Article 98, § 25 — Registration and Certification of Transporter Agents, Distributor Agents, and Processor Agents

(a) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Division shall: (1) License transporter agents, distributor agents, and processer agents; and (2) Administer and enforce the provisions of this section concerning transporter agents, distributer agents, and processor agents. (b) The division may conduct criminal records checks in order to carry out this section. (c) Except as prohibited by subdivision (d)(1) of this section, the division shall issue each transporter agent, distributer agent, and processor agent a registry identification card within ten (10) days of receipt of: (1) The person's name, address, and date of birth under this amendment; and (2) A reasonable fee in an amount established by rule for the division. (d) (1) The division shall not issue a registry identification card to a transporter agent, distributer agent, or processor agent who has been convicted of an excluded felony offense. (2) The division may conduct a criminal background check of each transporter agent, distributer agent, and processor agent in order to carry out this provision. (3) The division shall notify the transporter, distributer, or processer in writing of the reason for denying the registry identification card. (e) (1) A registry identification card for a transporter agent, distributer agent, or processor agent shall expire one (1) year after the date of issuance. (2) A registry identification card of a transporter agent, distributer agent, or processor agent expires upon notification to the division by a dispensary or cultivation facility that the person ceases to work at the transporter, distributer, or processer. (f) The division may charge a reasonable fee as established by rule for the issuance of a new, renewal, or replacement registry identification card. (g) (1) The division may revoke the registry identification card of a transporter agent, distributer agent, or processor agent who knowingly violates any provision of this amendment, and the cardholder is subject to any other penalties established by law for the violation. (2) The division may revoke or suspend the transporter license, distributor license, or processer license of a transporter, distributer, or processer that the division determines knowingly aided or facilitated a violation of any provision of this amendment, and the cardholder is subject to any other penalties established in law for the violation. (h) The division shall adopt rules governing: (1) The manner in which the division considers applications for and renewals of registry identification cards for transporter agents, distributor agents, and processer agents; (2) The form and content of registration and renewal applications for transporter agents, distributor agents, and processer agents; (3) Procedures for suspending or terminating the registration of transporter agents, distributor agents, and processer agents who violate the provisions of this section or the rules adopted under this section, procedures for appealing penalties, and a schedule of penalties; and (4) Any other matters necessary for the fair, impartial, stringent, and comprehensive administration of the duties of the division under this section.