§ 6-12. Prohibition against issuance to persons with criminal convictions.

(a)

No license under this chapter shall be issued, renewed or transferred to any person, partnership or corporation where any individual having an interest either as owner, partner, stockholder, directly or indirectly, beneficial or absolute, shall have been convicted within ten years immediately prior to the filing of the application of any felony or convicted within five years immediately prior to the filing of the application of any misdemeanor relating to any alcoholic beverage business or any state law, county or municipal ordinance violation relating to any alcoholic beverage business.

(b)

The term "conviction" shall include an adjudication of guilt, a plea of guilty or nolo contenders or the forfeiture of a bond in part or in whole when charged with a crime or the suspension or revocation of any alcoholic beverage license owned in whole or in part by persons listed in subsection (a) of this section.

(Code 1989, § 9-1-11; Res. No. 95-01-10, 1-10-1995)

State law reference

Authority to set standards for issue of license, O.C.G.A. § 3-3-2.