Applications for alcohol beverage licenses and permits and for cigarette and tobacco products retailer licenses, appointment of corporate agents of alcohol beverage licensees and permittees, and providing a penalty. (FE)

Under this bill, these forms may not require the signature of more than one person signing on behalf of the applicant and may not require that an applicant's signature be notarized. The bill also eliminates the requirement that a license application be sworn to by the applicant and creates a penalty, a forfeiture of up to $1,000, for a person who knowingly provides materially false information in an application.

Current law requires a corporation or limited liability company (LLC) issued an alcohol beverage license or permit to appoint an agent responsible for the conduct of the licensee's or permittee's business. This bill specifies that a form relating to the appointment of an agent may not require the signature of more than one person signing on behalf of the corporation or LLC submitting the form.

Current law also requires a person who sells or distributes cigarettes or tobacco products to obtain a cigarette and tobacco products retailer license from the municipality in which the goods will be sold or distributed. Under this bill, the municipality, and any form used as an application for a cigarette and tobacco products retailer license, may not require the applicant's signature to be notarized.

Under the bill, a person who knowingly provides materially false information in an application may be subject to a forfeiture of up to $1,000.