The commissioner may suspend or revoke permits for listed causes, and must suspend or revoke a dealer’s permit if specified taxes are not paid. Retail dealers and certain premises controllers may not require wholesalers to get a license or permit to solicit or sell to the retailer.
§91. Additional causes for suspension or revocation of permits; fines A. In addition to any other causes enumerated in this Chapter, the commissioner may suspend or revoke any permit for any one of the following causes: (1) If the applicant or any of the persons who must possess the same qualifications failed to possess the qualifications required in R.S. 26:80 at the time of application or fails to maintain such qualifications during the licensed year. (2) If there was any misstatement or suppression of fact in the application for the permit or if applicant, licensee, or any other person required to meet the qualifications of an applicant, with the intent to misstate or suppress, fails to provide information and documentation, known of at the time of application or learned of at any time after the issuance of a permit, that may reveal any fact material to a suitability determination or knowingly supplies information, during the initial application or following the issuance of a permit, which is untrue or misleading as to a material fact pertaining to the provisions of R.S. 26:80. (3) If the permit was issued to an interposed person in contravention of R.S. 26:83. (4) If the permit was granted to any person who is or has been engaged in an alcoholic beverage business with a person whose application for a permit has been denied or whose permit has been revoked. (5) If the holder of any permit has been convicted by any court of competent jurisdiction of any one of the following offenses: (a) Violation of the Sunday closing law. (b) Violation of any municipal or parish ordinance providing for Sunday closing hours. (c) Violation of any municipal or parish ordinance enacted pursuant to the authorization of this Chapter. (6) If, without a proper license, a retailer allows any person to consume any alcoholic beverage on the licensed premises or on any parking lot or open or closed space within or contiguous to the licensed premises. (7) If any dealer or any person listed in R.S. 26:80(B) violates or has violated any provision of this Chapter. (8) If any dealer fails to pay any excise taxes due by any regulated business to any parish or municipality. (9) If the holder of any retail dealer's permit, or his agent, employee, or representative allows the placement or operation of a video draw poker device upon his licensed premises in violation of Part V-B of Chapter 14 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. B. In addition to any other causes enumerated in this Chapter, the commissioner shall suspend or revoke any permit of any dealer that fails to pay any sales taxes, withholding taxes, Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District hotel occupancy taxes, Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority taxes, or taxes due to the state for the sale of beverages of high alcoholic content, beverages of low alcoholic content, or tobacco. C. No retail dealer or any person or entity which owns or controls, directly or indirectly, any premises on which a retail dealer operates shall require a wholesaler of such beverages to obtain a license or permit, whether or not accompanied by a fee, from a retailer or any person or entity which owns or controls, directly or indirectly, any premises on which a retail dealer operates for the privilege of soliciting for sale or selling alcoholic beverages to the retailer. For purposes of this Subsection, fees shall not mean allowances, incentives, or any other recognized market practices. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 450, §1; Acts 1987, No. 696, §1; Acts 1991, No. 1062, §2, eff. July 30, 1991; Acts 1992, No. 976, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 691, §1, eff. June 22, 1995; Acts 2012, No. 27, §1; Acts 2019, No. 282, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.