The governing body of any municipality, as to any mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public event or bottle club licensee having its principal place of business in such municipality, and the board of county commissioners of any county, as to any mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public event or bottle club licensee having its principal place of business in such county but outside the incorporated limits of a municipality, may initiate a license suspension or revocation proceeding as to such licensee by filing a written complaint with the ABLE Commission. The complaint shall set forth the grounds for the proposed suspension or revocation. Such complaint may be based on any ground that the ABLE Commission might have asserted. Upon receipt of such complaint, the ABLE Commission shall forward a copy of the complaint to the licensee together with written notice of the time and place of hearing thereon. If the complaint is filed by a municipality, the hearing shall be conducted within the corporate limits of the municipality. If the complaint is filed by a county, the hearing shall be conducted in the county. The hearing shall be held within the time limits and in the manner prescribed for suspension or revocation proceedings initiated by the ABLE Commission. In any proceeding initiated pursuant to this section, the municipality or county shall be deemed an interested party, shall have the right to be heard and to present evidence at the hearing on the complaint and shall be entitled to appeal from any final order entered by the ABLE Commission in the manner otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. Such municipality or county shall not be required to give bond on appeal.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 366, § 99, eff. Oct. 1, 2018.
NOTE: Laws 2016, c. 366, was conditionally effective upon passage of State Question No. 792, Legislative Referendum No. 370, which was adopted at election held on Nov. 8, 2016.