OFFICEOFTHEAPORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS **AUSTIN**

Boaorable Bert For&, fesaa Uquor Control Austin, Teraa

. &iadnit4trator, IbOard,

rour in- of careful attention. hae been given our

you ham called our We do not think order, however, said opinions, '1 same. opinions to Thich -6088 ana o-3803. mud opinions. In tonotructionof olearly state

al Code (8) glres the pend or camaX petit8 sportotion,importation, everagf3e

or other perndte

e 6664.6, Peti Code, the perniittt are ision (18) thereofrelates to the perretatlers,ati it prmides that all reimreble in the aame mmnor as reto govern application**for** an iseuance of Betail Beer Dealer*8 Llaeneeaunder Artiole II of this bat, 8116 shall be subjest 

### to oanoellation or cluspcneioa for any of the reasons that a Retail lieOr Dealarts Liaenee n;oj bo mnoelled or auepended,ami upon the came procedure.WI+

Artlole 667-3 requires every pereon uho engages in the sale of beer to obtain a Uoense thereforfrom the Texas Liquor Gontrol floarti.HonorableBert Ford - page 2

Artiole 067-6 contains the informationthat must be ezbraaedin the application.

cation. Article 807-6 provides for a hearing on the appllIt provides that the applicationshall be filed with the Count7 Clerk, and af+ter proper nOtlO@ the Count7 Judge hears the application;said I)rtiole provides1
81s upon hearing upon the petition oi any applicant

### for a lioense, the County Judge finds the faots stated therein to ‘be true and hs~ no ether lawful reason for denying the ap+oation, he sholl entor an ortler so aertfitingSand a copy of sald order shall be delivered to the ap**plkCa& J**  ***** ***** **SJ t&e**  **&bSeSSOr and**  **COlh?CtOr Of**  Taxes shall thereuponreport to the Texas Liquor ControlBoard upon e form presoribedbr said Board oertifyingthat the applicationfor lioense has been approved and all required fees paid, and .such other informationas ear b6 requiredby the Board, and to euch aertificateshall be attached a copy of the original applioationfor 

### lioense. Upon re0oivingsuch report or oertification from the Assessor and 

### Colleotor of Taxes, 

### it shall be the duty of the Board or Administrator to issue the license accordingly,ii it is found that the applicantis entitled to a liaense and there are no legal reasons shy a'liOense should not be istlued, **l.î
krtiole 667-1 ot the PeDal Code~providesfor the renewal of Uocsses, ani the appliusnt is 

### requiredto file MS applicationthereforwith the Aaeetmtorand Colleotor of 

### Taxes of the county. The law then proridsst

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### The lbseeaor and Colleotor

of Taxes shall thereupontransndt to the Board a oopy of said applicationfor renerral together mith the certificationthat all required feee hare bee%% paid for the'smuxinglioense psFiodJ and upon reoeiring the oo y of said applicationand eertifltmtion as to tIi

e payment of iees, the Board or Administratori2sy in its discretion issue the lioense applied for, or may within i'ire(6) days aft&r 

### reoeipt of such applioationreject the so1118 and 

### r+- quire 

### that the applicantfor renewal tile applioa-! ’

honorableBert Ford - page g

tion with the Cwnt~ Judge and 

### submitto hearing bePOre suoh County Judge in the rnanoer required or any appliosat sor the primary or or&ha1 liOense.g
Artiole 689-19 of the Penal Code authorizesthe' Board or Administratorto oanoel the lioense of asp peroon authorized to sell beer, after notioe and hearing, for some airteen s arate aml d.istinet reasons or violations~0sthe law. 8ub8vision (0) thereofgldes that the licensemay be ooncelledif 'the liceneee tiolated aq provision of tM6 dct **or** any rule or regulationof the Board at any tine during the existenoe OS the Uoense sought to **be** oancelled or rfthin the next preoedlng licenseperiod of any license held by the 1loensee.s

It ie our 0piMon that the Administratorof the Texas Liquor Qontrol Board uan refuse to renew a limnee for any reason Tudor the otatute shich would authorizehim to oanoel the license; In other words, it the Ailxdnietrafor knows that during the former lioenseperiod the lioensee has violated the Texas Liquor Control Aot he would have,- do Subsection (0) ot Article 667-19 **&bote ~quottkl,**  **the** rig$it to oancel the renewal lioonse.

Ae quoted above, Artiale 607-d provides specifical17 that after the County Judge has had the hearing, asd has approved the applioation, the record la Bent 87 the deeeesor and Collectorof.Tesse to the 

### TexanLiquor Control Board, sit shall be the'duty'of the Board or Administratorto isfme the licenseaeoordingly, ii it is 

### fqwl that the applicanf is entitled to a lioense and there are tie legal reesons why
a lioenae should notbe 1osued.s .It is our 0 od inion that the faat that the applicaqtdid during the prec ng year commit such an aot as would $3stify the Adsdnistretorto eanoel the permit rould with the same reasoningbe a suti%ient legal reason shy the reneu+l licen+e ehould not be iseufxl.

Section g OS the Texos Liquor Control Aot prmides that the entireA& ahall **be** llberallpOonstrued ?or the acoimpii6hmentof the purposesnsmed therein,and Article 068-13 provides that the permit when 

### grantedshall be purely a personal privilege ami shall **be** revocable SOP the oauses stated in said statute, and that~ the 

### permitshall not oonstituteany property right0honorable Bert gord - page 4

Un~estiOMbly, uuder the prwisions OS Article 067-.19(o)*

the Adsdnistrator, If he should issue a remw-. al permit, could ismcdiatelythereaftercanoe1 the pemdt, if he had cvidenco showing that the licenseehad during the proceding

### year violated any provision OS the Texas. 

### Liqyxor Control Act. It would not be a liberal construction to say that the Adsdnistratorcould bo compelledto issue a renewal lioenee,which 

### under the law he could imsmdiately cancel under the plain provisionsof said law.

**In** UotropolitanLife InsuranceCo. V. Kann, 168 9. u. (2) 33.2,

tho Saprone Court, la construingthe occupation tax statutes,used this languagec

'(7.8) + l l . It oertainlywas not the intention or the tegislatureto require 

### a certifiaate to be iseued under Article 477o, when such certificateis subject,at the very time of+

### isttuance,

to be rwoked under Articlo 471fi.s


### It ie our opinion that the Administrator may refuse to grant a renewal Ucetlllo for aq of the reasons nanred in the etatuto,for which he could cancel same, if he should issue the renewal license.

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. 7erj truly yours ATTOIWEY

GEJillRAL

OF TEXAS

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