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SENATE BILL NO. 1415 – Alcohol, retail sale, eligibility

SENATE BILL NO. 1415

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S1415................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
ALCOHOL BEVERAGES - RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS - Amends and adds to existing law
to clarify when persons are not eligible to obtain beverages for the sale
of alcoholic beverages at retail.
                                                                        
02/14    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/15    Rpt prt - to St Aff

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 S1415
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1415
                                                                        
                              BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE LAWS CONCERNING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AMENDING SEC-
  3        TION 23-910, IDAHO CODE, TO CLARIFY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT  QUALIFIED  TO  BE
  4        LICENSED; AMENDING SECTION 23-928, IDAHO CODE, TO CLARIFY THAT IT SHALL BE
  5        UNLAWFUL  FOR A LICENSEE TO SELL, GIVE AWAY, DISPENSE, VEND OR DELIVER ANY
  6        BEER OR WINE IN ANY FASHION OR BY MEANS OR DEVICE EXCEPT UPON  A  LICENSED
  7        PREMISES  OR  UNDER  AN  ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CATERING PERMIT AND TO CORRECT A
  8        CODIFIER'S ERROR; AMENDING SECTION 23-1010, IDAHO CODE, TO CLARIFY  CONDI-
  9        TIONS  WHEN AN APPLICANT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR LICENSURE AND TO MAKE TECHNI-
 10        CAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 23-1024, IDAHO CODE, TO CLARIFY THAT  IT
 11        IS  A  MISDEMEANOR FOR A PERSON TO FALSELY REPRESENT HIMSELF AS TWENTY-ONE
 12        TO A PERSON LICENSED TO SELL LIQUOR OR WINE AT  RETAIL;  AMENDING  SECTION
 13        23-1308A,  IDAHO CODE, TO CLARIFY CONDITIONS WHEN A PERSON IS NOT ELIGIBLE
 14        FOR A WINE LICENSE AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL  CORRECTIONS;  AND  DECLARING  AN
 15        EMERGENCY.
                                                                        
 16    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 17        SECTION  1.  That  Section  23-910, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 18    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 19        23-910.  PERSONS NOT QUALIFIED TO BE LICENSED. No license shall be  issued
 20    to:
 21        (1)  Any  person,  or  any  one (1) of its members, officers, or governing
 22    board, who has, within three (3) years prior to the date  of  making  applica-
 23    tion, been convicted of, been found guilty of or who has pending or unresolved
 24    formal  charges for, any violation of the laws of the United States, the state
 25    of Idaho, or any other state of the United States, or of  the  resolutions  or
 26    ordinances  of  any county or city of this state, relating to the importation,
 27    transportation, manufacture or sale of alcoholic liquor or beer;  or  who  has
 28    been  convicted of, been found guilty of or who has pending or unresolved for-
 29    mal charges for, paid any fine, been placed on probation, received a  deferred
 30    sentence,  received  a withheld judgment or completed any sentence of confine-
 31    ment for any felony within five (5) years prior to the date of making applica-
 32    tion for any license.
 33        (2)  A person who is engaged in the operation, or interested  therein,  of
 34    any  house  or place for the purpose of prostitution or who has been convicted
 35    of, been found guilty of, or who has pending or unresolved formal charges for,
 36    any crime or misdemeanor opposed to decency and morality.
 37        (3)  A person whose license issued under this act  has  been  revoked;  an
 38    individual who was a member of a partnership or association which was a licen-
 39    see  under  this act and whose license has been revoked; an individual who was
 40    an officer, member of the governing board or one (1) of the ten (10) principal
 41    stockholders of a corporation which was a licensee under this  act  and  whose
 42    license  has  been revoked; a partnership or association one (1) of whose mem-
 43    bers was a licensee under this act and whose license was revoked;  a  corpora-
                                                                        
