§ 3-9-235 - Suspension, cancellation, and revocation of permits.
3-9-235. Suspension, cancellation, and revocation of permits.
(a) Upon his or her own complaint or that of any law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the permitted premises, the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division may suspend, cancel, or revoke any permit granted hereunder for violation by the permittee of any provision of this subchapter or any rule, regulation, or order of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
(b) Permits may be suspended, cancelled, or revoked for the following causes:
(1) Conviction of the permittee for violating any of the provisions of this subchapter;
(2) Willful failure or refusal by any permittee to comply with any of the provisions of this subchapter or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto;
(3) The making of any materially false statement in any application for a permit;
(4) The possession for sale on the permitted premises of any alcoholic beverages upon which applicable taxes have not been paid;
(5) The willful failure of any permittee to keep any records or make any reports required by this subchapter or by any rule or regulation adopted thereunder or to allow an inspection of such records by any duly authorized person; and
(6) The suspension or revocation of a permit issued to the permittee by the federal government or conviction of violating any federal law relating to alcoholic beverages.
(c) No permit shall be suspended, cancelled, or revoked except after a hearing by the director with reasonable notice to the permittee and an opportunity for him or her to appear and defend as provided in 3-2-212.
(d) (1) Appeals to the board from an order by the director of suspension, cancellation, or revocation may be had as provided by 3-2-213.
(2) Appeals from a decision of the board may be had as provided in 3-2-216.