Section 117-A. Unlimited drink offerings prohibited  


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  • 1. No licensee, acting
      individually or in conjunction with one or more licensees, shall:
        (a) offer, sell, serve,  or  deliver  to  any  person  or  persons  an
      unlimited  number  of  drinks  during any set period of time for a fixed
      price.
        (b) allow a person, agent, party organizer, or promoter, as such terms
      shall be defined by the authority in  rule  and  regulation,  to  offer,
      sell,  serve, or deliver to any person or persons an unlimited number of
      drinks during any set period of time for a fixed price.
        (c) advertise, promote, or charge a  price  for  drinks  that  in  the
      judgment  of the authority creates an offering of alcoholic beverages in
      violation of the purposes and intent of this section, or  which  in  the
      judgment  of  the  authority  is an attempt to circumvent the intent and
      purposes of this section, such as, but not limited to, offerings of free
      drinks, or multiple drinks for free or for the price of a single  drink,
      or  for  a  low  initial price followed by a price increment per hour or
      other period of time, or for such a minor amount that in the judgment of
      the authority the pricing would constitute an attempt to circumvent  the
      intent and purposes of this section.
        2.  As used in this section, licensee means and includes the licensee,
      and any employees, or agents of such licensee.
        3. With respect to an individual  licensee,  this  section  shall  not
      apply  to  private functions not opened to the public, such as weddings,
      banquets, or receptions, or other similar functions, or to a package  of
      food   and  beverages  where  the  service  of  alcoholic  beverages  is
      incidental to the event or function.
        4. The authority shall investigate  any  documented  allegation  of  a
      violation of this section upon a complaint by any person.
        5.  The  authority shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to
      implement the provisions of this section.
        6. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the holder  of  a
      temporary  permit under subdivision two of section one hundred five-a of
      this article.