(a) No license of any class shall be granted to any enforcement officer or to any person acting in the officer's behalf.

(b) A member of a local control commission to whom or in behalf of whom a first- or second-class license was issued by that commission shall not participate in any control commission action regarding any first- or second-class license. If a majority of the members of a local control commission is unable to participate in a control commission action regarding any first- or second-class license, that action shall be referred to the Board of Liquor and Lottery for investigation and action.

(c) An application for a first- or second-class license by or in behalf of a member of the local control commission or a complaint or disciplinary action regarding a first- or second-class license issued by a commission on which any member is a licensee shall be referred to the Board of Liquor and Lottery for investigation and action. (Amended 1979, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1981, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1991, No. 66, § 1, eff. June 18, 1991; 2009, No. 10, § 2, eff. May 5, 2009; 2017, No. 83, § 21; 2018, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 25.)