New Jersey Statutes
N.J. Stat. § 33:1-3 (2026)
Alcoholic beverage control
✓ current as of May 2026
It shall be the duty of the Director of the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control in the Department of Law and Public Safety to supervise the manufacture, distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages in such a manner as to fulfill the public policy and legislative purpose of this act as expressed in section 4 of P.L. 1985, c. 258 (C. 33:1-3.1).
Amended by L. 1985, c. 258, s. 1, eff. July 31, 1985.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1967–2017 · leading case: GJJM Enters., LLC v. City of Atl. City, 293 F. Supp. 3d 509 (D.N.J. 2017).
GJJM Enters., LLC v. City of Atl. City, 293 F. Supp. 3d 509 (D.N.J. 2017). “See N.J. Stat. Ann. § 33:1-3 ." [17-6879, Doc.”
181 South Inc. v. Fischer, 454 F.3d 228 (3rd Cir. 2006). “See N.J. Stat. Ann. § 33:1-3 (2006); Id. § 33:1-23.”
Schenley Indus., Inc. v. N. J. Wine & Spirit Wholesalers Ass'n, 272 F. Supp. 872 (D.N.J. 1967). “” See N.J.S.A. 33:1-3; N.J.S.A. 52:17B-15. 2 . The liquor industry in New Jersey may be termed a regulated monopoly in the sense that participation at the distiller, wholesaler or retailer level is limited to licensees, whose number and qualifications are committed to the…”
McNeil v. McDonough, 515 F. Supp. 113 (D.N.J. 1980). “Compare the levels set in the original statute in 1933, NJSA 33:1-3 and 4. The “commissioner” (now Director) was to receive $16,500 a year.”
Fayette Fair Trade, Inc. v. Governing Body of City of Perth Amboy, 929 A.2d 618 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2007). “to supervise the manufacture, distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages in such a manner as to fulfill the public policy and legislative purposes of this act [,]" N.J.S.A. 33:1-3, [and] [i]t vests in the Director the broad authority "to make such general rules and regulations…”
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