32B-7-408. Master off-premise beer retailer state license.
(1) The commission may issue a master off-premise beer retailer state license that authorizes a person to store, sell, or offer for sale beer for consumption off the person's premises at multiple locations as off-premise beer retailers if the person applying for the master off-premise beer retailer state license: owns each of the off-premise beer retailers; except for the fee requirements, establishes to the satisfaction of the commission that each location of an off-premise beer retailer under the master off-premise beer retailer state license separately meets the requirements of this part; and the master off-premise beer retailer state license includes at least five off-premise beer retailer locations. The person seeking a master off-premise beer retailer state license shall designate which off-premise beer retailer locations the person seeks to have under the master off-premise beer retailer state license. An off-premise beer retailer location under a master off-premise beer retailer state license is considered separately licensed for purposes of this title.
(2) A master off-premise beer retailer state license expires on the last day of February each year. To renew a person's master off-premise beer retailer state license, a person shall comply with the renewal requirements of Sectionby no later than January 31 of the year in which the off-premise beer retailer state license expires. 32B-7-403
(3) The nonrefundable application fee for a master off-premise beer retailer state license is $75. The initial license fee for a master off-premise beer retailer state license is: $1,100 plus a separate initial license fee for each newly licensed off-premise beer retailer state license under the master off-premise beer retailer state license determined in accordance with Subsection; and 32B-7-402(3) refundable if the commission does not issue the master off-premise beer retailer state license. The renewal fee for a master off-premise beer retailer state license is $300 plus a separate renewal fee for each off-premise beer retailer state license under the master off-premise beer retailer state license determined in accordance with Subsection. 32B-7-403(2)(b)
(4) A new location may be added to a master off-premise beer retailer state license after the master off-premise beer retailer state license is issued if, including payment of the initial license fee, the location separately meets the requirements of this part.
(5) A master off-premise beer retailer state licensee shall notify the department of a change in the persons managing a location covered by a master off-premise beer retailer state license: immediately, if the management personnel is not management personnel at a location covered by the master off-premise beer retailer state license at the time of the change; or within 30 days of the change, if the off-premise beer retailer state licensee is transferring management personnel from one location to another location covered by the master off-premise beer retailer state license. A location covered by a master off-premise beer retailer state license shall keep its own records on its premises so that the department may audit the records. A master off-premise beer retailer state licensee may not transfer beer between different locations covered by the master off-premise beer retailer state license.
(6) If there is a violation of this title at a location covered by a master off-premise beer retailer state license, the violation may result in disciplinary action in accordance with, against: Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and Enforcement Act the single location under the master off-premise beer retailer state license; individual staff of the location under the master off-premise beer retailer state license; or a combination of persons or locations described in Subsectionsand. (6)(a)(i) (ii) In addition to disciplinary action under Subsection, disciplinary action in accordance with, may be taken against a master off-premise beer retailer state licensee or individual staff of the master off-premise beer retailer state licensee if during a period beginning on March 1 and ending the last day of February: (6)(a) Chapter 3, Disciplinary Actions and Enforcement Act at least 25% of the locations covered by the master off-premise beer retailer state license have been found by the commission to have committed a serious or grave violation of this title, as defined by rule made by the commission; or at least 50% of the locations covered by the master off-premise beer retailer state license have been found by the commission to have violated this title.
(7) The commission may make rules, in accordance with, to establish how a person may apply for a master off-premise beer retailer state license under this section. Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act