123.9 Powers of administrator.
The administrator, in executing divisional functions, shall have the following duties and powers:
1. To receive alcoholic liquors on a bailment system for resale by the division in the manner set forth in this chapter.
2. To rent, lease, or equip any building or any land necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
3. To lease all plants and lease or buy equipment necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
4. To appoint clerks, agents, or other employees required for carrying out the provisions of this chapter; to dismiss employees for cause; to assign employees to bureaus as created by the administrator within the division; and to designate their title, duties, and powers. All employees of the division are subject to chapter 8A, subchapter IV, unless exempt under section 8A.412.
5. To grant and issue beer permits, wine permits, liquor control licenses, and other licenses; and to suspend or revoke all such permits and licenses for cause under this chapter.
6. To license, inspect, and control the manufacture of alcoholic beverages and regulate the entire alcoholic beverage industry in the state.
7. To accept alcoholic liquors ordered delivered to the alcoholic beverages division pursuant to chapter 809A, and offer for sale and deliver the alcoholic liquors to class “E” liquor control licensees, unless the administrator determines that the alcoholic liquors may be adulterated or contaminated. If the administrator determines that the alcoholic liquors may be adulterated or contaminated, the administrator shall order their destruction.
[C35, §1921-f16; C39, §1921.016; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, §123.16; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §123.20]
83 Acts, ch 157, §1; 85 Acts, ch 90, §2; 86 Acts, ch 1122, §6; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §738; 86 Acts, ch 1246, §728 – 730; 87 Acts, ch 115, §20; 88 Acts, ch 1241, §3; 96 Acts, ch 1133, §40; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §185; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §204
C2016, §123.9
2016 Acts, ch 1008, §1; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §31; 2018 Acts, ch 1060, §5
Referred to in §123.38A
Former §123.9 transferred to §123.6;
2015 Acts, ch 30, §204