Section 250-RICR-100-00-1.20 - Food, Beverage, VendingA. No person shall possess, drink, sell or offer for sale any alcoholic beverages except as follows: 1. Permission may be requested from the Director of the RIDEM or his or her authorized representative to consume, serve, sell or offer for sale alcoholic beverages at events held at Fort Adams State Park and in 2022 at State beaches where the average annual attendance for the previous three (3) years exceeds three hundred thousand (300,000) visitors. Requests shall be submitted in writing to the Director, or his or her authorized representative sixty (60) days in advance of the proposed date for the event. Permission may be given at the Director's discretion only as a part of a formal license agreement between the State of Rhode Island and the entity requesting permission. If granted, permission shall apply only to areas and times designated by the Director at his or her discretion and specified in the license. The Director may impose additional restrictions which he or she deems necessary.2. No person shall offer for sale, or attempt to sell any goods or services on any Public Reservation governed by these Regulations without official written permission from the Director of the RIDEM or his or her authorized representative.3. No person shall sell, offer for sale, or attempt to sell any ticket, privilege, or license of admission to an entertainment event, including, but not limited to, any place of public amusement, arena, stadium, theatre, performance, sport, exhibition, or athletic contest conducted in any part of a Public Reservation governed by these Rules and Regulations. 4. Any person found to be in violation of § 1.20(A)(3) of this Part at the discretion of the Chief of the RIDEM Division of Law Enforcement or his or her designee shall either be prosecuted for a violation of R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-22-26 or may be issued a citation pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 88.2.5. Any person against whom the prosecution for a violation of R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-22 -26 has been instituted or who has been issued a citation pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 8-8.2 for a violation of § 1.20(A)(3) of this Part, shall be immediately removed from, and barred from re-entering, the Public Reservation in which entertainment event is being conducted for a period of one (1) year from the date of the person's removal from the Public Reservation.250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-100-00-1.20
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