Okla. Stat. tit. 37A, § 37A-2-148

A. Any license issued pursuant to the provisions of the

Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act by the ABLE Commission,

after due notice and hearing, may be revoked or suspended if the

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ABLE Commission finds or has grounds to believe that the licensee

has:

1. Procured a license through fraud, or misrepresentation, or

concealment of a material fact;

2. Made any false representation or statement to the ABLE

Commission or the Oklahoma Tax Commission in order to prevent or

induce action by the ABLE Commission or the Tax Commission;

3. Maintained an unsanitary establishment or has supplied

impure or otherwise deleterious beverages or food;

4. Stored, possessed, mixed or served on the premises of a

bottle club any alcoholic beverage upon which the tax levied by

Section 5-101 of this title has not been paid as provided for in the

Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, in a county of this state

where the sale of alcoholic beverages by the individual drink for

on-premises consumption has not been authorized;

5. Misrepresented to a customer or the public any alcoholic

beverage sold by the licensee;

6. Had any permit or license issued by the Tax Commission and

required by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, suspended

or revoked by the Tax Commission; or

7. Is not in compliance with the tax laws of this state as

required in Article XXVIII-A of the Oklahoma Constitution.

B. The ABLE Commission may revoke or suspend the license of any

mixed beverage, caterer or bottle club licensee if the ABLE

Commission finds or has grounds to believe that such licensee:

1. Has acted as an agent of a manufacturer, brewer or

wholesaler of alcoholic beverages;

2. Is a manufacturer, brewer or wholesaler of alcoholic

beverages;

3. Has borrowed money or property or accepted gratuities or

rebates from a manufacturer, brewer or wholesaler of alcoholic

beverages;

4. Has obtained the use of equipment from any manufacturer,

brewer or wholesaler of alcoholic beverages or any agent thereof;

5. Has violated any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Alcoholic

Beverage Control Act for which mandatory revocation or suspension is

not required;

6. Has been convicted within the past twenty-five (25) years,

of a violation of any state or federal law relating to alcoholic

beverage for which mandatory revocation or suspension is not

required; or

7. Is not in compliance with the tax laws of this state as

required in Article XXVIII-A of the Oklahoma Constitution.

C. The ABLE Commission may revoke or suspend the license of any

retail, mixed beverage, caterer or bottle club licensee if the ABLE

Commission finds or has grounds to believe that such licensee has

borrowed money or property or accepted gratuities, discounts,

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rebates, free goods, allowances or other inducements from a wine and

spirits wholesaler or beer distributor.

D. The ABLE Commission shall have the authority to revoke the

license of any licensee if the ABLE Commission finds:

1. That the licensee knowingly sold alcoholic beverages or

allowed such beverages to be sold, delivered or furnished to any

person under the age of twenty-one (21) years or to any person

visibly intoxicated or adjudged insane or mentally deficient;

2. That the licensee, any general or limited partner of the

licensee, or in the case of a corporation, an officer or director of

the corporation, has been convicted of a felony or is not in

compliance with the tax laws of this state as required in Article

XXVIII-A of the Oklahoma Constitution. Provided, an employee

license may be issued and held by a person who has been convicted of

a felony if such conviction was not for a violent offense specified

in paragraph 2 of Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes

or an offense under the provisions of this title;
or is not in

compliance with the tax laws of this state as required in Article

XXVIII-A of the Oklahoma Constitution. Provided, an employee

license may be issued and held by a person who has been convicted of

a felony if such conviction was not for a violent offense specified

in paragraph 2 of Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes

or an offense under the provisions of this title;

3. That, in the case of a wine and spirits wholesaler, beer

distributor, retail spirits, retail wine or retail beer licensee,

the holder of the license or any member of a general or limited

partnership which is the holder of such a license, has been

convicted of a prohibitory law relating to the sale, manufacture or

transportation of alcoholic beverages which constitutes a felony.

E. If the ABLE Commission shall find by a preponderance of the

evidence as in civil cases that a licensee has knowingly sold any

alcoholic beverage to any person under the age of twenty-one (21)

years, after a public hearing, the ABLE Commission shall have the

discretion as to the revocation of a license or administration of

fines.

F. The ABLE Commission shall have the authority to promulgate

rules to establish a penalty schedule for violations of any

provision of the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act or any rule

of the ABLE Commission. The schedule shall provide for suspension

or revocation of any license for major and minor violations as

determined by the ABLE Commission. Penalties shall be increasingly

severe with each violation by a licensee.

Provided, that for a fourth major violation by a licensee within

a twenty-four-month period, the penalty shall be mandatory

revocation of license. The twenty-four-month period shall be

calculated from the date of the most recent violation as set forth

in an order signed by the Director or the designee of the Director.

G. The ABLE Commission or the Tax Commission may impose a

monetary penalty in lieu of or in addition to suspension of a

license. The amount of the fine for a major violation shall be

computed by multiplying the proposed number of days of the

suspension period by One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). The amount of

the fine for a minor violation shall be computed by multiplying the

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number of days of the proposed suspension period by Fifty Dollars

($50.00).

H. The failure of any licensee to pay a fine or serve a

suspension imposed by the ABLE Commission or the Tax Commission

shall result in the revocation of the license of the licensee.

I. If the ABLE Commission or the Tax Commission finds that

public health, safety or welfare require emergency action, and

incorporates a finding to that effect in its order, summary

suspension of a license may be ordered pending proceeding for

revocation or other action, pursuant to the provisions of Section

314 of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes.