Alabama § 28-3-192 Unlawful Acts and Offenses; Penalties

Alabama Statutes

§ 28-3-192 — Unlawful Acts and Offenses; Penalties

Alabama·Title 28 Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine·Ch. 3 Regulation and Control of Alcoholic Beverages in Wet Counties·Art. 5B Excise Tax on Beer

(a)It shall be unlawful:

(1)For any licensee to sell, give away or otherwise dispose of beer taxable under this article within this state on which the taxes required by this article have not been paid within 10 days after the date upon which they were due.

(2)For any wholesale beer licensee to fail to keep for a period of at least three years, complete and truthful records covering the operation of his license and particularly showing all purchases and sales of beer and the name and address of the vendor or vendee, or to refuse the governing authority of any county or municipality in which beer sales are made or any authorized employee or agent of the county or municipality, access to such records or the opportunity to make inspection, examination, audit or copies of the same when the r

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(a) It shall be unlawful:
(1) For any licensee to sell, give away or otherwise dispose of beer taxable under this article within this state on which the taxes required by this article have not been paid within 10 days after the date upon which they were due.
(2) For any wholesale beer licensee to fail to keep for a period of at least three years, complete and truthful records covering the operation of his license and particularly showing all purchases and sales of beer and the name and address of the vendor or vendee, or to refuse the governing authority of any county or municipality in which beer sales are made or any authorized employee or agent of the county or municipality, access to such records or the opportunity to make inspection, examination, audit or copies of the same when the request is made at any time during which the licensed premises are open for the transaction of business.
(3) For any wholesale beer licensee to refuse the governing authority of any county or municipality in which he sells beer, or any authorized employee or agent thereof or any duly commissioned law enforcement officer thereof the right to completely inspect the entire licensed premises at any time during which such premises are open for the transaction of business.
(4) For any person to knowingly or willfully make, exhibit or file a falsified return or any information upon which said return is based for the purpose of defrauding any county or municipality by evading the payment of the tax levied by this article.
(b) Any violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00, to which, at the discretion of the court or judge trying the case, may be added imprisonment in the county jail or at hard labor for the county for not more than three months for the first conviction; and, on the second conviction of a violation of said subsection, the offense may, in addition to a fine within the limits above named, be punishable by imprisonment or at hard labor for the county for not less than three months nor more than six months to be imposed by the court or judge trying the case; and, on the third and every subsequent conviction of a violation of said subsection, the offense may, in addition to a fine within the limits above named, be punishable by imprisonment or at hard labor for the county for not less than six months nor more than 12 months.

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