SB 632

This bill provides that alcohol beverage license and permit application forms

may not require more than one signature on behalf of the applicant and are not

required to be sworn to or notarized. The bill also provides that forms for

appointment of corporate agents of alcohol beverage licensees and permittees may

not require more than one signature on behalf of the licensee or permittee. In

addition, the bill provides that forms for cigarette and tobacco products retailer

licenses are not required to be notarized.

Current law requires the Department of Revenue to prepare application forms

for most kinds of alcohol beverage licenses and permits and requires the use of these

forms when such applications are submitted to DOR and municipalities. Current

law also requires that most alcohol beverage license applications be sworn to by the

applicant.

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.