Bill > HB2624

This bill makes a technical correction to Arizona law regarding alcoholic beverage licensing, specifically concerning situations where a licensee is unable to manage their business due to death, incapacitation, or bankruptcy. The key change is to replace the word "upon" with "on" when referring to receiving permission from the director, which is the state official responsible for liquor licenses. This amendment clarifies that permission from the director is required *on* the condition of receiving it, rather than *upon* the event of receiving it, ensuring that individuals acting as administrators, executors, guardians, receivers, trustees, or assignees for a licensee can continue to sell and deal in spirituous liquors (alcoholic beverages) under the deceased or incapacitated licensee's license for up to twenty-four months, provided they have the director's approval. The bill also clarifies that this provision does not apply if the license is transferred to a surviving spouse or guardian of a minor child within that twenty-four-month period. Additionally, it allows a person who is not licensed but legally possesses spirituous liquor due to enforcing a security interest in a wholesaler's property to sell that liquor to a licensed retailer, again with the director's permission, and exempts them from certain other licensing requirements.

https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84434