2019 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages
CHAPTER 1. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW
PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART II. PERMITS
- §71. Permits required; fees; exception
- §71.1. Class A permit; definitions
- §71.2. Class C Permit; definitions
- §71.3. Microdistillery; retail sales for consumption on or off premises
- §72. Permit for wine and malt beverages
- §73. Restaurant "R" permit; application; fees
- §73.1. Limitations on issuance of permits
- §74. Local license and permit fees
- §75. Operation without permit prohibited
- §76. Personal nature of permits; return of permits; necessity of display; penalties
- §77. Notice of application for retail dealer's permit
- §78. Content of application for permit; commissioner power as ex officio notary
- §79. Submission of applications; delay
- §80. Qualifications of applicants for permits
- §81. Location of business limited
- §82. Issuance of wholesale permit
- §83. Interposed persons
- §84. Misstatement or suppression of fact in application
- §85. Combination of manufacturer, wholesale, and retail business prohibited; exceptions
- §85.1. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 62, §2.
- §85.2. Museum permit; requirements; authorizations; circumstances
- §86. Authority of commissioner and local authorities to withhold permit
- §87. Procedure for determination to issue or withhold permit
- §88. Renewal of permit
- §89. Form of application for renewal of permit
- §90. Acts prohibited on licensed premises; suspension or revocation of permits
- §91. Additional causes for suspension or revocation of permits; fines
- §92. Proper petitioners in action by commissioner to suspend or revoke permit
- §93. Procedure for suspending or revoking permit
- §94. Cause necessary to withholding, suspending, or revoking of permit
- §95. Convictions by court not essential to withholding, suspending, or revoking permits
- §96. Revocation and suspensions not exclusive penalty
- §97. Status of premises after revocation of permit
- §98. Notice of hearing by commissioner
- §99. Place of hearing
- §99.1. Participation in hearing by video conference
- §100. By whom conducted; record; briefs
- §101. Contempt at hearings; penalty
- §102. Procedure when permittee or applicant fails to appear at hearing; continuances
- §103. Basis for determination by commissioner to suspend or to revoke permit
- §104. Costs of hearings
- §105. Decisions to withhold, suspend, or revoke permits final unless appealed and reversed
- §106. Appeals to courts
- §107. Summary proceedings on appeal
- §108. Interference by courts prohibited
PART III. REGULATORY PROVISIONS
- §141. Export of beverages controlled by commissioner
- §142. Distribution through wholesalers only
- §143. Invoices and records of dealers
- §144. False invoice or bill of sale prohibited
- §145. Refusal to allow inspection
- §146. Regulation of traffic in wines
- §147. Sale or keeping for sale in dry area; penalty
- §148. Cash or short-term credit sales only; timely payment; penalty for violation
- §149. Refilling used containers prohibited; exception
- §150. Unfair practices
- §151. Permits necessary prior to purchase of alcoholic beverages
- §152. Forms for default notices and delinquent lists; rules for filing and publication
- §153. Delivery of alcoholic beverages; certain retailers; third parties; requirements; limitations
PART IV. PENAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2. ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL AND TAXATION
PART I. DEFINITIONS
PART II. PERMITS FOR DEALERS IN BEVERAGES OF LOW ALCOHOLIC CONTENT
- §271. Permits required; fees
- §271.1. Microbrewery; retail sales on or off premises
- §271.2. Class A permit; definitions
- §271.3. Class C Permit; definitions
- §271.4. Package House-Class B Permit
- §272. Restaurant "R" permit; application; fees
- §273. Limitations on the issuance of state permits; exceptions
- §274. Local permits
- §275. Operation without permit prohibited
- §276. Personal nature of permits; return of permits; necessity of display; penalties
- §277. Notice of application for retail dealer's permit
- §278. Contents of application for permit; commissioner power as ex officio notary
- §279. Submission of applications; delay
- §280. Qualifications of applicants for permits
- §281. Location of business limited; exception
- §282. Misstatement or suppression of fact in application
- §283. Authority of commissioner and local authorities to withhold permits
- §284. Procedure for determination to issue or withhold permit
- §285. Renewal of permit
- §286. Acts prohibited on licensed premises; suspension or revocation of permits
- §287. Additional causes for suspension or revocation of permits
- §288. Withholding or denying of permits; causes
- §289. Proper petitioners in action to suspend or revoke permit
- §290. Procedure for suspending or revoking permit
- §291. Cause necessary to withholding, suspending, or revoking of permit
- §292. Revocations and suspensions not exclusive penalty
- §293. Status of premises after revocation of permit
- §294. Enforcement of permit requirements
- §295. Notice of hearing by commissioner
- §296. Place of hearing
- §296.1. Participation in hearing by video conference
- §297. By whom conducted; record; briefs
- §298. Contempt at hearings; penalty
- §299. Procedure when permittee or applicant fails to appear at hearing
- §300. Basis for determination by commissioner to suspend or to revoke permit
- §301. Costs of hearings
- §302. Decisions to withhold, suspend, or revoke permits final unless appealed and reversed
- §303. Appeals to courts
- §304. Summary proceedings on appeal
- §305. Interference by courts prohibited
- §306. Sale of malt beverages in keg; tracking; forms
- §307. Delivery of alcoholic beverages; certain retailers, third parties; requirements; limitations
- §308. Alcoholic beverages delivery agreements; requirements; limitations
PART II-A. NATIVE WINES
- §321. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 808, §2, eff. June 30, 2006.
