Bed and breakfast permit

(1) In lieu of a hotel and restaurant license, a person operating a bed and breakfast with not more than twenty sleeping rooms that offers complimentary alcohol beverages for consumption only on the premises and only by overnight guests may be issued a bed and breakfast permit. A bed and breakfast permittee shall not sell alcohol beverages by the drink and shall not serve alcohol beverages for more than four hours in any one day. (2) An applicant for a bed and breakfast permit is exempt from any fee otherwise assessable under section 44-3-501 (3) or 44-3-505 (4)(a), but is subject to all other fees and all other requirements of this article 3. (3) A local licensing authority may, at its option, determine that bed and breakfast permits are not available within its jurisdiction. (4) A bed and breakfast permit may be suspended or revoked in accordance with section 44-3-601 if the permittee violates any provision of this article 3 or any rule adopted pursuant to this article 3 or fails truthfully to furnish any required information in connection with a permit application. (5) It is unlawful for any owner, part owner, shareholder, or person interested directly or indirectly in a bed and breakfast permit to conduct, own either in whole or in part, or be directly or indirectly interested in any other business licensed pursuant to this article 3 or article 4 of this title 44; except that a person regulated under this section may have an interest in other bed and breakfast permits; in a license described in section 44-3-401 (1)(j) to (1)(t), (1)(v), or (1)(w) or 44-4-104 (1)(c); or in a financial institution referred to in section 44-3-308 (4).