Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 241.160 (2026)

Wet or moist cities with population of 3,000 or more and

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consolidated local governments required to have city administrators -- City administrators permitted in smaller cities. (1) The legislative body of any wet or moist city with a population equal to or greater than three thousand (3,000) or a consolidated local government shall by ordinance create the office of city alcoholic beverage control administrator, or shall assign the duties of this office to a presently established city office. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the legislative body of any wet or moist city with a population of less than three thousand (3,000) may, by ordinance, create the office of city alcoholic beverage control administrator or shall assign the duties of the office to a presently established office. (3) If located in a county containing a consolidated local government, cities with a population of less than three thousand (3,000) shall not create the office of city alcoholic beverage control administrator. Any city under this subsection that had created the office of city alcoholic beverage control and appointed a person to that office prior to August 1, 2014, shall not be prohibited by this subsection. Effective:June 29, 2017 History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 62, sec. 12, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 288, effective January 1, 2015. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 215, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 108, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2554b-111.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1948–1976 · leading case: City of Bowling Green v. Gasoline Marketers, Inc., 539 S.W.2d 281 (Ky. 1976).

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City of Bowling Green v. Gasoline Marketers, Inc., 539 S.W.2d 281 (Ky. 1976). · cites it 2× “The City of Bowling Green has, pursuant to the authority of KRS 241.160, created the office of city alcoholic beverage control administrator and the appellant, Ar-lie Sadler, fills that office.”

Deckert v. Levy, 213 S.W.2d 431 (Ky. Ct. App. 1948). “KRS 241.160. Thus the state,, through its agency, has not limited the number of licenses for the retail of malt liquors in that City.”

City of Newport v. Tye, 335 S.W.2d 340 (Ky. Ct. App. 1960). “The argument is that KRS 241.160 authorizes a city to create the office of City Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator and KRS 241.”

McMullin v. Richmond City Council, 227 S.W.2d 975 (Ky. Ct. App. 1950). “In this connection, such cities are'required under KRS 241.160 to 241.200 to appoint a City Alcoholic Beverage ' Control Administrator, who is clothed with police powers and charged with specific duties with reference to the enforcement of laws relating to alcoholic beverages.”

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