4-111. State liquor board; department of liquor licenses and control; members; director; appointment and removal
A. The department of liquor licenses and control is established consisting of the state liquor board and the office of director of the department.
B. The board consists of seven members to be appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211. Five of the members of the board shall not be financially interested directly or indirectly in business licensed to deal with spirituous liquors, one of whom shall be a current elected municipal official. Two members shall currently be engaged in business in the spirituous liquor industry or have been engaged in the past in business in the spirituous liquor industry, at least one of whom shall currently be a retail licensee or employee of a retail licensee. One member shall be a member of a neighborhood association recognized by a county, city or town. The term of members is three years. Members' terms expire on the third Monday in January of the appropriate year. The governor may remove any member of the board for cause. A member may not represent another licensee before the board for a period of one year after the conclusion of the member's service on the board.
C. The board shall annually elect from its membership a chairperson and vice chairperson. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum and a concurrence of a majority of a quorum is sufficient for taking any action. If there are unfilled positions on the board, a majority of those persons appointed and serving on the board constitutes a quorum.
D. The chairperson may designate panels of not less than three members. A panel may take any action that the board is authorized to take pursuant to this title. Such action includes the ability to hold hearings and hear appeals of administrative disciplinary proceedings of licenses issued pursuant to this chapter. A panel shall not, however, adopt rules as provided in section 4-112, subsection A, paragraph 2. The chairperson may from time to time add additional members or remove members from a panel. A majority of a panel may take final action on hearings and appeals of administrative disciplinary proceedings concerning licenses issued pursuant to this chapter.
E. Members of the board are entitled to receive compensation at the rate of $50 per day while engaged in the business of the board.
F. A person shall not be appointed to serve on the board unless the person has been a resident of this state for not less than five years before the person's appointment. Not more than four members may be of the same political party. Persons eligible for appointment shall have a continuous recorded registration pursuant to title 16, chapter 1 with the same political party or as an independent for at least two years immediately preceding appointment. Not more than three members may be appointed from the same county.
G. The governor shall appoint the director, pursuant to section 38-211, who shall be a qualified elector of the state and experienced in administrative matters and enforcement procedures. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
H. The director is entitled to receive a salary as determined pursuant to section 38-611.
Structure Arizona Revised Statutes
§ 4-113 - Enforcement officer; credentials; peace officer status
§ 4-114 - Interest in business prohibited; forfeiture of office
§ 4-115 - Disposition of fees and penalties
§ 4-116 - Receipts from club licenses and applications
§ 4-116.01 - Receipts from sampling privilege and growler permits
§ 4-118 - Inspection of premises
§ 4-120 - Liquor licenses fund; exemption
§ 4-201 - Licensing; application procedure in city, town or county; burden of proof
§ 4-201.01 - Extending time limits
§ 4-202 - Qualifications of licensees; application; background information; prior convictions
§ 4-203 - Licenses; issuance; transfer; reversion to state
§ 4-203.01 - Interim permit; fee; rules
§ 4-203.02 - Special event license; rules
§ 4-203.03 - Farm winery festival license; farm winery fair license; fee
§ 4-203.05 - Licenses held in nonuse status
§ 4-203.06 - Mixed cocktails; off-sale privileges; leases; fees
§ 4-203.07 - Off-sale privileges; leases; mixed cocktails; permits; fees
§ 4-204 - Personal representative or fiduciary acting for licensee
§ 4-205 - Issuance of club license; regulatory provisions; revocation
§ 4-205.01 - Hotel-motel license; issuance; revocation
§ 4-205.04 - Farm winery license; issuance; regulatory provisions; retail site; fee
§ 4-205.05 - Disposal of seized or recovered liquor
§ 4-205.06 - Hotel or motel minibars; rules; definitions
§ 4-205.07 - Conveyance license for excursion boats
§ 4-205.08 - Microbrewery license; issuance; regulatory provisions; retail site
§ 4-205.09 - Microbrewery and farm winery licenses on same land; requirements
§ 4-205.10 - Craft distiller license; issuance; regulatory provisions; fee
§ 4-205.11 - Craft distillery festival license; craft distillery fair license; craft distillery fee
§ 4-205.12 - Tasting rooms with shared patios
§ 4-205.13 - Registered alcohol delivery contractor; issuance; fee; regulatory provisions
§ 4-207 - Restrictions on licensing premises near school buildings; definition
§ 4-207.02 - Multiple licensees with joint premises
§ 4-207.03 - Extended premises; application; requirements; fee
§ 4-208 - Rejection as to location
§ 4-210.01 - Authority to impose civil penalty; training
§ 4-210.02 - Appeals from director
§ 4-211 - Judicial review; bond
§ 4-214 - Arizona wines; labeling
§ 4-221 - Registration of stills; forfeiture; sale; proceeds
§ 4-222 - Registration of retail agents; fees
§ 4-224 - Local ordinances; prohibitions
§ 4-225 - Food safety; federal law; preemption
§ 4-227 - Qualified retail cooperatives; pricing; definitions
§ 4-227.01 - Channel pricing; definition
§ 4-228 - Front entrance lock prohibited; exception
§ 4-229 - Licenses; handguns; posting of notice
§ 4-242 - Sale of liquor on credit prohibited; exceptions
§ 4-243 - Commercial coercion or bribery unlawful; exceptions
§ 4-243.01 - Purchasing from other than primary source of supply unlawful; definitions
§ 4-243.02 - Sale of beer, wine or distilled spirits by producer; limitations
§ 4-243.03 - Alternating proprietorships
§ 4-243.04 - On-sale retail licensees; ownership interests; conditions
§ 4-244 - Unlawful acts; definition
§ 4-244.02 - Unlawful importation of spirituous liquor; exceptions
§ 4-244.04 - Farm winery sampling
§ 4-246 - Violation; classification; fine; civil penalty
§ 4-248 - Reporting by court of convictions; definition
§ 4-249 - Consumption of liquor by underage person in religious service allowed
§ 4-250 - Distilled spirits pricing; prohibition
§ 4-301 - Liability limitation; social host
§ 4-302 - Notice of litigation
§ 4-311 - Liability for serving intoxicated person or minor; definition