The following classes of persons shall be prohibited from receiving or holding licenses under the provisions of the Liquor Control Act [60-3A-1 NMSA 1978]: A. a person who has been convicted of two separate misdemeanor or petty misdemeanor violations of the Liquor Control Act in any calendar year or of any felony, unless the person […]
History: 1978 Comp., § 60-6B-1.1, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 292, § 2; repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 7, § 36. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2021, ch. 7, § 36 repealed 60-6B-1.1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 292, § 2, relating to licenses held by noncitizens, effective July 1, 2021. For provisions […]
No license shall be issued by the director for the sale of alcoholic beverages at a licensed premises where alcoholic beverages were not sold prior to July 1, 1981 that is within three hundred feet of a church or school. A license may be granted for a proposed licensed premises if the owner or lessee […]
History: Laws 1981, ch. 39, § 46; repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 7, § 36. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2021, ch. 7, § 36 repealed 60-6B-11 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1981, ch. 39, § 46, relating to locations near military installations, restrictions on licensing, effective July 1, 2021. For provisions of former section, […]
A. Dispenser’s and retailer’s licenses originally issued before July 1, 1981, except rural dispenser’s and rural retailer’s licenses that were replaced by dispenser’s licenses pursuant to Section 60-6B-16 NMSA 1978, and except canopy licenses replaced by dispenser’s licenses pursuant to Section 60-6B-16 NMSA 1978 before calendar year 2017 or after calendar year 2020, may be […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1997, ch. 55, § 2 repeals 60-6B-13 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1981, ch. 39, § 115, relating to prohibited acquisitions, effective April 8, 1997.
As used in the Liquor Control Act [60-3A-1 NMSA 1978], “canopy license” means a license which was initially issued prior to January 1, 1988 pursuant to Laws 1981, Chapter 39, Section 117 and which permits the licensee to dispense alcoholic beverages in the same manner as permitted by a dispenser’s license, subject to the provisions […]
History: 1978 Comp., § 60-6B-15, enacted by Laws 1988, ch. 12, § 3; repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 7, § 36. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2021, ch. 7, § 36 repealed 60-6B-15 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1988, ch. 12, § 3, relating to purpose, effective July 1, 2021. For provisions of former section, […]
A. On July 1, 1988, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 60-6A-18 NMSA 1978, each canopy license, upon the payment to the department of a one-time transfer tax of five thousand dollars ($5,000) and the applicable annual license renewal fee, shall become a dispenser’s license. B. The location of a dispenser’s license issued pursuant to this […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1988, ch. 12, § 5 repeals 60-6B-17 and 60-6B-18 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1981, ch. 39, §§ 119 and 120, relating to renewal of canopy license fees and to dispenser’s or retailer’s licenses which had co-users, effective May 18, 1988.
A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, the director shall by rule develop procedures for segregated alcohol sales by every retailer or dispenser who sells alcoholic beverages in unbroken packages for consumption and not for resale off the licensed premises and whose sales are less than sixty percent of their total sales, […]
A. Before a new license authorized by the Liquor Control Act [60-3A-1 NMSA 1978] may be issued by the director, the applicant for the license shall: (1) submit to the director a written application for the license under oath, in the form prescribed by and stating the information required by the director, together with a […]
With the approval of the alcohol and tobacco tax and trade bureau of the United States department of the treasury, and subject to the provisions of the Liquor Control Act, an alternating proprietorship may be established so that the manufacturing facilities and equipment of a person who holds: A. a craft distiller’s license may be […]
A. A person who holds a retailer’s license or a person who holds a dispenser’s license and who is allowed to sell alcoholic beverages in unbroken packages that are for consumption off premises and are not for resale may form a cooperative with one or more other persons who hold a retailer’s or dispenser’s license […]
The transfer, assignment, sale or lease of any license shall not be approved until the director is satisfied that all wholesalers who are creditors of the licensee have been paid or that satisfactory arrangements have been made between the licensee and the wholesaler for the payment of such debts. Such debts shall constitute a lien […]
A. Prior to the approval of the issuance of a new license, and prior to the approval of a transfer permitted by Section 60-6B-3 or 60-6B-12 NMSA 1978, the director shall notify the governing body of the director’s preliminary approval of the issuance or transfer of the license. Notice to the governing body shall be […]
A. All licenses provided for in the Liquor Control Act, except for nonresident licenses and common carrier registrations, shall be issued for a one-year period except for new licenses issued after the beginning of the license year. Nonresident licenses and common carrier registrations shall be issued for a three-year period. B. The license year for […]
A. A corporation that holds a license issued under the Liquor Control Act [60-3A-1 NMSA 1978] shall notify the director within thirty days after the occurrence of any change in the officers, directors or holders of more than ten percent of the voting stock of the corporation, giving the names and addresses of the new […]
A. Any license issued under the provisions of the Liquor Control Act [60-3A-1 NMSA 1978] shall be canceled if the licensee fails to commence operation of the licensed business within one hundred twenty days after the license is issued and to continuously operate during customary hours and days of operation for that type of business; […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1991, ch. 257, § 5 repeals 60-6B-8 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1981, ch. 39, § 44, relating to death of licensee or dissolution or termination of the licensed business, effective June 14, 1991.
