Okla. Stat. tit. 37A, § 37A-6-102

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Prohibited acts of licensees

Official statutory text

A. No licensee of the ABLE Commission shall:

1. Knowingly receive, possess or sell any alcoholic beverage

except as authorized by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act

and by the license or permit which the licensee holds;

2. Employ any person under eighteen (18) years of age in the

selling of beer or wine or employ any person under twenty-one (21)

years of age in the selling of spirits. Provided:

a. a mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public

event, special event, bottle club, retail wine or

retail beer licensee may employ servers or sales

clerks who are at least eighteen (18) years of age,

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except persons under twenty-one (21) years of age may

not serve in designated bar or lounge areas, and

b. a mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public

event, special event or bottle club licensee may

employ or hire musical bands who have musicians who

are under eighteen (18) years of age if each such

musician is either accompanied by a parent or legal

guardian or has on their person, to be made available

for inspection upon demand by any employee of the ABLE

Commission or law enforcement officer, a written,

notarized affidavit from the parent or legal guardian

giving the underage musician permission to perform in

designated bar or lounge areas;

3. Give any alcoholic beverage as a prize, premium or

consideration for any lottery, game of chance or skill or any type

of competition;

4. Use any of the following means or inducements to stimulate

the consumption of alcoholic beverages, including but not limited

to:

a. deliver more than two drinks to one person at one

time, except:

(1) as provided for serving tasting flights defined

in Section 6-102.1 of this title, or

(2) up to six (6) bottles or cans of beer in the

original packaging for on-premises consumption

may be delivered to one person at one time in a

reusable container, including but not limited to

a bucket or insulated cooler which may be cooled

by ice or another cooling method,

b. sell or offer to sell to any person or group of

persons any drinks at a price that is less than six

percent (6%) below the markup of the cost to the mixed

beverage licensee; provided, a mixed beverage licensee

shall be permitted to offer these drink specials on

any particular hour of any particular day and shall

not be required to offer these drink specials for an

entire calendar week or from open to close, and shall

not be required to offer such drink specials at all

venues operating under the same mixed beverage

license; provided, a mixed beverage licensee selling

wine, beer, or cocktails to-go shall be permitted to

offer these to-go drinks at a different price than on-

premises drinks,

c. sell or offer to sell to any person an unlimited

number of drinks during any set period of time for a

fixed price, except at private functions not open to

the public,

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d. sell or offer to sell drinks to any person or group of

persons on any one day or portion thereof at prices

less than those charged the general public on that

day, except at private functions not open to the

public,

e. increase the volume of alcoholic beverages contained

in a drink without increasing proportionately the

price regularly charged for such drink during the same

calendar week, or

f. encourage or permit, on the licensed premises, any

game or contest which involves drinking or the

awarding of drinks as prizes.

Provided, that the provisions of this paragraph shall not

prohibit the advertising or offering of food, entertainment or

bottle service in licensed establishments;

5. Permit or allow any patron or person to exit the licensed

premises with an open container of any alcoholic beverage.

Provided, this prohibition shall not be applicable to closed

original containers of alcoholic beverages which are carried from
he provisions of this paragraph shall not

prohibit the advertising or offering of food, entertainment or

bottle service in licensed establishments;

5. Permit or allow any patron or person to exit the licensed

premises with an open container of any alcoholic beverage.

