§277. Notice of application for retail dealer's permit

A. Prior to making application for a retail dealer's permit, each applicant shall insert an appropriate signed notice similar to the following in a newspaper published in the municipality in which he desires to operate his business or in the newspaper published nearest his place of business, if it is not located in a municipality in which a newspaper is published:

"I am applying for a permit to sell alcoholic beverages at retail at the following address: _________ in the Parish of _________."

B. The publication of this notice is not required of permittees seeking the renewal of their permits.

C. In addition to publishing the notice required by Subsections A and B of this Section, each new applicant shall pay a notice of intent fee in the amount of fifty dollars to the office of alcohol and tobacco control. The office will furnish a "Notice of Intent" poster to each person who pays a notice of intent fee. Except in East Baton Rouge Parish, no other local or state notice of intent fee shall be required or assessed.

D. The notice of intent poster shall display, at a minimum, the following information: "NOTICE -- I am applying to the office of alcohol and tobacco control of the state of Louisiana for a permit to sell beverages of low alcoholic content at retail at this location. Interested persons should contact the office of alcohol and tobacco control." The notice of intent poster shall also display the current address and telephone number of the office of alcohol and tobacco control.

E. Each notice of intent poster shall be posted conspicuously outside the premises for which application is to be made for no less than fifteen consecutive days prior to the filing of an application for a retailer's permit for the premises. Such display of a notice of intent poster furnished by the office of alcohol and tobacco control shall serve as the only state official public notice required. However, if the application is for premises for which a permit was in effect within the previous six months, the notice of intent poster shall be posted upon the filing of the application and remain posted for at least fifteen days thereafter.

F. The surviving spouse of a deceased licensee may, at the time of death, apply for a retail permit for the premises within one year from the date of death without complying with the requirements of this Section.

Acts 1986, No. 314, §1; Acts 1987, No. 696, §1; Acts 1993, No. 131, §1; Acts 1993, No. 169, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1370, §4, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 719, §1.