Okla. Stat. tit. 37A, § 37A-2-143
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Information to be furnished by corporate applicants
Official statutory text
A. Any corporation applying for a mixed beverage, beer and
wine, caterer, public event, beer distributor or bottle club, or as
an equity partner in a wine and spirits wholesaler, shall submit to
the ABLE Commission the following:
1. A certificate of good standing from the office of the
Secretary of State;
2. A list of all corporate officers, directors, executive
committee members or members of a similar governing body and their
addresses, except for a charitable organization exempt from taxation
under Section 501(c)(3),(4),(5),(6),(7),(8),(9),(10), or (19) of the
United States Internal Revenue Code, which shall only be required to
furnish its corporate officers; and
3. A list of all stockholders owning fifteen percent (15%) or
more of the stock and their addresses.
B. Any corporation applying for a retail wine or retail beer
license shall submit to the ABLE Commission the following:
1. A certificate of good standing from the office of the
Secretary of State;
2. A list of all corporate officers and directors, except for a
charitable organization exempt from taxation under Section
501(c)(3),(4),(5),(6),(7),(8),(9),(10), or (19) of the United States
Internal Revenue Code, which shall only be required to furnish its
corporate officers; and
3. A list of all stockholders owning fifty-one percent (51%) or
more of the stock.
C. A corporate licensee shall notify the ABLE Commission in
writing of any change in the officers or directors of the
corporation or in the principal managers of premises licensed to the
corporation and shall pay a fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for
each notification of change. Provided, service organizations which
are exempt under Section 501(c)(8), (10), or (14) of the Internal
Revenue Code shall be exempt from such fee.
D. A corporate licensee shall notify the ABLE Commission any
time a person, any type of partnership, limited liability company or
other entity acquires the percentages specified in paragraph 3 of
subsection A or B of this section, or more, of the stock of the
corporation. Such notification shall be within thirty (30) days of
acquisition, and the corporation shall pay a fee of One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00) for each notification of change.
E. The ABLE Commission may disapprove a change of officers,
directors or principal managers or the acquisition of more than the
percentages specified in paragraph 3 of subsection A or B of this
section of the stock in a licensed corporation if the ABLE
Commission feels that such change would materially affect the
conditions under which the license was issued, such that the license
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would not have been issued had such change been in existence at the
time of the original application. If such disapproval occurs, the
ABLE Commission shall notify the licensee in writing and in the case
of a publicly traded corporation, allow a reasonable time for the
licensee to remove such officer, director or manager or for the
stockholder to divest himself or herself of any stock held in excess
of the percentages specified in paragraph 3 of subsection A or B of
this section; provided, a reasonable time may not exceed a ninety-
day period following notification of denial by the ABLE Commission.
Failure to comply with the provisions of this subsection may result
in revocation or suspension of such license.
F. Any person who was an officer or director or who has owned
the percentages specified in paragraph 3 of subsection A or B of
this section or more of the stock in a corporation which has been
denied a license or had a license revoked or suspended pursuant to
the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act shall
not own stock in any other corporation seeking a license pursuant to
the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act for a
period of twelve (12) months from the date the license was revoked
or suspended.
the stock in a corporation which has been
denied a license or had a license revoked or suspended pursuant to
the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act shall
not own stock in any other corporation seeking a license pursuant to
the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act for a
period of twelve (12) months from the date the license was revoked
or suspended.
G. Any person who was a manager or a member of a limited
liability company which has been denied a license or had a license
revoked or suspended pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma
Alcoholic Beverage Control Act shall not own stock in any
corporation seeking a license pursuant to the provisions of the
Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act for a period of twelve (12)
months from the date the license was revoked or suspended.
wine, caterer, public event, beer distributor or bottle club, or as
an equity partner in a wine and spirits wholesaler, shall submit to
the ABLE Commission the following:
1. A certificate of good standing from the office of the
Secretary of State;
2. A list of all corporate officers, directors, executive
committee members or members of a similar governing body and their
addresses, except for a charitable organization exempt from taxation
under Section 501(c)(3),(4),(5),(6),(7),(8),(9),(10), or (19) of the
United States Internal Revenue Code, which shall only be required to
furnish its corporate officers; and
3. A list of all stockholders owning fifteen percent (15%) or
more of the stock and their addresses.
B. Any corporation applying for a retail wine or retail beer
license shall submit to the ABLE Commission the following:
1. A certificate of good standing from the office of the
Secretary of State;
2. A list of all corporate officers and directors, except for a
charitable organization exempt from taxation under Section
501(c)(3),(4),(5),(6),(7),(8),(9),(10), or (19) of the United States
Internal Revenue Code, which shall only be required to furnish its
corporate officers; and
3. A list of all stockholders owning fifty-one percent (51%) or
more of the stock.
C. A corporate licensee shall notify the ABLE Commission in
writing of any change in the officers or directors of the
corporation or in the principal managers of premises licensed to the
corporation and shall pay a fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for
each notification of change. Provided, service organizations which
are exempt under Section 501(c)(8), (10), or (14) of the Internal
Revenue Code shall be exempt from such fee.
D. A corporate licensee shall notify the ABLE Commission any
time a person, any type of partnership, limited liability company or
other entity acquires the percentages specified in paragraph 3 of
subsection A or B of this section, or more, of the stock of the
corporation. Such notification shall be within thirty (30) days of
acquisition, and the corporation shall pay a fee of One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00) for each notification of change.
E. The ABLE Commission may disapprove a change of officers,
directors or principal managers or the acquisition of more than the
percentages specified in paragraph 3 of subsection A or B of this
section of the stock in a licensed corporation if the ABLE
Commission feels that such change would materially affect the
conditions under which the license was issued, such that the license
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would not have been issued had such change been in existence at the
time of the original application. If such disapproval occurs, the
ABLE Commission shall notify the licensee in writing and in the case
of a publicly traded corporation, allow a reasonable time for the
licensee to remove such officer, director or manager or for the
stockholder to divest himself or herself of any stock held in excess
of the percentages specified in paragraph 3 of subsection A or B of
this section; provided, a reasonable time may not exceed a ninety-
day period following notification of denial by the ABLE Commission.
Failure to comply with the provisions of this subsection may result
in revocation or suspension of such license.
F. Any person who was an officer or director or who has owned
the percentages specified in paragraph 3 of subsection A or B of
this section or more of the stock in a corporation which has been
denied a license or had a license revoked or suspended pursuant to
the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act shall
not own stock in any other corporation seeking a license pursuant to
the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act for a
period of twelve (12) months from the date the license was revoked
or suspended.
the stock in a corporation which has been
denied a license or had a license revoked or suspended pursuant to
the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act shall
not own stock in any other corporation seeking a license pursuant to
the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act for a
period of twelve (12) months from the date the license was revoked
or suspended.
G. Any person who was a manager or a member of a limited
liability company which has been denied a license or had a license
revoked or suspended pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma
Alcoholic Beverage Control Act shall not own stock in any
corporation seeking a license pursuant to the provisions of the
Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act for a period of twelve (12)
months from the date the license was revoked or suspended.
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