New Jersey § 33:1-26

§ 33:1-26.

All licenses shall be for a term of one year from July 1 in each year. The respective fees for any such license shall be prorated according to the effective

date of the license and based on the respective annual fee as in this chapter provided. Where the license fee deposited with the application exceeds the prorated fee, a

refund of the excess shall be made to the licensee. Licenses are not transferable except as hereinafter provided. The holders of a plenary winery license or farm winery license who are engaged in

an alternating proprietorship pursuant to subsection 2a. or 2b. of R.S.33:1-10 shall be permitted to share a place of business on an alternating basis for production

of wine in a manner consistent with regulations promulgated by the Alcohol and Tobacco

Tax and Trade Bureau. Approval by the director to engage in an alternating proprietorship shall be conditioned

upon the ongoing approval of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the alternating

proprietorship. A separate license is required for each specific place of business , except as otherwise provided in this section for the holders of a plenary winery

license or the farm winery license who are engaged in an alternating proprietorship, and the operation and effect of every license is confined to the licensed premises. No retail license of any class shall be issued to any holder of a manufacturer's

or wholesaler's license, and no manufacturer's or wholesaler's license shall be issued

to the holder of a retail license of any class. Any person who shall exercise or attempt to exercise, or hold himself out as authorized

to exercise, the rights and privileges of a licensee except the licensee and then

only with respect to the licensed premises, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. In case of death, bankruptcy, receivership or incompetency of the licensee, or if

for any other reason whatsoever the operation of the business covered by the license

shall devolve by operation of law upon a person other than the licensee, the director

or the issuing authority may, in his or its discretion, extend the license for a limited

time, not exceeding its term, to the executor, administrator, trustee, receiver or

other person upon whom the same has devolved by operation of law as aforesaid. Under no circumstances, however, shall a license, or rights thereunder, be deemed

property, subject to inheritance, sale, pledge, lien, levy, attachment, execution,

seizure for debts, or any other transfer or disposition whatsoever, except for payment

of taxes, fees, interest and penalties imposed by any State tax law for which a lien

may attach pursuant to R.S.54:49-1 or pursuant to the State Uniform Tax Procedure Law, R.S.54:48-1 et seq. , or any similar State lien of tax, except to the extent expressly provided by this

chapter. On application made therefor setting forth the same matters and things with reference

to the premises to which a transfer of license is sought as are required to be set

forth in connection with an original application for license, as to the premises,

and after publication of notice of intention to apply for transfer, in the same manner

as is required in case of an application for license as to the premises, the director

or other issuing authority may transfer, upon payment of a fee of 10% of the annual

license fee for the license sought to be transferred, any license issued by him or

it respectively to a different place of business than that specified therein, by endorsing

permission upon the license. On application made therefor setting forth the same matters and things with reference

to the person to whom a transfer of license is sought as are required to be set forth

in connection with an original application for license, which application for transfer

shall be signed and sworn to by the person to whom the transfer of license is sought

and shall bear the consent in writing of the licensee to the transfer, and after publication

of notice of intention by the person to whom the transfer of license is sought, to

apply for transfer in the same manner as is required in the case of an original application

for license, the director or other issuing authority, as the case may be, may transfer

any license issued by him or it respectively to the applicant for transfer by endorsing

the license. The application and the applicant shall comply with all requirements of this chapter

pertaining to an original application for license and shall be accompanied, in lieu

of the license fee required on the original application, by a fee of 10% of the annual

license fee for the license sought to be transferred, which 10% shall be retained

by the director or other issuing authority, as the case may be, whether the transfer

be granted or not, and accounted for as other license fees. If the other issuing authority shall refuse to grant a transfer the applicant shall

be notified forthwith of the refusal by a notice served personally upon the applicant,

or sent to him by registered mail addressed to him at the address stated in the application,

and the applicant may, within 30 days after the date of service or mailing of the

notice, appeal to the director from the action of the issuing authority. If the other issuing authority shall grant a transfer, any taxpayer or other aggrieved

person opposing the grant of the transfer may, within 30 days after the grant of the

transfer, appeal to the director from the action of the issuing authority. No person who would fail to qualify as a licensee under this chapter shall be knowingly

employed by or connected in any business capacity whatsoever with a licensee. A person failing to qualify as to age or by reason of conviction of a crime involving

moral turpitude may, with the approval of the director, and subject to rules and regulations,

be employed by any licensee, but the employee if disqualified by age shall not, in

any manner whatsoever serve, sell or solicit the sale or participate in the manufacture,

rectification, blending, treating, fortification, mixing, processing or bottling of

any alcoholic beverage; and further provided, that no permit shall be necessary for

the employment in a bona fide hotel or restaurant of any person failing to qualify

as to age so long as the person shall not in any manner whatsoever serve, sell or

solicit the sale of any alcoholic beverage, or participate in the mixing, processing

or preparation thereof. Except for a person convicted of a sex offense as enumerated in subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:7-2 or a person convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude committed while employed

on a licensed premises, a person who has been convicted of a crime involving moral

turpitude may be employed by a Class C licensee without obtaining the approval of

the director or a rehabilitation employment permit provided the person's responsibilities

do not involve serving, selling or soliciting the sale of any alcoholic beverage;

participating in the mixing, processing or preparation of alcoholic beverages; providing

private security or admission-monitoring services for the premises; or providing

or participating in any management or professional services. Each person seeking to be employed or connected in any business capacity whatsoever

with a licensee shall submit to the director the applicant's name, address, fingerprints

and written consent for a criminal history record background check to be performed. The director is authorized to receive criminal history record information from the

State Bureau of Identification in the Division of State Police and the Federal Bureau

of Investigation consistent with applicable State and federal laws, rules and regulations. The applicant shall bear the cost for the criminal history record background check,

including all costs of administering and processing the check. The Division of State Police shall promptly notify the director in the event a current

holder of a license or prospective applicant, who was the subject of a criminal history

record background check pursuant to this section, is arrested for a crime or offense

in this State after the date the background check was performed. Any request for relief under this section shall be accompanied by a nonreturnable

filing fee of $100 payable to the director.