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  1    tion  one  (1)  of  whose  officers, member of the governing board or ten (10)
  2    principal stockholders was a licensee under the provisions  of  this  act  and
  3    whose  license  has  been  revoked;  an association or partnership, one (1) of
  4    whose members was a member of a partnership or association licensed under  the
  5    provisions  of  this  act and whose license has been revoked; a partnership or
  6    association, one (1) of whose members was an officer, a member of the  govern-
  7    ing  board, or one (1) of the ten (10) principal stockholders of a corporation
  8    licensed under the provisions of this act and whose license has been  revoked;
  9    a  corporation,  one  (1) of whose officers, member of the governing board, or
 10    ten (10) principal stockholders was a member of a partnership  or  association
 11    licensed  under  the  provisions  of this act and whose license was revoked; a
 12    corporation, one (1) of whose officers, member of the governing board, or  ten
 13    (10)  principal stockholders was an officer, member of the governing board, or
 14    one (1) of the ten (10) principal stockholders of a corporation licensed under
 15    the provisions of this act and whose license was revoked.
 16        (4)  Any officer, agent, or employee of any distillery,  winery,  brewery,
 17    or  any  wholesaler, or jobber, of liquor or malt beverages except as provided
 18    in section 23-912, Idaho Code. This prohibition shall not apply  to  officers,
 19    agents,  or  employees of any winery operating a golf course on the same prem-
 20    ises as the winery.
 21        (5)  A person who does not hold a retail beer  license  issued  under  the
 22    laws of the state of Idaho.
 23        (6)  Any  license,  held by any licensee disqualified under the provisions
 24    of this section from being issued a license, shall forthwith be revoked by the
 25    director.
                                                                        
 26        SECTION 2.  That Section 23-928, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 27    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 28        23-928.  SALE  AWAY  FROM LICENSED PREMISES PROHIBITED -- GAMBLING PROHIB-
 29    ITED. (1) It shall be unlawful for any licensee  to sell, give away, dispense,
 30    vend, or deliver any liquor, beer or wine  in  any  fashion  or  by  means  or
 31    device,  except  upon  the  licensed  premises  or  under  an alcohol beverage
 32    catering permit.
 33        (2)  It shall be unlawful for any licensee granted  a  license  under  the
 34    authority of title 23, Idaho Code, to permit, conduct, play, carry on, open or
 35    cause  to  be opened any gaming in or upon the licensed premises or in or upon
 36    any premises directly connected by a door, hallway, or other means  of  access
 37    from  the  licensed  premises.  Any licensee authorized under the authority of
 38    this title and who is also authorized by other Idaho law to conduct the lawful
 39    activities of lottery, bingo, raffles, and pari-mutuel betting on the licensed
 40    permises premises shall be exempt from the provisions of  this  subsection  as
 41    long  as  the  lawful  activities are conducted in conformity with statute and
 42    rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
                                                                        
 43        SECTION 3.  That Section 23-1010, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 44    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 45        23-1010.  LICENSE TO SELL BEER AT RETAIL -- APPLICATION PROCEDURE AND FORM
 46    --  SHOWING OF ELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSE AND DISQUALIFICATIONS. (1) Every person
 47    who shall apply for a state license to sell beer at retail  shall  tender  the
 48    license  fee  to, and file written application for license with, the director.
 49    The application shall be on a form prescribed  by  the  director  which  shall
 50    require  such  information  concerning  the  applicant, the premises for which
 51    license is sought and the business to be conducted thereon by the applicant as
                                                                        
