Montana Attorney General Opinion 15-196

Opinion No. 196 Beer-Licenses-Refunds. HELD: No portion of a license fee paid under the Montana Beer Act may be returned to the applicant although his license may not authorize him to transact business for a full year under same. May 6, 1933. You request an opinion on the right of the board to reflmd to a licensee. under the Beer Act, Chapter 106, Laws of 1933. I am unable to find any authority in the law to authorize the return of any portion of the license fee. "In the ab- sence of a provision for a pro rata li- cense, a person taking out a license must pay the full amount prescribed even though he takes out his license after the beginning of the license year." (37 C. J. 250) I therefore conclude that no portion of such license fee may be returned to applicant although his license may not autholize him to transact business for a full year under same.