: the pickup of liquor on behalf of a retail licensee and the delivery of the liquor to the retail licensee or a central receiving and distribution center; or the receipt, screening, storage, and distribution of alcoholic product by a central receiving and distribution center.
(3) In accordance with this chapter, a liquor transport license entitles the holder to: pickup liquor from a package agency or state store on behalf of a retail licensee using the retail licensee's funds; and transport and deliver the liquor directly to: the retail licensee; or if the retail licensee is an airport licensee, a central receiving and distribution center; or if the holder is a central receiving and distribution center: pickup liquor from a package agency or state store on behalf of an airport licensee using the airport licensee's funds; and transport the liquor directly to the central receiving and distribution center's premises for screening, storage, and delivery to the airport licensee; receive at the central receiving and distribution center's premises: liquor purchased by or on behalf of an airport licensee and delivered to the central receiving and distribution center by the airport licensee or a liquor transport licensee; or beer delivered to the central receiving and distribution center for an airport licensee by a beer wholesaler licensee or a small brewer; screen and store alcoholic product picked up or received by the central receiving and distribution center; and transport and deliver the alcoholic product to the airport licensee.
(4) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a retail licensee from picking up liquor purchased by the retail licensee and transporting the liquor to the retail licensee's licensed premises in accordance with the other provisions of this title.