O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 3-7-20 (2019)

Issuance of alcoholic beverage licenses to private clubs by commissioner generally; promulgation of rules and regulations generally; privileges conferred by licenses

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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The commissioner may issue alcoholic beverage licenses to bona fide private clubs in any county or municipality within the state and may promulgate such regulations as he deems necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter after the approval of such authority by an election held pursuant to Code Section 3-7-41 or 3-7-42. These licenses shall authorize the sale of distilled spirits by the drink for consumption only on the premises where sold.

History

Ga. L. 1978, p. 1155, § 1; Code 1933, § 5A-6102, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 1573, § 1.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL An application for liquor permit is a public record and is not confidential or secret under former Code 1933,

§ 92-8414 (see now O.C.G.A. § 48-2-15). 1963-65 Op. Att’y Gen. p. 171.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 45 Am. Jur. 2d, Intoxicating Liquors, §§ 15 et seq., 25 et seq., 90 et seq., 103. C.J.S. - 48 C.J.S., Intoxicating Liquors, § 170.

ALR. - Validity of statute or rule which makes specified conduct or condition a ground for cancelation or suspension of license, irrespective of licensee’s personal fault, 3 A.L.R.2d 107.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1984–1984 · leading case: Regency Club v. Stuckey, 324 S.E.2d 166 (Ga. 1984).
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Regency Club v. Stuckey, 324 S.E.2d 166 (Ga. 1984). · cites it 2× “OCGA §§ 3-7-20, 3-7-41, 3-7-42. On the other hand, OCGA § 3-7-43 permits the governing authority of any county having a population between 36,800 and 36,990 according to the decennial census of 1980, and the governing authority of each municipality within such county, to issue,…”
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