A. In any local option district, a person qualified under the provisions of the Liquor Control Act [60-3A-1 NMSA 1978] may apply for and be issued a dispenser's license for the sale of alcoholic beverages.
B. A dispenser's license, when issued, shall only be used by the person to whom the license is issued and shall only be used within the licensed premises, pursuant to provisions of the Liquor Control Act.
C. In any local option district within a class B county having a population of between fifty-six thousand and fifty-seven thousand according to the 1980 federal decennial census, a person with a dispenser's license that sells retail gasoline on the premises shall not sell alcoholic beverages other than beer with less than ten percent alcohol by volume.
History: Laws 1981, ch. 39, § 20; 2021, ch. 7, § 8.
The 2021 amendment, effective July 1, 2021, prohibited certain dispenser's license holders from selling alcoholic beverages other than beer with less than ten percent alcohol by volume; and added Subsection C.
Director cannot authorize transfer of license from county to county. — The director has no power to authorize the transfer of a retailer's or dispenser's license from one county to another. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-124.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 45 Am. Jur. 2d Intoxicating Liquors § 130.
Hotel or inn, what constitutes, within meaning of liquor statute, 19 A.L.R. 531, 53 A.L.R. 988.
48 C.J.S. Intoxicating Liquors § 135.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 60 - Business Licenses
Section 60-6A-1 - Wholesaler's license.
Section 60-6A-2 - Retailer's license.
Section 60-6A-3 - Dispenser's license.
Section 60-6A-4 - Restaurant license.
Section 60-6A-5 - Club licenses.
Section 60-6A-6 - Manufacturer's license.
Section 60-6A-6.1 - Craft distiller's license.
Section 60-6A-7 - Nonresident license.
Section 60-6A-8 - Wine bottler's license.
Section 60-6A-9 - Public service license.
Section 60-6A-10 - Governmental license.
Section 60-6A-11 - Winegrower's license.
Section 60-6A-11.1 - Direct wine shipment permit; authorization; restrictions.
Section 60-6A-12 - Special dispenser's permits; state and local fees.
Section 60-6A-13 - Registration to transport.
Section 60-6A-14 - Sacramental wine.
Section 60-6A-15 - License and permit fees.
Section 60-6A-16 - Proration of fees.
Section 60-6A-17 - Issuance of licenses and collection of fees.
Section 60-6A-18 - Limitation on number of licenses; exceptions.
Section 60-6A-19 - No property right in license; exception.
Section 60-6A-21 - Short title.
Section 60-6A-22 - Definitions.
Section 60-6A-24 - Wine blender's license.
Section 60-6A-26 - Wine exporter's license.
Section 60-6A-26.1 - Small brewer's license.
Section 60-6A-26.2 - Beer bottler's license.
Section 60-6A-27 - License fees.
Section 60-6A-28 - Nonresident licenses.
Section 60-6A-29 - Wine wholesaler's license.
Section 60-6A-30 - Posting of warnings.
Section 60-6A-31 - State fair; golf courses; ski areas; alcoholic beverage sales restrictions.
Section 60-6A-32 - Interstate wine tastings; competitions; permits.
Section 60-6A-33 - Tasting permit; fees.
Section 60-6A-34 - Special bed and breakfast dispensing license; fees; limitations.
Section 60-6A-35 - Small brewer and winegrower limited wholesaler's license.
Section 60-6A-36 - Redeemable coupons prohibited.
Section 60-6A-37 - Alcoholic beverage delivery permit; third party delivery license.