Revocation or suspension of permits or licenses – Civil penalty – Review of orders – Pilot project concerning local and municipal beer boards

(a) Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!(1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.License: means the license issued pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101Licensee: means any person to whom such license has been issued pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101Minor: means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Retailer: means any person who sells at retail any beverage for the sale of which a license is required under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105Statute: A law passed by a legislature.Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.Wholesaler: means any person who sells at wholesale any beverage for the sale of which a license is required under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.Writ of certiorari: An order issued by the Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case for which it will hear on appeal.Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105(1) (A) Permits or licenses issued under this chapter by any county legislative body or any committee or board created by any county legislative body may be revoked or suspended in accordance with this section by the county legislative body, committee or board which issued the permit or license. (B) Permits or licenses issued under this chapter by any board or commission created by the metropolitan council of any Class B county may be revoked or suspended in accordance with this section by such board or commission. (C) Permits or licenses issued under this chapter by the governmental body of any incorporated city, or by any committee or board created by such governmental body may be revoked or suspended in accordance with this section by the governmental body, committee or board which issued the permit or license. (2) (A) A city, Class A county, or Class B county, or any committee, board, or commission created by these governmental bodies, shall not, pursuant to § 57-5-608, revoke or suspend the permit of a responsible vendor for a clerk’s illegal sale of beer to a minor, if the permit or license holder and the clerk making the sale have complied with the requirements of § 57-5-606 as a responsible vendor under this part, but may impose on the responsible vendor a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense of making or permitting to be made any sales to minors or for any other offense. (B) The prohibition of subdivision (a)(2)(A) concerning the revocation or suspension of the vendor’s permit shall not apply to any vendor who is not a responsible vendor under this part, or to a participating vendor, if the vendor or clerk making a sale to a minor fails to comply with the requirements of § 57-5-606. With respect to such permit or license holder, the committee, board, or commission may, at the time it imposes a revocation or suspension, offer the permit or license holder the alternative of paying a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each offense of making or permitting to be made any sales to minors, or a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for any other offense. (C) Permanent revocation of beer permits may only be applied when the permit holder has at least two (2) violations within a twelve-month period. (D) Revocation of beer permits applies only to that permit holder, or agents of the permit holder, at that location. Revocation of beer permits shall not stay with the property if the property changes hands, nor may a city, Class A county or Class B county, or any committee, board or commission created by