LAC 55:VII.321. Staggering of Expiration Dates

A. In accordance with the authority of R.S. 26:794(B), the expiration dates of retail permits issued by the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control shall be staggered in accordance with the provisions of this Section. B. Purpose. The purpose of this staggering process is to provide for the even distribution of expiration dates of new and existing permits based upon the parish in which the licensed establishment is located. This will allow the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control to concentrate its limited resource to the particular region of the state in which all retail permits are scheduled to expire. The expiration date of retail permits will be easy to determine and thereby assist both state and local enforcement agents, retail and wholesaler dealers in the enforcement of the licensing requirements contained in Title 26. This in turn will reduce the ever-increasing number of delinquent renewal applications filed with this office and eliminate the purchase and resale of alcoholic beverages by unlicensed establishments. C. New Business Application and Related Fees 1. Beginning February 18, 1998, the expiration date of all retail permits issued pursuant to new-business applications shall have an expiration date to be determined by the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control in accordance with Subsection G of this Section. 2. The fee for all such new business permits shall be as set forth in Sections 71 and 271 of Title 26. D. Renewal of Existing Permits and Related Fees 1. The renewal of an existing permit during this staggering process shall be for a period of not less than seven months nor more than 18 months, which period shall be determined by the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control in accordance with Subsection G of this Section. 2. The fee for such a permit shall be determined by a proration of the annual fee as established by Title 26 over the appropriate number of months. E. Renewal Deadline: Penalties 1. Applications for the renewal of permits issued pursuant to this regulation shall be due in the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control on or before the date of expiration on current permit. 2. The monetary penalties established in Sections 88 and 285 of Title 26 for those permittees who fail to timely file their renewal application shall remain in effect. The permittee shall be charged the delinquency penalty over and above the prorated fee. F. Gross Sales. The payment of an additional permit fee by retailers based on the amount of their gross liquor sales as provided in Section 71 of Title 26 shall continue and shall be assessed on the gross sales made during the preceding calendar year. In renewal permits issued pursuant to this regulation, the additional fee shall be prorated over the appropriate number of months. G. Expiration Date of Retail Permit. All retail permits issued after February 18, 1998, by the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control shall expire in accordance with the following schedule. Parish Code | Parish Name | Expire Month 1 | Acadia | October 2 | Allen | March 3 | Ascension | January 4 | Assumption | November 5 | Avoyelles | July 6 | Beauregard | March 7 | Bienville | September 8 | Bossier | September 9 | Caddo | September 10 | Calcasieu | March 11 | Caldwell | December 12 | Cameron | March 13 | Catahoula | December 14 | Claiborne | September 15 | Concordia | December 16 | DeSoto | September 17 | East Baton Rouge | January 18 | East Carroll | December 19 | East Feliciana | August 20 | Evangeline | July 21 | Franklin | December 22 | Grant | December 23 | Iberia | October 24 | Iberville | July 25 | Jackson | December 26 | Jefferson | February 27 | Jefferson Davis | March 28 | Lafayette | October 29 | Lafourche | November 30 | LaSalle | December 31 | Lincoln | September 32 | Livingston | August 33 | Madison | December 34 | Morehouse | December 35 | Natchitoches | December 36 | Orleans | May 37 | Ouachita | December 38 | Plaquemines | April 39 | Point Coupee | July 40 | Rapides | July 41 | Red River | September 42 | Richland | December 43 | Sabine | September 44 | St. Bernard | April 45 | St. Charles | April 46 | St. Helena | August 47 | St. James | April 48 | St. John | April 49 | St. Landry | July 50 | St. Martin | October 51 | St. Mary | November 52 | St. Tammany | August 53 | Tangipahoa | August 54 | Tensas | December 55 | Terrebonne | November 56 | Union | December 57 | Vermillion | March 58 | Vernon | March 59 | Washington | August 60 | Webster | September 61 | West Baton Rouge | July 62 | West Carroll | December 63 | West Feliciana | August 64 | Winn | December