0001| SENATE BILL 814 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| PHIL A. GRIEGO | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFERS; PROVIDING AN ANNUAL LIMIT | 0012| ON RETAILER'S AND DISPENSER'S LICENSE TRANSFERS; AMENDING AND | 0013| REPEALING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 60-6B-12 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981, | 0017| Chapter 39, Section 113, as amended) is amended to read: | 0018| "60-6B-12. INTER-LOCAL OPTION DISTRICT TRANSFERS.-- | 0019| A. All dispenser's and retailer's licenses | 0020| originally issued before July 1, 1981, except rural dispenser's | 0021| and rural retailer's licenses and canopy licenses that were | 0022| replaced by dispenser's licenses pursuant to Section 60-6B-16 | 0023| NMSA 1978, may be transferred to any location within the state, | 0024| except class B counties having a population of between fifty- | 0025| six thousand and fifty-seven thousand according to the 1980 | 0001| federal decennial census, the municipalities located within | 0002| those class B counties and any municipality or county that | 0003| prohibits by election the transfer of a license from another | 0004| local option district, without regard to the limitations on the | 0005| maximum number of licenses provided in Section 60-6A-18 NMSA | 0006| 1978, not otherwise contrary to law subject to the approval of | 0007| transferring locations of such liquor licenses of the governing | 0008| body for that location and provided all the requirements of the | 0009| Liquor Control Act and department regulations for the transfer | 0010| of licenses are fulfilled and provided further: | 0011| (1) the transfer of location does not lower | 0012| the number of dispenser's and retailer's licenses below that | 0013| number allowed by law in the local option district from which a | 0014| license will be transferred; | 0015| (2) beginning in calendar year 1997, no more | 0016| than [five] ten dispenser's or retailer's licenses shall be | 0017| transferred to any local option district in any calendar year; | 0018| (3) the dispenser's or retailer's licenses | 0019| transferred under this section shall count in the computation | 0020| of the limitation of the maximum number of licenses that may be | 0021| issued in the future in any local option district as provided | 0022| in Section 60-6A-18 NMSA 1978 for the purpose of determining | 0023| whether additional licenses may be issued in the local option | 0024| district under the provisions of Subsection E of Section 60-6B- | 0025| 2 NMSA 1978; and | 0001| (4) the dispenser's or retailer's licenses | 0002| shall be operated or leased by the person who transfers the | 0003| license to the local option district for at least a period of | 0004| one year from the date of the approval of the transfer by the | 0005| department. | 0006| B. Transfers of location of each liquor license | 0007| pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall become effective | 0008| upon approval of the local governing body, unless within one | 0009| hundred twenty days after the effective date of the Liquor | 0010| Control Act a petition requesting an election on the question | 0011| of approval of statewide transfers of liquor licenses into that | 0012| local option district is filed with the clerk of the local | 0013| option district and the petition is signed by at least five | 0014| percent of the number of registered voters of the district. | 0015| The clerk of the district shall verify the petition signatures. | 0016| If the petition is verified as containing the required number | 0017| of signatures of registered voters, the governing body shall | 0018| adopt a resolution calling an election on the question of | 0019| approving or disapproving statewide transfers of liquor | 0020| licenses into that district [during the period of economic | 0021| adjustment]. Notice of such election shall be published as | 0022| provided in Section 3-8-35 NMSA 1978, and the election shall be | 0023| held within sixty days after the date the petition is verified | 0024| or it may be held in conjunction with a regular election of the | 0025| governing body if such election occurs within sixty days after | 0001| the date of verification. If a majority of the registered | 0002| voters of the district voting in such election votes to approve | 0003| statewide transfers of liquor licenses into the local option | 0004| district, each license proposing to be transferred shall be | 0005| subject to the approval of the governing body. If the voters | 0006| of the district voting in the election vote against the | 0007| approval, then all statewide transfers of liquor licenses | 0008| pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be prohibited in | 0009| that district, unless a petition is filed requesting the | 0010| question be again submitted to the voters as provided in this | 0011| subsection. The question of approving or disapproving | 0012| statewide transfers of liquor licenses into the local option | 0013| district shall not be submitted again within two years from the | 0014| date of the last election on the question. | 0015| C. Any dispenser's license transferred pursuant to | 0016| this section outside its local option district shall only | 0017| entitle the licensee to sell, serve or permit the consumption | 0018| of alcoholic beverages by the drink on the licensed premises. | 0019| D. Rural dispenser's, rural retailer's and rural | 0020| club licenses issued under any former act may be transferred to | 0021| any location, subject to the restrictions as to location | 0022| contained in the Liquor Control Act, within the unincorporated | 0023| area of the county in which they are currently located; | 0024| provided they shall not be transferred to any location within | 0025| ten miles of another licensed premises; and provided further | 0001| that all requirements of the Liquor Control Act and department | 0002| regulations for the transfer of licenses are fulfilled." | 0003| Section 2. REPEAL.--Section 60-6B-13 NMSA 1978 (being | 0004| Laws 1981, Chapter 39, Section 115) is repealed. | 0005| Section 3. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0006| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. | 0007|  State of New Mexico | 0008| House of Representatives | 0009| | 0010| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0011| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| March 15, 1997 | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| Mr. Speaker: | 0018| | 0019| Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom | 0020| has been referred | 0021| | 0022| SENATE BILL 814 | 0023| | 0024| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0025| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0001| | 0002| Respectfully submitted, | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Fred Luna, Chairman | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| Adopted Not Adopted | 0012| | 0013| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0014| | 0015| Date | 0016| | 0017| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0018| Yes: 7 | 0019| Excused: Alwin, Getty, Gubbels, Hobbs, Rodella, Varela | 0020| Absent: None | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\S0814 |