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  1    the director may deem necessary or  advisable,  and  which  shall  enable  the
  2    director  to determine that the applicant is eligible and has none of the dis-
  3    qualifications for license, as provided for in this section. Such  information
  4    shall include the following:
  5        (a)  The  name  and  place of residence of the applicant and length of his
  6        residence within the state of Idaho, and if the applicant  is  a  partner-
  7        ship,  the  names, places of residence and lengths of residence within the
  8        state of Idaho of each partner, and, if the applicant is a corporation  or
  9        association,  the  date  and  place  of incorporation or organization, the
 10        location of its principal place of business in Idaho  and  the  names  and
 11        places of residence of its officers, directors or members of its governing
 12        board,  and of the person who manages or will manage the business of sell-
 13        ing beer at retail;
 14        (b)  The particular place for which the license  is  desired,  designating
 15        the  same  by  a  street  and number, if practicable, or by such other apt
 16        description as definitely locates such place, and the name of the owner of
 17        the premises for which license is sought;
 18        (2)  The application shall affirmatively show:
 19        (a)  That the applicant is the bona fide owner of the business which  will
 20        be engaged in the sale of beer at retail and with respect to which license
 21        is sought;
 22        (b)  That the condition of the place or building wherein it is proposed to
 23        sell  beer  at retail conforms to all laws and regulations of the state of
 24        Idaho and to the ordinances of  the  county  and  municipality  applicable
 25        thereto  relating to public health and safety and to the zoning ordinances
 26        of the municipality applicable thereto;
 27        (c)  That there is no stamp or permit outstanding and in force  which  has
 28        been issued to any person by the United States government for the premises
 29        for  which  license to sell beer at retail is sought which stamp or permit
 30        denotes payment of any special tax imposed by the United States government
 31        on a retail dealer in liquor or wines, unless said premises  are  premises
 32        for  which  a retail license for sale of liquor by-the-drink by the drink,
 33        issued under the provisions of chapter 9, title  23,  Idaho  Code,  is  in
 34        force and effect;
 35        (d)  That  the  individual  applicant,  or  each  partner of a partnership
 36        applicant, or a corporation applicant or an association applicant is qual-
 37        ified to do business within the state of Idaho;
 38        (e)  That the applicant, if an individual, is not less than nineteen  (19)
 39        years of age;
 40        (f)  That  within three (3) years immediately preceding the date of filing
 41        the application the applicant has not been convicted of, or has pending or
 42        unresolved formal charges for, the violation of any law of  the  state  of
 43        Idaho,  any other state, or of the United States, regulating, governing or
 44        prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transportation or possession  of  alco-
 45        holic  beverages  or  intoxicating liquors, or, within said time, suffered
 46        the forfeiture of a bond for failure to appear in answer to charges of any
 47        such violation;
 48        (g)  That within five (5) years immediately preceding the date  of  filing
 49        the application the applicant has not been convicted of, or has pending or
 50        unresolved  formal  charges for,  any felony or paid any fine or completed
 51        any sentence of confinement therefor within said time;
 52        (h)  That within three (3) years next preceding the date  of  filing  said
 53        application  the applicant has not had any license provided for herein, or
 54        any license or permit issued to the applicant pursuant to the law of  this
 55        state,  or any other state, or of the United States, to sell, manufacture,
                                                                        
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  1        transport or possess alcoholic beverages or intoxicating liquors, revoked.
  2        (3)  The affirmative showing required with respect to an  applicant  under
  3    paragraphs (e), (f), (g), and (h) of subsection (2) of this section shall also
  4    be required to be made with respect to each partner of a partnership applicant
  5    and  to each incumbent officer, director or member of the governing board of a
  6    corporation or association applicant.
  7        (4)  The application must be subscribed and sworn  to  by  the  individual
  8    applicant,  or  by  a  partner of a partnership applicant, or by an officer or
  9    manager of a corporation or association applicant, before a notary  public  or
 10    other person authorized by law to administer oaths.
 11        (5)  If  an  applicant  shall  be  unable  to make any affirmative showing
 12    required in this section or if an application shall contain a  false  material
 13    statement,  knowingly  made,  the same shall constitute a disqualification for
 14    license and license shall be refused. If license is received on  any  applica-
 15    tion containing a false material statement, knowingly made, such license shall
 16    be  revoked.  If  at  any time during the period for which license is issued a
 17    licensee becomes unable to make the affirmative showings required by this sec-
 18    tion license shall be revoked, or, if disqualification  can  be  removed,  the
 19    license  shall  be suspended until the same shall be removed. The procedure to
 20    be followed upon refusal, revocation or suspension of license as  herein  pro-
 21    vided for shall be in accordance with the procedure set forth in this act.
 22        (6)  All  licenses  issued  hereunder shall expire at 1:00 o'clock A.M. on
 23    January 1 of the following year and shall be subject to  renewal  upon  proper
 24    application.
                                                                        
