§ 107 - Duties of commissioner of liquor control
§ 107. Duties of commissioner of liquor control
The commissioner of liquor control shall:
(1) In towns which vote to permit the sale of spirituous liquors, establish such number of local agencies therein as the board shall determine, enter into agreements for the rental of necessary and adequate quarters, and employ suitable assistants for the operation thereof. However, it shall not be obligatory upon the liquor control board to establish an agency in every town which votes to permit the sale of spirituous liquors.
(2) Make regulations subject to the approval of the board governing the hours during which such agencies shall be open for the sale of spirituous liquors, governing the qualifications and deportment of employees therein and the salaries thereof.
(3) Make regulations subject to the approval of the board governing the prices at which spirituous liquors shall be sold in such agencies, and the method of delivery thereof, and the quantities of spirituous liquors to be sold to any one person at any one time.
(4) Supervise the quantities and qualities of spirituous liquor to be kept as stock in such local agency and make regulations subject to the approval of the board regarding the filling of requisitions therefor on the commissioner of liquor control.
(5) Purchase through the commissioner of buildings and general services spirituous liquors for and in behalf of the liquor control board, supervise the storage thereof and the distribution to local agencies, druggists and licensees of the third class and make regulations subject to the approval of the board regarding the sale and delivery from such central storage plant.
(6) Check and audit the income and disbursements of all local agencies, and the central storage plant.
(7) [Repealed.]
(8) Devise methods and plans for eradicating intemperance and promoting the general good of the state and make effective such methods and plans as part of the administration of this title. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 33, eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 30, eff. March 17, 1961; 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(c)(2), eff. May 6, 1996; 2001, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. June 21, 2002.)