- §322. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 808, §2, eff. June 30, 2006.
- §323. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 808, §2, eff. June 30, 2006.
- §324. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 808, §2, eff. June 30, 2006.
- §325. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 808, §2, eff. June 30, 2006.
- §326. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 808, §2, eff. June 30, 2006.
- §327. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 808, §2, eff. June 30, 2006.
PART III. GALLONAGE TAX
- §341. Tax on beverages of high and low alcoholic content; importers of wine
- §342. Tax on beverages of low alcoholic content
- §343. Taxes on beverages of high alcoholic content in lieu of other state excise taxes
- §344. Taxes collected from dealer
- §345. Discount on taxes on beverages of low alcoholic content
- §346. Wholesale dealers to file returns and pay tax monthly on beverages of low alcoholic content
- §347. Refunds
- §348. Manufacturers or wholesalers to furnish a bond; failure
- §349. Handling beverages of low alcoholic content without furnishing bond; penalty
- §350. Maximum stock of beverages of high alcoholic content in dealer's bonded stockroom
- §351. Limitation on size of containers of beverages of high alcoholic content; standards of fill
- §352. Donated beverages of high alcoholic content taxable
- §353. Presumption of taxability of beverages of low alcoholic content
- §354. Payment and reporting of taxes; discounts; rules and regulations; enforcement; forfeitures and penalties; redemption of tax stamps
- §355. Invoices and records of dealers in beverages of high alcoholic content
- §356. False invoices of beverages of high alcoholic content
- §357. Examination of dealers' records; computation and collection of unpaid taxes
- §358. Civil penalty on dealers in beverages of low alcoholic content for failure to file return and pay tax
- §359. Distribution of alcoholic beverages through wholesalers only
- §360. Report of importers of alcoholic beverages
- §361. Transportation within state of non tax-paid* alcoholic beverages by means other than common carrier prohibited
- §362. Importation of non-tax-paid alcoholic beverages to be by common carrier and private carrier under a permit
- §363. Forfeiture and sale of vehicle improperly hauling non-tax-paid alcoholic beverages
- §364. Receipt of alcoholic beverages to avoid tax prohibited; out-of-state manufacturers and wholesalers to obtain written authority to make shipment and furnish notice of shipment; enforcement
- §365. Consignee to have permit from secretary to receive imported alcoholic beverages
- §366. Exported beverages not subject to tax
- §367. Handling of exported beverages of high alcoholic content regulated by secretary
- §368. Highway transporter required to have invoice
- §369. Carriers to file report showing alcoholic beverages handled
- §370. Examination of records
- §371. Searches and seizures
- §372. Seizure and forfeiture of beverages of high or low alcoholic content
- §373. Claims to property seized by secretary
- §374. Waiver of forfeiture of beverages of high alcoholic content
- §375. Interference with inspection by the secretary prohibited
PART IV. EXEMPTIONS
- §421. Exempt products
- §422. Exemption in favor of United States
- §423. Tax-free withdrawal of alcohol from industrial alcohol plants or bonded warehouse
PART V. ADMINISTRATION
- §451. Secretary to collect taxes
- §452. Bond of secretary as to beverages of low alcoholic content
- §453. Rules and regulations of the secretary
- §454. Private counsel
- §455. Collection of delinquency penalties
- §456. Concealing violations or hindering enforcement of Chapter
- §457. Special agents of secretary and commissioner
- §458. Compromises by secretary
- §459. Disposition of proceeds of taxes
PART VI. LOCAL TAXATION AND REGULATION
- §491. Local taxes authorized on beverages are exclusive
- §492. Local gallonage tax on beverages of low alcoholic content
- §493. Local regulatory ordinances
- §493.1. Local regulatory ordinances; bar closing in certain municipalities
- §494. Sale of beverages of high alcoholic content in violation of local ordinance
- §495. Copies of pertinent local ordinances to be furnished commissioner
PART VII. PENAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 3. LOCAL OPTION
- §581. LOCAL OPTION
- §582. Petition for election; separate elections; frequency limited
- §583. Effect of merger
- §584. Form of petition for election
- §585. Filing of petition with registrar of voters; notice of filing
- §586. Verification of petition by registrar; filing with governing authority
- §587. Ordering of election; verification of registrar of voters; date of election
- §588. Ballot; majority determination of issues; separation of results
- §589. Conduct of election
- §590. Action contesting calling of election; action contesting election; time for commencement; applicable provisions
- §591. Recount of ballots or contest of elections
- §592. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 334, §2, eff. May 15, 2018.
