2006 Kansas Code - 41-317

      41-317.   License application; form; fee; bond. (a) Applications for all licenses under this act shall be upon forms prescribed and furnished by the director and shall be filed with the director in duplicate. Each application shall be accompanied by a state registration fee of $50 for each initial application and $10 for each renewal application to defray the cost of preparing and furnishing standard forms incident to the administration of this act and the cost of processing the application. Each application shall also be accompanied by a deposit of a certified or cashier's check of a bank within this state, United States post office money order or cash in the full amount of the license fee required to be paid for the kind of license applied for, which license fee shall be returned to the applicant if the application is denied. All registration fees shall be remitted by the director to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state general fund. All license fees received by the director, including fees received for licenses to manufacture beer, regardless of its alcoholic content, shall be paid into the state treasury by the director and shall be credited to the state general fund.

      (b)   Every applicant for a manufacturer's, distributor's, nonbeverage user's, microbrewery, farm winery or retailer's license shall file with the application a joint and several bond on a form prescribed by the director and executed by good and sufficient corporate sureties licensed to do business within the state of Kansas to the director, in the following amounts:

      (1)   For a manufacturer, $25,000;

      (2)   for a spirits distributor, $15,000 or an amount equal to the highest monthly liability of the distributor for taxes imposed by the Kansas liquor control act for any of the 12 months immediately prior to renewal of the distributor's license, whichever amount is greater;

      (3)   for a beer or wine distributor, $5,000 or an amount equal to the highest monthly liability of the distributor for taxes imposed by the Kansas liquor control act for any of the 12 months immediately prior to renewal of the distributor's license, whichever amount is greater;

      (4)   for a retailer, $2,000;

      (5)   for nonbeverage users, $200 for class 1, $500 for class 2, $1,000 for class 3, $5,000 for class 4 and $10,000 for class 5; and

      (6)   for a microbrewery or a farm winery, $2,000.

      If a distributor holds or applies for more than one distributor's license, only one bond for all such licenses shall be required, which bond shall be in an amount equal to the highest applicable bond.

      (c)   All bonds required by this section shall be conditioned on the licensee's compliance with the provisions of this act and payment of all taxes, fines and forfeitures which may be assessed against the licensee.

      History:   L. 1949, ch. 242, § 33; L. 1953, ch. 238, § 4; L. 1958, ch. 50, § 1 (Budget Session); L. 1983, ch. 161, § 9; L. 1985, ch. 170, § 28; L. 1987, ch. 182, § 26; L. 1989, ch. 146, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 126; July 1.