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4-203.03. Craft producer festival license; craft producer fair license; fee
A. The director may issue on a temporary basis a craft producer festival license that authorizes:
1. The sampling of the craft producer products on the craft producer festival premises.
2. The sale of the craft producer products for consumption on the craft producer festival premises.
3. The sale of the craft producer products in the original container for consumption off the craft producer festival premises.
B. Before the director may issue a craft producer festival license, a craft producer festival that is to occur at an otherwise unlicensed location or at a location that is not fully within the licensee's existing licensed premises must be approved by the board of supervisors, or the board's designee, if the event is to be held in an unincorporated area or by the governing body of the city or town, or the governing body's designee, if the event is to be held in a city or town. A denial by the county, city or town must be forwarded to the director within sixty days after the submission of an application to the county, city or town unless the applicant has requested more time for consideration of the application.
C. The approval process prescribed in this section does not apply to physical locations that are fully located within a premises licensed pursuant to this title.
D. The director may issue one or more craft producer festival licenses for each licensed craft producer, for a total of up to one hundred fifty calendar days for each craft producer. The director may establish a fee for each day of each event for a craft producer festival license.
E. A representative of the licensed craft producer may consume small amounts of the products of the licensed craft producer on the festival premises for the purpose of quality control.
F. The director may issue a craft producer fair license with the permission of state fair organizers or county fair organizers. Any craft producer may allow the sampling of craft producer products on the fair premises, the sale of the products for consumption on the fair premises and the sale of the products in original containers for consumption off the fair premises at any sanctioned state fair or county fair. The director may establish a fee for each day for each event for a craft producer fair license.
G. Section 4-201 does not apply to the licenses provided under this section.