- §593. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 334, §2, eff. May 15, 2018.
- §594. Promulgation of election results; proces verbal
- §595. Local prohibitory ordinances and penalties authorized
- §596. Illegal transportation or delivery in prohibition area
- §597. Alcoholic beverage sales in restaurants; authorization for propositions to be submitted to voters in certain elections
- §598. Alcoholic beverage sales in restaurants; authorization for propositions to be submitted to voters in certain elections
- §599. Alcoholic beverage sales in restaurants; authorization for certain municipalities to submit propositions to voters in certain elections
- §600. Alcoholic beverage sales in restaurants; authorization for propositions to be submitted to voters in certain elections
CHAPTER 4. MISCELLANEOUS PENAL PROVISIONS
PART I. DEFINITIONS
PART II. POISONOUS BEVERAGES
- §651. Manufacture or preparation of poisonous beverages; penalty
- §652. Sale of poisonous beverages; penalty
- §653. Analysis of beverages in possession of arrested person
PART III. DISPENSING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO PARTICULAR PERSONS
PART IV. OFFENSES IN PROHIBITION TERRITORY
- §711. Blind tiger" defined
- §712. Penalty for keeping blind tiger; destruction or sale of beverages
- §713. Searches and seizures
- §714. Soliciting sale of alcoholic beverages in prohibition area; penalty
- §715. Prescribing beverages of high alcoholic content as medicine to evade prohibition law; penalty
PART V. CASH SALES OF CERTAIN BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 5. COMMISSIONER OF ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO CONTROL
- §791. Commissioner of alcohol and tobacco control; establishment, commissioner, term
- §792. Powers and duties
- §793. Additional powers of the commissioner
- §794. Powers and duties; application and renewal procedures
- §795. Collection of fees and penalties; lists of permittees and establishments; definitions
- §796. Employees, commissioned officers
- §797. All legal remedies available for enforcement of law; bond unnecessary for commissioner; summary trial
- §798. Licenses; exception
- §799. Microfilm or microfiche records; electronic digitized records
- §800. Criminal records access
CHAPTER 6. BUSINESS RELATIONS - WHOLESALERS AND SUPPLIERS OF BEER
- §801. BUSINESS RELATIONS - WHOLESALERS
- §802. Definitions
- §803. Prohibited acts by supplier
- §804. Prohibited acts by wholesaler
- §805. Conditions of amendment, modification, resignation, cancellation, termination, failure to renew, or refusal to continue agreement
- §806. Transfer of wholesaler's business; interference prohibited
- §807. Reasonable compensation upon supplier's violation; arbitration
- §808. Wholesaler may not waive rights; agreement to waive void
- §809. Application to future agreements; transferee continues under agreement
- §810. Civil action for violations; damages; venue
- §811. Nonwaiver
- §812. Cumulative
- §813. Obligations of Successor
CHAPTER 7. TOBACCO PRODUCTS
- §901. Definitions
- §902. Permits
- §903. Permit fees
- §904. Permit terms
- §905. Renewal of a permit
- §906. General requirements
- §907. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 143, §2.
- §907.1. Commissioner's examination of records
- §908. Issuance of permit
- §909. General requirements of eligibility
- §909.1. Cash or short-term sales only; notification; penalty for violation
- §910. Vending machines
- §910.1. Self-service displays
- §911. Acts prohibited
- §912. Permits; necessity of display; penalties
- §913. Violation
- §914. Exceptions
- §915. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 143, §2.
- §916. Suspensions or revocations
- §917. Violations by employee; employer liability
- §918. Civil penalties
- §919. Administrative hearings
- §919.1. Participation in hearing by video conference
- §920. Appeal
- §921. Public records
- §922. Powers of commissioner
- §923. Additional powers of the commissioner
- §924. Issuance of minimum price of cigarettes
- §925. Additional Requirements
CHAPTER 8. RESPONSIBLE VENDOR PROGRAM
- §931. RESPONSIBLE VENDOR PROGRAM
- §932. Definitions
- §933. Establishment of responsible vendor program
- §934. Requirements for certification
- §935. Server liability; penalties, fines, suspension or revocation of server permit; vendor's defenses
- §936. Fees
- §937. Preexisting server training programs
- §938. Reports to the commissioner
- §939. Applicability