RS 26:271 – Permits required; fees A. Before engaging in the business of dealing in malt beverages or beverages of low alcoholic content, all manufacturers, wholesale and retail dealers, and microbrewers shall obtain from the commissioner, according to established rules and regulations, a permit to conduct each separate manufacturing, wholesale, retail, or microbrewery business and […]
RS 26:271.1 – Microbrewery; retail sales on or off premises A.(1) Any person who has properly obtained a microbrewer’s permit as provided for in R.S. 26:271 shall be authorized to engage in the brewing of beer and other malt beverages in a quantity not to exceed twelve thousand five hundred barrels during the licensed year. […]
RS 26:271.2 – Class A permit; definitions The commissioner shall issue the following four types of Class A retail permits for beverages of low alcoholic content: (1) Class A-General: (a) A Class A-General retail permit shall be issued only to a retail outlet where beverage alcohol is sold on the premises for consumption on the […]
RS 26:271.3 – Class C Permit; definitions A. For purposes of this Section, “Class C-Package Store” shall be defined as an establishment that meets all of the following: (1) Operates as a place of business where alcoholic beverages are the principal commodity sold for off-premise consumption. (2) Does not offer to sell, sell, or otherwise […]
RS 26:271.4 – Package house-Class B permit Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary and subject to rules promulgated by the commissioner, in addition to the authority to contract with a third-party delivery company or a third-party platform as provided in R.S. 26:308, a permit may be issued to a grocery store enabling the […]
RS 26:272 – Restaurant “R” permit; application; fees A. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the food service industry is a viable industry in Louisiana with significant economic impact and finds that a restaurant establishment’s purpose and primary function is to take orders for and serve food and food items. Such service of food […]
RS 26:273 – Limitations on the issuance of state permits; exceptions A. The commissioner shall not: (1) Issue a permit for the conduct of a business of dealing in beverages of low alcoholic content in any subdivision of the state wherein that business has been prohibited by a local option election held under the provisions […]
RS 26:274 – Local permits A.(1) Parishes and municipalities may issue and require local permits similar to those issued by the commissioner and may charge and collect fees therefor. No parish or municipality shall require permits of any commercial airline which has been issued a Class B retailer permit. (2) Parishes and municipalities shall not […]
RS 26:275 – Operation without permit prohibited A. No person shall do any act for which a permit is required by this Chapter or by local authorities acting hereunder unless he holds the proper state and local permits. No local permit shall be necessary unless the local governing authority has adopted an ordinance requiring a […]
RS 26:276 – Personal nature of permits; return of permits; necessity of display; penalties A. The following shall apply to permits issued under this Chapter: (1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, permits are valid for only one year, unless expired, suspended, or revoked. (b) Notwithstanding Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, the commissioner may […]
RS 26:277 – Notice of application for retail dealer’s permit A. Prior to making application for a retail dealer’s permit, each applicant shall insert an appropriate signed notice similar to the following in a newspaper published in the municipality in which he desires to operate his business or in the newspaper published nearest his place […]
RS 26:278 – Contents of application for permit; commissioner power as ex officio notary A. Applications for state and local wholesaler or retailer permits shall be in writing and sworn to and shall contain the full name of the applicant, his social security number, his federal employer identification number, if applicable, his Louisiana Department of […]
RS 26:279 – Submission of applications; delay All applications for state permits shall be mailed or delivered to the commissioner in Baton Rouge at the state capitol, and all applications for local permits shall be mailed or delivered to the respective local authorities. An applicant shall mail or deliver his applications for state and local […]
RS 26:280 – Qualifications of applicants for permits A. Applicants for state and local permits of all kinds shall demonstrate that they meet the following qualifications and conditions: (1) Be a person of good character and reputation and over eighteen years of age. In considering a person’s good character or reputation, the commissioner may consider […]
RS 26:281 – Location of business limited; exception A. No permit shall be granted under this Chapter in contravention of any municipal ordinance adopted pursuant to the zoning laws of the state. B. No permit shall be issued by the commissioner or local authorities to authorize the conduct of business in any subdivision of the […]
RS 26:282 – Misstatement or suppression of fact in application Any misstatement or suppression of fact in an application or accompanying affidavit is a ground for the denial, withholding or suspension of a permit in the manner provided in this Chapter. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 174, §5; Acts 1987, No. 696, §1.
RS 26:283 – Authority of commissioner and local authorities to withhold permits The commissioner with respect to state permits and municipal authorities or parish governing authorities with respect to local permits may withhold the issuance of permits in the manner and under the terms and conditions specified in this Chapter. Acts 1987, No. 696, §1, […]
RS 26:284 – Procedure for determination to issue or withhold permit The right to determine what persons shall or shall not be licensed under this Chapter shall be exercised in the following manner: A. Municipal authorities and parish governing authorities, within their respective jurisdictions, shall investigate all applications filed with them for local permits and […]
RS 26:285 – Renewal of permit A. Except as otherwise provided by law, persons holding permits under this Chapter, whether state or local, shall file applications for renewal thereof for the ensuing year in the manner provided with the commissioner. Anyone filing his renewal application after the date set shall be charged a delinquency penalty […]
RS 26:286 – Acts prohibited on licensed premises; suspension or revocation of permits A. No person holding a retail dealer’s permit, and no person permitted to sell alcoholic beverages at retail to consumers, and no agent, associate, employee, representative, or servant of any such person shall do or permit any of the following acts to […]