Provided, this prohibition shall not be applicable to closed

original containers of alcoholic beverages which are carried from

the licensed premises of a bottle club by a patron, closed original

wine containers removed from the premises of restaurants, hotels and

motels, or to closed original containers of alcoholic beverages

transported to and from the place of business of a licensed caterer

by the caterer or an employee of the caterer;

6. Serve or sell alcoholic beverages with an expired license

issued by the ABLE Commission;

7. Permit any person to be drunk or intoxicated on the

licensee's licensed premises; or

8. Permit or allow any patron to serve or pour himself or

herself any alcoholic beverage, except a licensee may offer a patron

self-pour service of beer or wine, or both, from automated devices

on licensed premises so long as:

a. the licensee monitors and has the ability to control

the dispensing of such beer or wine, or both, from the

automated devices. "Automated device" shall mean any

mechanized device capable of dispensing wine or beer,

or both, directly to a patron in exchange for

compensation that a licensee has received directly

from the patron, and

b. each licensee offering a patron self-pour service of

wine or beer, or both, from any automated device shall

provide constant video monitoring of the automated

device at all times during which the licensee is open

to the public. The licensee shall keep recorded

footage from the video monitoring for at least sixty

(60) days, and shall provide the footage, upon

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request, to any agent of the Director of the ABLE

Commission or other authorized law enforcement agent.

B. 1. The compensation required by subparagraph a of paragraph

8 of subsection A of this section shall be in the form of a radio

frequency identification (RFID) device, mobile application or any

other technology approved by the ABLE Commission containing a fixed

amount of volume of thirty-two (32) ounces for beer and ten (10)

ounces for wine that may be directly exchanged for beer or wine

dispensed from the automated device:

a. RFID devices may be assigned, used or reactivated only

during a business day,

b. each RFID device shall be obtained from the licensee

by a patron,

c. a licensee shall not issue more than one active RFID

device to a patron, and

d. an RFID device shall be deemed active if the RFID

device contains volume credit or has not yet been used

to dispense ten (10) ounces of wine or thirty-two (32)

ounces of beer.

2. In order to obtain an RFID device from a licensee, each

patron shall produce a valid driver license, identification card or

other government-issued document that contains a photograph of the

individual and demonstrates that the individual is at least twenty-

one (21) years of age. Each RFID device shall be programmed to

require the production of the patron's valid identification before

the RFID device can be used for the first time during any business

day or for any subsequent reactivation.

3. Each RFID device shall become inactive at the end of each

business day.

4. Each RFID device shall be programmed to allow the dispensing

of no more than ten (10) ounces of wine or thirty-two (32) ounces of

beer to a patron:

a. once an RFID device has been used to dispense ten (10)

ounces of wine or thirty-two (32) ounces of beer to a

patron, the RFID device shall become inactive, and

b. any patron in possession of an inactive RFID device

may, upon production of the patron's valid

identification to the licensee or licensee's employee,

have the RFID device reactivated to allow the
2) ounces of

beer to a patron:

a. once an RFID device has been used to dispense ten (10)

ounces of wine or thirty-two (32) ounces of beer to a

patron, the RFID device shall become inactive, and

b. any patron in possession of an inactive RFID device

may, upon production of the patron's valid

identification to the licensee or licensee's employee,

have the RFID device reactivated to allow the

dispensing of an additional ten (10) ounces of wine or

thirty-two (32) ounces of beer from an automated

device.

Paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this subsection shall not apply to wine

or beer that is dispensed directly to the licensee or the licensee's

agent or employee.

C. A mixed beverage or beer and wine licensee shall not be

deemed to have violated the provisions of paragraph 5 of subsection

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A of this section if it allowed a patron to leave the licensed

premises with an open container of beer or wine only and:

1. The otherwise prohibited act was committed during the hours

of 8 a.m. to midnight on the day of a scheduled home football game

of institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher

Education, and the establishment is located within two thousand

(2,000) feet of the institution;

2. The licensee is participating by invitation in a municipally

sanctioned art, music or sporting event within city limits when the

municipality has provided written notice of the event and a list of

invited licensees to the ABLE Commission at least five (5) days

prior to the event; or

3. The patron remains on the connected, physical property of

the licensee or in a public area adjacent to the physical property

of the licensee with prior municipal approval; provided, that

written notice of the use of the connected, physical property of the

licensee or public area shall be provided to the ABLE Commission at

least five (5) days prior to such use.

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