Johnson County Board of County Commissioners

Cereal Malt Beverage Retailer's License (places of business outside city limits)

Under K.S.A. 41-2702(a), a retailer selling cereal malt beverage or beer containing not more than 6% alcohol by volume needs a license for each place of business; inside a city the application goes to the city's governing body, and for a place of business outside city limits it goes to the board of county commissioners. A restaurant, coffee shop or store in unincorporated Johnson County therefore applies to the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners. The statute sets the range of the county fee: for consumption on the premises, not less than $25 nor more than $200 as prescribed by the board (41-2702(d)(1)); for sales only in original and unopened containers, not for consumption on the premises, an annual fee of not less than $25 nor more than $50 (41-2702(g)). In addition, under 41-2702(e) each applicant for a license or renewal submits a copy of the application to the director of Alcoholic Beverage Control with a $25 fee for the state stamp, and no license is issued or renewed without that stamp. These are the statute's ranges; the Board sets Johnson County's amount within them. A business inside a city applies to that city.