2006 Utah Code - 32A-4-304 — Qualifications.

     32A-4-304.   Qualifications.
     (1) (a) The commission may not grant a limited restaurant license to any person who has been convicted of:
     (i) a felony under any federal or state law;
     (ii) any violation of any federal or state law or local ordinance concerning the sale, manufacture, distribution, warehousing, adulteration, or transportation of alcoholic beverages;
     (iii) any crime involving moral turpitude; or
     (iv) on two or more occasions within the five years before the day on which the license is granted, driving under the influence of alcohol, any drug, or the combined influence of alcohol and any drug.
     (b) In the case of a partnership, corporation, or limited liability company, the proscription under Subsection (1)(a) applies if any of the following has been convicted of any offense described in Subsection (1)(a):
     (i) a partner;
     (ii) a managing agent;
     (iii) a manager;
     (iv) an officer;
     (v) a director;
     (vi) a stockholder who holds at least 20% of the total issued and outstanding stock of the applicant corporation; or
     (vii) a member who owns at least 20% of the applicant limited liability company.
     (c) The proscription under Subsection (1)(a) applies if any person employed to act in a supervisory or managerial capacity for the limited restaurant has been convicted of any offense described in Subsection (1)(a).
     (2) The commission may immediately suspend or revoke a limited restaurant license if after the day on which the limited restaurant license is granted, a person described in Subsection (1)(a), (b), or (c):
     (a) is found to have been convicted of any offense described in Subsection (1)(a) prior to the license being granted; or
     (b) on or after the day on which the license is granted:
     (i) is convicted of an offense described in Subsection (1)(a)(i), (ii), or (iii); or
     (ii) (A) is convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol, any drug, or the combined influence of alcohol and any drug; and
     (B) was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol, any drug, or the combined influence of alcohol and any drug within five years before the day on which the person is convicted of the offense described in Subsection (2)(b)(ii)(A).
     (3) The director may take emergency action by immediately suspending the operation of the limited restaurant license according to the procedures and requirements of Title 63, Chapter 46b, Administrative Procedures Act, for the period during which the criminal matter is being adjudicated if a person described in Subsection (1)(a), (b), or (c):
     (a) is arrested on a charge for an offense described in Subsection (1)(a)(i), (ii) or (iii); or
     (b) (i) is arrested on a charge for the offense of driving under the influence of alcohol, any drug, or the combined influence of alcohol and any drug; and
     (ii) was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol, any drug, or the combined influence of alcohol and any drug within five years before the day on which the person is arrested

on a charge described in Subsection (3)(b)(i).
     (4) (a) (i) The commission may not grant a limited restaurant license to any person who has had any type of license, agency, or permit issued under this title revoked within the last three years.
     (ii) The commission may not grant a limited restaurant license to an applicant that is a partnership, corporation, or limited liability company if any partner, managing agent, manager, officer, director, stockholder who holds at least 20% of the total issued and outstanding stock of an applicant corporation, or member who owns at least 20% of an applicant limited liability company is or was:
     (A) a partner or managing agent of any partnership that had any type of license, agency, or permit issued under this title revoked within the last three years;
     (B) a managing agent, officer, director, or stockholder who holds or held at least 20% of the total issued and outstanding stock of any corporation that had any type of license, agency, or permit issued under this title revoked within the last three years; or
     (C) a manager or member of any limited liability company who owns or owned at least 20% of a limited liability company that had any type of license, agency, or permit issued under this title revoked within the last three years.
     (b) An applicant that is a partnership, corporation, or limited liability company may not be granted a limited restaurant license if any of the following had any type of license, agency, or permit issued under this title revoked while acting in their individual capacity within the last three years:
     (i) any partner or managing agent of the applicant partnership;
     (ii) any managing agent, officer, director, or stockholder who holds at least 20% of the total issued and outstanding stock of the applicant corporation; or
     (iii) any manager or member who owns at least 20% of the applicant limited liability company.
     (c) A person acting in an individual capacity may not be granted a limited restaurant license if that person was:
     (i) a partner or managing agent of a partnership that had any type of license, agency, or permit issued under this title revoked within the last three years;
     (ii) a managing agent, officer, director, or stockholder who held at least 20% of the total issued and outstanding stock of a corporation that had any type of license, agency, or permit issued under this title revoked within the last three years; or
     (iii) a manager or member of a limited liability company who owned at least 20% of the limited liability company that had any type of license, agency, or permit issued under this title revoked within the last three years.
     (5) (a) A minor may not be granted a limited restaurant license.
     (b) The commission may not grant a limited restaurant license to an applicant that is a partnership, corporation, or limited liability company if any of the following is a minor:
     (i) a partner or managing agent of the applicant partnership;
     (ii) a managing agent, officer, director, or stockholder who holds at least 20% of the total issued and outstanding stock of the applicant corporation; or
     (iii) a manager or member who owns at least 20% of the applicant limited liability company.
     (6) If any person to whom a license has been issued under this part no longer possesses

the qualifications required by this title for obtaining that license, the commission may suspend or revoke that license.

Enacted by Chapter 314, 2003 General Session