2005 West Virginia Code - §60-3A-12. — Annual retail license fee; expiration and renewal of retail licenses.

§60-3A-12. Annual retail license fee; expiration and renewal of retail licenses.
(a) The annual retail license period is from the first day of July to the thirtieth day of June of the following year. The annual retail license fee for a Class A retail license is the sum obtained by multiplying the number of retail outlets operated by the retail licensee in the market zone to which the Class A retail license applies by one thousand dollars. The annual retail license fee for a Class B retail license is one thousand dollars. The annual retail license fee for the initial year of issuance shall be prorated based on the number of days remaining between the date of issuance and the following thirtieth day of June.
(b) All retail licenses expire on the thirtieth day of June of each year and may be renewed only upon the submission to the commissioner of the same information required for the issuance of the license and any additional information requested by the commissioner on the forms and by the date prescribed by the commissioner, together with the payment to the commissioner of the applicable annual retail license fee required under this section.
(c) No person may sell liquor at any retail outlet if the retail license applicable to the outlet has been suspended or revoked, or has expired.
(d) All retail licenses issued or renewed under the provisions of this article for the period ending the thirtieth day of June, two thousand, or on the thirtieth day of June for any ten-year period thereafter, expire and are of no further force or effect as of the first day of July, in the year two thousand, or as of the first day of July every ten years thereafter.
(e) Notwithstanding any provision of section eighteen, article four of this chapter to the contrary, a municipality may invoke the authority granted by section four, article thirteen, chapter eight of this code to require an annual license from each retail licensee and require payment for the license in amounts not to exceed the amounts provided in subsection (a) of this section.