§935. Server liability; penalties, fines, suspension or revocation of server permit; vendor's defenses
A. The commissioner may suspend or revoke a server's or security personnel's permit or impose a fine on the server or security personnel for noncompliance with this Chapter or for any violation, attributable to the server or security personnel, of the provisions of R.S. 26:90, 91, 286, 287, or 911 or related tobacco product laws, rules, and regulations. The procedure for the suspension or revocation of a server's or security personnel's permit or for the imposition of fines shall be the same as are otherwise set forth in this Title for the suspension or revocation of permits of, or imposition of fines against, holders of Class "A" General, Class "A" Restaurant, Class "B" permits, or Retail Dealer Registration Certificates or Retail Dealer Permits.
B.(1) The alcoholic beverage or tobacco products permit of a vendor certified as a responsible vendor in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter shall not be suspended or revoked on the following grounds:
(a) The first illegal sale or service of an alcoholic beverage by any server or security personnel to an underage or intoxicated person or the first illegal sale or service of a tobacco product by any server or security personnel to an underage person in any twelve-month period.
(b) The first citation for consumption by a customer of alcoholic beverages on the premises of a Class "B" vendor in any twelve-month period, unless the vendor had knowledge of the violation, should have known about such violation, or participated in or committed such violation.
(2) No vendor may use as a defense to suspension or revocation the fact that he was absent from the licensed premises at the time a violation of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law or tobacco products law occurred if the violations are flagrant, persistent, repeated, or recurring.
C. Certification under this Chapter as a responsible vendor shall be considered in mitigation of a vendor's administrative penalties or fines for a server's or security personnel's illegal sale or service of an alcoholic beverage to an underage or intoxicated person, or consumption of alcoholic beverages by a customer on the premises of a Class "B" vendor or for a server's illegal sale or service of a tobacco product to an underage person.
Acts 1997, No. 1054, §1; Acts 2003, No. 881, §1; Acts 2012, No. 463, §1.
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