23-203 POWERS AND DUTIES.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 2
STATE LIQUOR DIVISION
23-203. Powers and duties. The division shall have the following general powers and duties:
(a) Regulation of Liquor Traffic. To permit, license, inspect, and regulate the manufacture, importation, transportation, storage, sale, and delivery of alcoholic liquor for purposes permitted by this act.
(b) Traffic in Liquor. To buy, import, transport, store, sell, and deliver alcoholic liquor.
(c) Operation of Liquor Stores. To establish, maintain, and discontinue warehouses, state liquor stores and distribution stations, and in the operation thereof to buy, import, transport, store, sell and deliver such other nonalcohol merchandise as may be reasonably related to its sale of alcoholic liquor.
(d) Acquisition of Real Estate. To acquire, buy, and lease real estate, and to improve and equip the same for the conduct of its business.
(e) Acquisition of Personal Property. To acquire, buy, and lease personal property necessary and convenient for the conduct of its business.
(f) Making Reports. To report to the governor annually, and at such other times as he may require, concerning the condition, management, and financial transactions of the division.
(g) General Powers. To do all things necessary and incidental to its powers and duties under this act.
The division shall so exercise its powers as to curtail the intemperate use of alcoholic beverages. It shall not attempt to stimulate the normal demands of temperate consumers thereof, irrespective of the effect on the revenue derived by the state from the resale of intoxicating liquor.