(a) Except as provided in § 25-826, the Board shall not revoke or suspend a license until the licensee has been given an opportunity to be heard in his or her defense.
(b) If a license is revoked or suspended, no part of the license fee shall be returned.
(c) If the Board revokes a license, no license shall be issued to the same person or persons whose license is so revoked for any other location for 5 years following the revocation, except as provided below.
(d) If the Board revokes a manager's license, a manager's license shall not be issued to the same person for 2 years.
(e) Subsection (c) of this section shall not apply to licenses revoked by the Board for procedural reasons.
(f) The remaining alcoholic beverage stock of a licensee whose license has been revoked shall be disposed of only with the approval of the Board.
CREDIT(S)
(Jan. 24, 1934, 48 Stat. 330, ch. 4, § 17; Aug. 27, 1935, 49 Stat. 900, ch. 756, § 9; Aug. 25, 1937, 50 Stat. 803, ch. 766, § 3; Apr. 26, 1950, 64 Stat. 88, ch. 106; Dec. 8, 1970, 84 Stat. 1393, Pub. L. 91-535, § 3(a); Sept. 29, 1982, D.C. Law 4-157, §§ 9, 15, 29 DCR 3617; Mar. 8, 1984, D.C. Law 5-51, § 2(b)(5), 30 DCR 5927; Mar. 7, 1987, D.C. Law 6-217, § 11; 34 DCR 907; Sept. 11, 1993, D.C. Law 10-12, § 2(b), 40 DCR 4020; May 24, 1994, D.C. Law 10-122, § 2(h), 41 DCR 1658; Apr. 30, 1998, D.C. Law 12-97, § 2, 45 DCR 1517; May 3, 2001, D.C. Law 13-298, § 101, 48 DCR 2959.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
D.C. Law 13-298 amended and enacted into law Title 25 of the District of Columbia Official Code. The text of this section is derived from provisions formerly found in D.C. Code § 25-118(a).
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 25-821.
1973 Ed., § 25-118.
Emergency Act Amendments
For temporary amendment of section, see § 2(b) of the Underage Drinking Emergency Amendment Act of 1994 (D.C. Act 10-236, April 28, 1994, 41 DCR 2601).
Legislative History of Laws
For D.C. Law 13-298, see notes following § 25-101.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 4-157, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 25-101.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 5-51, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 25-206.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 6-217, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 25-101.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 10-12, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 25-753.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 10-122, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 25-785.
Law 12-97, the “Suspension of Liquor Licenses Amendment Act of 1998,” was introduced in Council and assigned Bill No. 12-83, which was referred to the Committee on Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. The Bill was adopted on first and second readings on December 4, 1997, and January 6, 1998, respectively. Signed by the Mayor on January 26, 1998, it was assigned Act No. 12-271 and transmitted to both Houses of Congress for its review. D.C. Law 12-97 became effective on April 30, 1998.
Delegation of Authority
Delegation of Authority--Office of the Secretary, see Mayor's Order 97-87, May 6, 1997 (44 DCR 2958).