It is the purpose of the general assembly to regulate the assemblage of large numbers of people, in excess of those normally needing the health, sanitary, fire, police, transportation and utility services regularly provided in this state, in order that the health, safety and welfare of all persons in this state, residents and visitors alike, […]
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: “Assembly” means a gathering of five thousand (5,000) or more people that is conducted or can reasonably be expected to be conducted for eighteen (18) or more hours continuously, whether on public or private property; “Department” means the department of health; and “Person” includes any […]
No person shall permit, maintain, promote, conduct, advertise, act as an entrepreneur, undertake, organize, manage, or sell or give tickets to an actual or reasonably anticipated assembly, unless a license to hold the assembly has first been obtained from the department.
Before an applicant may be issued a license, the applicant shall first: Determine the maximum number of people who will be assembled or admitted to the location of the assembly; provided, that the maximum number shall not exceed the maximum number that can reasonably assemble at the location of the assembly in consideration of the […]
An application for a license to hold an actual or anticipated assembly of five thousand (5,000) or more persons shall be made in writing to the department at least sixty (60) days in advance of the assembly. The application shall contain a statement made upon oath or affirmation that the statements contained in the application […]
An application for a license to hold an actual or anticipated assembly shall be accompanied by a license fee of one hundred dollars ($100), and, if the license is granted, the fee is paid to the state treasury and becomes a part of the general funds of the state. A separate license shall be required […]
The application for a license shall be processed within twenty (20) days of receipt and shall be issued if there is compliance with all of the conditions. If for some reason the license is not granted, the department shall return the license fee to the applicant and a written statement of why the license was […]
The license may be revoked by the department at any time, if there is not compliance with any of the conditions necessary for the issuing of or contained in the license, or if there ceases to be compliance with any condition previously met.
A license shall permit the assembly of only the maximum number of people stated in the license. The licensee shall not sell tickets to, nor permit to assemble at the licensed location, more than the maximum permissible number of people. The license shall not permit the sound of the assembly to carry unreasonably beyond the […]
This chapter does not apply to any regularly established permanent place of worship, stadium, athletic field, arena, auditorium, coliseum, or other similar permanently established place of assembly for assemblies that do not exceed by more than two hundred fifty (250) persons the maximum seating capacity of the structure where the assembly is held. This chapter […]
The commissioner of health is empowered to adopt, promulgate and enforce rules and regulations to implement this chapter.
The holding of an assembly in violation of any provision or condition contained in this chapter is deemed a public nuisance and may be abated by injunction in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Any person who violates a provision of this chapter, or who violates any condition upon which such person is granted a license, commits a Class E felony, and shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