 25        SECTION  4.  That  Section 23-1024, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 26    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 27        23-1024.  FALSE REPRESENTATION AS BEING TWENTY-ONE OR MORE YEARS OF AGE  A
 28    MISDEMEANOR.  Any  person  under the age of twenty-one (21) years who shall by
 29    any means represent to any person licensed to sell liquor,  beer  or  wine  at
 30    retail  or  wholesale, or to any agent or employee of such retail or wholesale
 31    licensee, that he or she is twenty-one (21) or more years of age for the  pur-
 32    pose of entering licensed premises or inducing such retail or wholesale licen-
 33    see, his agent or employee, to sell, serve or dispense liquor, beer or wine to
 34    him or her shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
 35        Any  person  who shall by any means represent to any such retail or whole-
 36    sale licensee, his agent or employee, that any other person is twenty-one (21)
 37    or more years of age, when in fact such other  person  is  under  the  age  of
 38    twenty-one (21) years, for the purpose of entering licensed premises or induc-
 39    ing  such  retail or wholesale licensee, his agent or employee, to sell, serve
 40    or dispense liquor, beer or wine to such other person, shall be  guilty  of  a
 41    misdemeanor.
                                                                        
 42        SECTION  5.  That Section 23-1308A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 43    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 44        23-1308A.  QUALIFICATIONS FOR WINERY LICENSE. No winery license  shall  be
 45    issued to an applicant who at the time of making the application:
 46        (a)  Has  not executed an agreement in writing with the director that such
 47    winery and every person employed by it or acting as its agents other than dis-
 48    tributors and retailers, will faithfully comply with and observe all the  pro-
 49    visions  of the laws of the state of Idaho relating to the manufacturing, sale
 50    and distribution of wine and all rules and regulations adopted by the director
 51    pursuant to this act;
                                                                        
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  1        (b)  Has had a winery license, a wine distributor's license,  retail  wine
  2    license,  wine  by-the-drink  by the drink license or wine importer's license,
  3    revoked by the director within three (3) years from the date  of  making  such
  4    application;
  5        (c)  Has  been  convicted  of, or has pending or unresolved formal charges
  6    for, a violation of the laws of this state or of the United  States  governing
  7    the  sale  of  alcoholic beverages, wine, or beer, within three (3) years from
  8    the date of making such application;
  9        (d)  Has been convicted of, or has pending or  unresolved  formal  charges
 10    for, a felony or been granted a withheld judgment following an adjudication of
 11    guilt  of a felony within five (5) years from the date of making such applica-
 12    tion.
                                                                        
 13        SECTION 6.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
 14    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 15    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


     
     
                 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                      RS 09423C2 
     
     This legislation is one of three bills that the Department of Law Enforcement -
     Alcohol Beverage Control recommends to cure defects in the law or eliminate
     ambiguities that cause confusion to the regulated public and citizens and
     unnecessarily consumes time of police officers. 
     
     Specifically, this legislation closes a loophole in the law by adding legal
     restrictions for those qualified to be issued licenses to sell alcoholic beverages.
     Some individuals have criminal charges which have not been concluded at the
     time they make application for licenses. This legislation adds the term "found
     guilty" or "has pending or has unresolved formal charges" to those individuals
     who are not eligible for a license to sell alcoholic beverages. The Legislation also
     makes the alcohol beverage terminology used in the code consistent between
     sections. 
     
     
                    FISCAL IMPACT 
     
     No negative fiscal impact. Should allow law enforcement to be more efficient. 
     
     Contact 
     Name: Lonnie Gray, Alcohol Beverage Control
     Phone: (208) 884-7062 
     
     
                                                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE      Bill No.    S 1415