Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 45 - Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission › Chapter 1 - Administrative Operations › Subchapter 7 - Director Of The Commission › Section 45:1-7-1 - Duties and responsibilities

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
				The Director is hereby specifically authorized and shall have all of the duties
				and responsibilities as set out in Section 1-108 of Title 37A of the Oklahoma
				Statutes, and in addition thereto, he is hereby empowered and authorized to
				conduct any hearing and make any investigations which he may deem necessary in
				connection with any violations of the provisions of the Act and the Rules
				Adopted by the Commission, and to make a report of such hearings and
				investigations. He is further empowered and authorized at said hearings and in
				conducting such investigations, or at any other time, to administer oaths and
				to examine under oath any person, and cause the same to be reduced to writing,
				and to examine, or cause to be examined, books, accounts and records of any
				licensee or other person, to hear testimony and take proof material for the
				Commission's information and the discharge of its duties under the law, and to
				issue subpoenas, which shall bear the seal of this Commission, for the
				attendance of witnesses and the production of books, accounts, or records,
				which shall be effective in any part of this State, requiring their attendance
				before the Director at the time and place to be specified herein by him. The
				District or Superior Court or any Judge thereof is hereby respectfully
				requested, by its proper order, to require the attendance of all such witnesses
				so subpoenaed, and that the Court or Judge compel obedience to its or his order
				by proceedings for contempt as provided for in Sections 1-108 and 1-107(11) of
				Title 37A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
(b) In addition to the authority given the
				Director to issue all licenses provided for in the Act, there is further
				delegated to the Director the duty and authority to refuse to issue a Wine and
				Spirits Wholesaler, Beer Distributor, Small Brewer Self-Distributor, Brewpub
				Self-Distributor, Winemaker Self-Distributor, Retail Spirit, Retail Beer,
				Retail Wine, Beer and Wine, Mixed Beverage, Bottle Club or Caterer license
				either on an original application or a renewal application, if he has
				reasonable grounds to believe and finds to be true any of the disqualifications
				outlined as set out in Section 2-146 of Title 37A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
				There is further delegated to the Director the duty and authority to refuse to
				issue a Mixed Beverage, Beer and Wine, Bottle Club, Public Event, Caterer,
				Retail Wine, Retail Beer, or any other such license as provided in Section
				2-101 of Title 37A of the Oklahoma Statutes, either on an original application
				or a renewal application, if he has reasonable grounds to believe and finds to
				be true any of the disqualifications as set out in Section 2-147 of Title 37A
				of the Oklahoma Statutes.
(c) There
				is also delegated to the Director the duty and authority to refuse to issue any
				other type of license covered by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act,
				if he has reasonable grounds to believe and finds that, under the provisions of
				the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act and the Rules of the Commission,
				that the applicant for any such license is not entitled thereto. There is
				further delegation to the Director of the duty and authority of giving notice
				of a denial by the Director, or a denial by the Commission, or a suspension or
				revocation of a license by the Commission as provided for in Section 2-149 of
				Title 37A of the Oklahoma Statutes. However, any person aggrieved by any Order
				or Notice of the Director shall have the right to be heard by the Commission
				upon the filing of a written request therefore with the Commission within
				fifteen (15) days after receipt of notice thereof.