There is established in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board as a regulatory and quasi-judicial agency. The Board is in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, but for administrative purposes only.
(a) The board consists of five members appointed by the governor and confirmed by a majority of the members of the legislature in joint session. A member of the board may not hold any other state or federal office, either elective or appointive. (b) [See delayed amendment note] Except as provided in (c) of this […]
(a) Members of the board shall be appointed for overlapping terms of three years. (b) A vacancy occurring in the membership of the board shall be filled within 30 days by appointment of the governor for the unexpired portion of the vacated term. (c) The board shall select a chair from among its members. (d) […]
Members of the board do not receive a salary, but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized by law for other boards and commissions.
The board shall meet at the call of the chair. The board shall also meet at least once each year in each judicial district of the state to study this title and to modify existing board regulations in light of statewide and local problems.
Three members of the board constitute a quorum for the conduct of business, except that a majority of the whole membership of the board must approve all applications for new licenses, and all renewals, transfers, suspensions, and revocations of existing licenses.
The governor shall appoint a director to serve as the executive officer of the board and the Marijuana Control Board created under AS 17.38.080. The director may be removed by a majority vote of the full membership of the board and a majority vote of the full membership of the Marijuana Control Board. The governor […]
(a) The director shall enforce this title and regulations adopted by the board. (b) The director is not a member of the board and may not vote on a matter before the board. (c) [Effective January 1, 2024.] The director shall prepare and submit to the board an annual budget for the board that includes […]
The director shall issue, renew, transfer, suspend, or revoke all licenses and permits at the direction of the board. However, notwithstanding AS 04.11.070, the board may delegate authority to the director to temporarily grant or deny the issuance, renewal, or transfer of licenses and permits. The director’s temporary grant or denial of the issuance, renewal, […]
(a) The board shall control the manufacture, barter, possession, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the state. The board is vested with the powers, duties, and responsibilities necessary for the control of alcoholic beverages, including the power to propose and adopt regulations and to hear appeals from actions of the director, and from actions of […]
The board, after consulting with package store licensees, shall create and maintain a statewide database that contains a monthly record of the alcohol purchased by, and shipped to, a person who resides in a municipality or established village that has restricted the sale of alcoholic beverages under AS 04.11.491(a)(1), (2), or (3) or (b)(1) or […]
(a) The board shall adopt regulations governing the manufacture, barter, sale, consumption, and possession of alcoholic beverages in the state that are consistent with this title and necessary to carry out the purpose of this title in a manner that will protect the public health, safety, and welfare. The regulations shall be adopted in accordance […]
The director and the persons employed for the administration and enforcement of this title may, with the concurrence of the commissioner of public safety, exercise the powers of peace officers when those powers are specifically granted by the board. Powers granted by the board under this section may be exercised only when necessary for the […]
