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Can you summarize GACO 43-8-2?
Operators of Billiard Rooms > Local governing authority to license and regulate billiard rooms.
Short Summary
This legal document grants the governing authority of each local government in Georgia the power to license, regulate, and tax billiard rooms within their respective areas of operation. The document outlines certain conditions that must be met for the regulation of billiard rooms, including the establishment of license fees consistent with the cost of regulation and the imposition of business taxes based on similar types of businesses. The document also addresses the hours of operation for billiard rooms, stating that they cannot be prohibited from operating between 6:00 A.M. and 12:00 Midnight. Additionally, the document provides exemptions for billiard rooms that are not part of another licensed business and for establishments that derive a significant portion of their revenue from non-alcoholic products or services. The document further clarifies that local governments cannot prohibit billiard rooms or the playing of billiards in businesses that do not sell or allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Municipal corporations and counties are also granted the authority to impose reasonable regulations, suspension, and revocation of licenses for billiard rooms under the same standards applicable to other licensed businesses. No specific penalties are mentioned in the document.
Whom does it apply to?
Local governments in the state of Georgia
What does it govern?
Licensing, regulation, and taxation of billiard rooms
What are exemptions?
Billiard rooms that are not part of another business or activity licensed by a local government, establishments authorized to sell alcoholic beverages and derive at least 50% of their total annual gross revenues from the sale of products or services other than alcoholic beverages
What are the Penalties?
No specific penalties mentioned
Jurisdiction
Georgia