Renewal

(1) In addition to submitting a completed renewal application and the renewal fee, each retail food store wine licensee is required to submit an annual statement detailing its annual total sales revenue and its annual sales taxable sales revenue from the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption. The report of such sales shall not include tax paid as part of the calculations of revenue. (2) A retail food store wine licensee shall keep sales and purchase records for a minimum of three years in a manner usual and customary in the industry. Such records may be maintained in electronic format. (3) In the event that the retail food store has failed to meet the requirement that 20% of its sales are from sales taxable sales of food and food ingredients for human consumption, the Commission shall notify the licensee that it has one year to come into compliance with the requirement. The licensee shall submit a plan to the Commission detailing its plan on compliance. (4) The failure of the retail food store to meet the requirement that 20% of its sales are from sales taxable sales of food and food ingredients for human consumption after the one (1) year period shall result in the Commission’s revocation of its license to sell wine. In the event of a revocation and for a period of one (1) year following revocation, a subsequent license shall not be issued to the spouse, child or children, daughter-in-law, son-in-law or other person having any interest in the business of the licensee whose license was revoked. Additionally, for a period of one (1) year following revocation, no license shall be issued at the same location or in close proximity (within five miles) of the same location, and the Commission shall not renew a license to the same person, firm or corporation.