2005 West Virginia Code - §60-3A-4. — Definitions.

§60-3A-4. Definitions.
(a) "Applicant" means any person who bids for a retail license, or who seeks the commissioner's approval to purchase or otherwise acquire a retail license from a retail licensee, in accordance with the provisions of this article.
(b) "Application" means the form prescribed by the commissioner which must be filed with the commissioner by any person bidding for a retail license.
(c) "Board" means the retail liquor licensing board created by this article.
(d) "Class A retail license" means a retail license permitting the retail sale of liquor at more than one retail outlet.
(e) "Class B retail license" means a retail license permitting the sale of liquor at only one retail outlet.
(f) "Current license" means a person who holds a retail license at the time of the reenactment of this section in the year one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine or that person's successor or any person who holds a retail license when it expires at the end of a ten-year period.
(g) "Designated areas" means one or more geographic areas within a market zone designated as such by the board.
(h) "Executive officer" means the president or other principal officer, partner or member of an applicant or retail licensee, any vice president or other principal officer, partner or member of an applicant or retail licensee in charge of a principal business unit or division, or any other officer, partner or member of an applicant or retail licensee who performs a policy-making function.
(i) "Liquor" means alcoholic liquor as defined in section five, article one of this chapter, and also includes both wine and fortified wines as those terms are defined in section two, article eight of this chapter.
(j) "Market zone" means a geographic area designated as such by the board for the purpose of issuing retail licenses.
(k) "Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company or other entity, regardless of its form, structure or nature.
(l) "Retail license" means a license issued under the provisions of this article permitting the sale of liquor at retail.
(m) "Retail licensee" means the holder of a retail license.
(n) "Retail outlet" means a specific location where liquor may be lawfully sold by a retail licensee under the provisions of this article.