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Title

Definitions

Exempt products

Permits required; fees; exception

Class A permit; definitions

Class C Permit; definitions

Microdistillery; retail sales for consumption on or off premises

Permit for wine and malt beverages

Restaurant "R" permit; application; fees

Limitations on issuance of permits

Local license and permit fees

Operation without permit prohibited

Personal nature of permits; return of permits; necessity of display; penalties

Notice of application for retail dealer's permit

Content of application for permit; commissioner power as ex officio notary

Submission of applications; delay

Qualifications of applicants for permits

Location of business limited

Issuance of wholesale permit

Interposed persons

Misstatement or suppression of fact in application

Combination of manufacturer, wholesale, and retail business prohibited; exceptions

Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 62, §2.

Museum permit; requirements; authorizations; circumstances

Authority of commissioner and local authorities to withhold permit

Procedure for determination to issue or withhold permit

Renewal of permit

Form of application for renewal of permit

Acts prohibited on licensed premises; suspension or revocation of permits

Additional causes for suspension or revocation of permits; fines

Proper petitioners in action by commissioner to suspend or revoke permit

Procedure for suspending or revoking permit

Cause necessary to withholding, suspending, or revoking of permit

Convictions by court not essential to withholding, suspending, or revoking permits

Revocation and suspensions not exclusive penalty

Status of premises after revocation of permit

Notice of hearing by commissioner

Place of hearing

Participation in hearing by video conference

By whom conducted; record; briefs

Contempt at hearings; penalty

Procedure when permittee or applicant fails to appear at hearing; continuances

Basis for determination by commissioner to suspend or to revoke permit

Costs of hearings

Decisions to withhold, suspend, or revoke permits final unless appealed and reversed

Appeals to courts

Summary proceedings on appeal

Interference by courts prohibited

Export of beverages controlled by commissioner

Distribution through wholesalers only

Invoices and records of dealers

False invoice or bill of sale prohibited

Refusal to allow inspection

Regulation of traffic in wines

Sale or keeping for sale in dry area; penalty

Cash or short-term credit sales only; timely payment; penalty for violation

Refilling used containers prohibited; exception

Unfair practices

Permits necessary prior to purchase of alcoholic beverages

Forms for default notices and delinquent lists; rules for filing and publication

Delivery of alcoholic beverages; certain retailers; third parties; requirements; limitations

General penalty

Definitions

Permits required; fees

Microbrewery; retail sales on or off premises

Class A permit; definitions

Class C Permit; definitions

Package house-Class B permit

Restaurant "R" permit; application; fees

Limitations on the issuance of state permits; exceptions

Local permits

Operation without permit prohibited

Personal nature of permits; return of permits; necessity of display; penalties

Notice of application for retail dealer's permit

Contents of application for permit; commissioner power as ex officio notary

Submission of applications; delay

Qualifications of applicants for permits

Location of business limited; exception

Misstatement or suppression of fact in application

Authority of commissioner and local authorities to withhold permits

Procedure for determination to issue or withhold permit

Renewal of permit

Acts prohibited on licensed premises; suspension or revocation of permits

Additional causes for suspension or revocation of permits

Withholding or denying of permits; causes

Proper petitioners in action to suspend or revoke permit

Procedure for suspending or revoking permit

Cause necessary to withholding, suspending, or revoking of permit

Revocations and suspensions not exclusive penalty

Status of premises after revocation of permit

Enforcement of permit requirements

Notice of hearing by commissioner

Place of hearing

Participation in hearing by video conference

By whom conducted; record; briefs

Contempt at hearings; penalty

Procedure when permittee or applicant fails to appear at hearing

Basis for determination by commissioner to suspend or to revoke permit

Costs of hearings

Decisions to withhold, suspend, or revoke permits final unless appealed and reversed

Appeals to courts

Summary proceedings on appeal

Interference by courts prohibited

Sale of malt beverages in keg; tracking; forms

Delivery of alcoholic beverages; certain retailers, third parties; requirements; limitations

Alcoholic beverages delivery agreements; requirements; limitations

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 808, §2, eff. June 30, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 808, §2, eff. June 30, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 808, §2, eff. June 30, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 808, §2, eff. June 30, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 808, §2, eff. June 30, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 808, §2, eff. June 30, 2006.

Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 808, §2, eff. June 30, 2006.

Tax on beverages of high and low alcoholic content; importers of wine

Tax on beverages of low alcoholic content

Taxes on beverages of high alcoholic content in lieu of other state excise taxes

Taxes collected from dealer

Discount on taxes on beverages of low alcoholic content

Wholesale dealers to file returns and pay tax monthly on beverages of low alcoholic content

Refunds

Manufacturers or wholesalers to furnish a bond; failure

Handling beverages of low alcoholic content without furnishing bond; penalty

Maximum stock of beverages of high alcoholic content in dealer's bonded stockroom

Limitation on size of containers of beverages of high alcoholic content; standards of fill

Donated alcoholic beverages of high and low alcoholic content taxable

Presumption of taxability of beverages of low alcoholic content

Payment and reporting of taxes; discounts; rules and regulations; enforcement; forfeitures and penalties; redemption of tax stamps

