Alaska Stat. § 04.16.090
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Prohibition of bottle clubs.
Official statutory text
(a) A person may not maintain a place in which alcoholic beverages are received or kept, or to which alcoholic beverages are brought, for consumption by members of the public or by members of a club, corporation, or association, unless the person is authorized to do so under this title.
(b) A person may not maintain, operate, or lease premises for the purpose of providing, for a consideration, a place for drinking alcoholic beverages by members of the public or other persons, unless the person is authorized to do so under this title.
(c) In this section, consideration includes a cover charge, the sale of food, ice, mixers, or other liquids used with alcoholic beverage drinks, the furnishing of glassware or other containers for use in the consumption of alcoholic beverages, other charges for access to the licensed premises, or other services or products provided on the licensed premises.
(d) A person who knowingly violates this section commits the crime of maintaining a bottle club.
(e) Maintaining a bottle club is a class A misdemeanor.
(b) A person may not maintain, operate, or lease premises for the purpose of providing, for a consideration, a place for drinking alcoholic beverages by members of the public or other persons, unless the person is authorized to do so under this title.
(c) In this section, consideration includes a cover charge, the sale of food, ice, mixers, or other liquids used with alcoholic beverage drinks, the furnishing of glassware or other containers for use in the consumption of alcoholic beverages, other charges for access to the licensed premises, or other services or products provided on the licensed premises.
(d) A person who knowingly violates this section commits the crime of maintaining a bottle club.
(e) Maintaining a bottle club is a class A misdemeanor.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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