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Guidance for Governor's Directive: Businesses that can sell and deliver alcohol for off-premises consumption during state shut down

Businesses that can sell and deliver alcohol for off-premises consumption during state shut down (3.2020)

Montana Department of Revenue, Alcoholic Beverage Control Division · Montana (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Montana
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Governor's Directives of Mar. 20 and Mar. 24, 2020 waiving Mont. Code Ann. 16-3-101, -219, -243, -418
Issued
2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
Effective
2020-03-20
End
Delivery and takeout expansions 'extended through the end of the emergency' (MT-013) and continued to June 30, 2021 (MT-021) (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Mar. 20, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureAlcohol and bars
Addressees
  • on-premises licensees (bars, casinos, restaurants)
  • off-premises licensees
  • manufacturer licensees
  • agency liquor stores
Functions reached
  • BA bar and alcohol service (on-premises prohibited; delivery permitted)
  • TO takeout and delivery
Collection
Montana MT

Operative words

Only retailers and manufacturers with an active alcoholic beverages license and agency liquor stores with a current franchise agreement can sell alcohol for delivery where the state government has shut down these businesses as a result of the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus outbreak.

Enforcement

Department of Revenue licensing authority, Title 16

Notes

The regulator's own acknowledgment that 'the state government has shut down these businesses'; issue date taken as the Governor's Mar. 20 Directive date (document is dated '3.2020')

Retrieval note

Day of issue within March 2020 not stated on the document.