Invoices and records of dealers in beverages of high alcoholic content

False invoices of beverages of high alcoholic content

Examination of dealers' records; computation and collection of unpaid taxes

Civil penalty on dealers in beverages of low alcoholic content for failure to file return and pay tax

Distribution of alcoholic beverages through wholesalers only

Report of importers of alcoholic beverages

Transportation within state of non tax-paid* alcoholic beverages by means other than common carrier prohibited

Importation of non-tax-paid alcoholic beverages to be by common carrier and private carrier under a permit

Forfeiture and sale of vehicle improperly hauling non-tax-paid alcoholic beverages

Receipt of alcoholic beverages to avoid tax prohibited; out-of-state manufacturers and wholesalers to obtain written authority to make shipment and furnish notice of shipment; enforcement

Consignee to have permit from secretary to receive imported alcoholic beverages

Exported beverages not subject to tax

Handling of exported beverages of high alcoholic content regulated by secretary

Highway transporter required to have invoice

Carriers to file report showing alcoholic beverages handled

Examination of records

Searches and seizures

Seizure and forfeiture of beverages of high or low alcoholic content

Claims to property seized by secretary

Waiver of forfeiture of beverages of high alcoholic content

Interference with inspection by the secretary prohibited

Exempt products

Exemption in favor of United States

Tax-free withdrawal of alcohol from industrial alcohol plants or bonded warehouse

Secretary to collect taxes

Bond of secretary as to beverages of low alcoholic content

Rules and regulations of the secretary

Private counsel

Collection of delinquency penalties

Concealing violations or hindering enforcement of Chapter

Special agents of secretary and commissioner

Compromises by secretary

Disposition of proceeds of taxes

Local taxes authorized on beverages are exclusive

Local gallonage tax on beverages of low alcoholic content

Local regulatory ordinances

Local regulatory ordinances; bar closing in certain municipalities

Sale of beverages of high alcoholic content in violation of local ordinance

Copies of pertinent local ordinances to be furnished commissioner

General penalty

Definitions

Petition for election; separate elections; frequency limited

Effect of merger

Form of petition for election

Filing of petition with registrar of voters; notice of filing

Verification of petition by registrar; filing with governing authority

Ordering of election; verification of registrar of voters; date of election; notice of election

Ballot; majority determination of issues; separation of results

Conduct of election

Action contesting calling of election; action contesting election; time for commencement; applicable provisions

Recount of ballots or contest of elections

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 334, §2, eff. May 15, 2018.

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 334, §2, eff. May 15, 2018.

Promulgation of election results; proces verbal

Local prohibitory ordinances and penalties authorized

Illegal transportation or delivery in prohibition area

Alcoholic beverage sales in restaurants; authorization for propositions to be submitted to voters in certain elections

Alcoholic beverage sales in restaurants; authorization for propositions to be submitted to voters in certain elections

Alcoholic beverage sales in restaurants; authorization for certain municipalities to submit propositions to voters in certain elections

Alcoholic beverage sales in restaurants; authorization for propositions to be submitted to voters in certain elections

Definitions

Manufacture or preparation of poisonous beverages; penalty

Sale of poisonous beverages; penalty

Analysis of beverages in possession of arrested person

Providing alcoholic beverages to convict prohibited; penalty

"Blind tiger" defined

Penalty for keeping blind tiger; destruction or sale of beverages

Searches and seizures

Soliciting sale of alcoholic beverages in prohibition area; penalty

Prescribing beverages of high alcoholic content as medicine to evade prohibition law; penalty

Sales of beer and other malt beverages by wholesalers to retailers

Commissioner of alcohol and tobacco control; establishment, commissioner, term

Powers and duties

Additional powers of the commissioner

Powers and duties; application and renewal procedures

Collection of fees and penalties; lists of permittees and establishments; definitions

Employees, commissioned officers

All legal remedies available for enforcement of law; bond unnecessary for commissioner; summary trial

Licenses; exception

Microfilm or microfiche records; electronic digitized records

Criminal records access

Legislative intent and purpose

Definitions

Prohibited acts by supplier

Prohibited acts by wholesaler

Conditions of amendment, modification, resignation, cancellation, termination, failure to renew, or refusal to continue agreement

Transfer of wholesaler's business; interference prohibited

Reasonable compensation upon supplier's violation; arbitration

Wholesaler may not waive rights; agreement to waive void

Application to future agreements; transferee continues under agreement

Civil action for violations; damages; venue

Nonwaiver

Cumulative

Obligations of successor

Definitions

Permits

Permit fees

Permit terms

Renewal of a permit

General requirements

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 143, §2.

Commissioner's examination of records

Issuance of permit

General requirements of eligibility

Cash or short-term sales only; notification; penalty for violation

Vending machines

Self-service displays

Acts prohibited

Permits; necessity of display; penalties

Violation

Exceptions

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 143, §2.

Suspensions or revocations

Violations by employee; employer liability

Civil penalties

Administrative hearings

Participation in hearing by video conference

Appeal

Public records

Powers of commissioner

Additional powers of the commissioner

Issuance of minimum price of cigarettes

Additional requirements

Short title

Definitions

Establishment of responsible vendor program

Requirements for certification

Server liability; penalties, fines, suspension or revocation of server permit; vendor's defenses

Fees

Preexisting server training programs

Reports to the commissioner

Applicability