Title 3, Chapter 8, Section 1
( 3-8-1)
(a) The issuance of licenses for the package sale, sale by the
drink, storage, and distribution of alcoholic beverages within the
boundaries of any airport owned or operated, or both, by a county or
municipality may be approved by a proper resolution or ordinance of
the county or municipal governing authority owning or operating the
airport. A license for such sales, storage, and distribution of
distilled spirits may be issued only by the governing authority of a
municipality or county in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is
lawful. (b) This Code section shall apply regardless of the location of the
airport. (c) For the purposes of regulating the sale, storage, and
distribution of alcoholic beverages, but not for the purposes of
taxation, the airport boundaries of an airport owned or operated, or
both, by a county or municipality shall be treated: (1) If the airport is owned or operated, or both, by a county, as
though the airport boundaries were located entirely within the
boundaries of the county which owns or operates, or owns and
operates, the airport; or (2) If the airport is owned or operated, or both, by a
municipality, as though the airport boundaries were located
entirely within the corporate limits of that municipality and
entirely within the boundaries of the county in which the greater
portion of the municipality owning or operating, or owning and
operating, the airport lies. (d) No county or municipality may control, license, regulate, or
exercise police powers over the sale, storage, or distribution of
alcoholic beverages within the boundaries of an airport owned or
operated, or both, by another municipality or county which has
lawfully approved the sale in any fashion or storage of any
alcoholic beverages within all or part of the municipality or
county. (e) The county or municipality authorized by law to impose and
collect taxes on the sale, storage, and distribution of alcoholic
beverages at the airport may impose and collect such taxes,
unaffected by this Code section; and the county or municipality
owning or operating, or both, the airport shall not impose or
collect such taxes. The proceeds of the taxes which the county and
the municipality are authorized by law to impose and collect on the
sale, storage, and distribution of alcoholic beverages at the
airport shall be equally divided between the county and the
municipality. (f) The county or municipality which issues the license pursuant to
subsection (a) of this Code section may impose, collect, and receive
licensing fees generally paid in connection with the licensing of
the sale, storage, and distribution of alcoholic beverages; and any
county or municipality that would, apart from this Code section,
otherwise license or regulate, or both, the sale, storage, and
distribution of alcoholic beverages at the airport shall not impose
or receive any such licensing fees unless it is the county or
municipality issuing the license. |