33:1-11.6. Active use required for renewal; fee
2. No State beverage distributor's license, as defined in subsection c. of section 2 of R.S.33:1-11, shall be renewed if it has not been actively used in connection with the operation of a licensed premises within a period of two years prior to the commencement date of the license period for which the renewal application is filed, unless the director, for good cause and after a hearing, authorizes a further application for renewal; provided, however, that, if the licensee has been deprived of the use of the licensed premises as a result of eminent domain, fire or other casualty, and establishes by affidavit filed with the director that he is making a good faith effort to resume active use of the license in connection with the operation of a licensed premises, then the period of two years provided for in this section shall be automatically extended for an additional two years. Commencing on the effective date of this act, no additional State beverage distributors' licenses shall be issued to exceed the number in existence on the date this act takes effect.
Any request for relief under this section shall be accompanied by a nonreturnable filing fee of $100.00 payable to the director.
L.1982,c.166,s.2; amended 1992,c.188,s.6.