Lottery Statutes

Liquor License Lottery Statutes

A.R.S. §4-206.01. Bar, beer and wine bar or liquor store licenses; number permitted; fee

A. The director shall determine the total number of spirituous liquor licenses by type and in each county. The director shall publish a listing of that information as determined by the director.

B. In each county, the director shall issue additional bar, beer and wine bar or liquor store licenses at the rate of one of each type for each additional ten thousand person increase over the population in that county as of July 1, 2010. For the purposes of this paragraph, the population of a county is deemed to be the population estimated by the Office of Employment and Population Statistics within the Arizona Department of Administration as of July 1 of each year.

C. A person issued a license authorized by subsection B of this section shall pay an additional issuance fee equal to the license's fair market value which shall be paid to the state general fund. The fair market value shall be defined to mean the mean value of licenses of the same type sold on the open market in the same county during the prior twelve months, but if there are not three or more such sales then the fair market value shall be determined by three appraisals furnished to the department by independent professional appraisers employed by the director.

D. The director shall employ professional appraisal services to determine the fair market value of bar, beer and wine bar or liquor store licenses.

E. If more than one person applies for an available license, a priority of applicants shall be determined by a random selection method prescribed by the director.

R19-1-109. Quota license selection process

A. For the purpose of randomly selecting applicants to be consid¬ered for the issuance of Series 06, Series 07 and Series 09 liquor licenses, a random selection method using a mechanical device shall be employed.

B. The random selection method shall consist of a drawing to be conducted in the following manner:

1. The name of each applicant shall be placed on forms of equal size and color provided by the Department.

2. The forms then shall be deposited in a transparent con¬tainer (from which the drawing shall take place).

3. Sequentially numbered balls shall be deposited in a sec¬ond transparent container. The number of plastic balls shall be equal to the number of licenses available plus an equal number of runners up.

4. Names shall be randomly drawn from the transparent container. As each name is drawn, a number will be matched with the name of the applicant drawn.

5. The drawing and matching of an applicant’s name to a number will determine the order in which an applicant will be considered for a license. Runners up shall be eligi¬ble for consideration as licensees in the event that a suc¬cessful applicant chooses not to be considered or is disqualified. Such consideration shall be in numerical order.

6. Applicants whose names are not drawn and matched with a number shall be deemed unsuccessful applicants.

The Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and control is governed by Title 4 (Arizona liquor law) where you will find Arizona Revised Statutes. Arizona Administrative Code, also referred to as "Rules", are helpful guidelines which support and clarify Arizona liquor laws.

• Title 4 (Arizona Liquor Law)
• Arizona Administrative Code (Rules)

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