ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 2
STATE LIQUOR DIVISION
23-203.Powers and duties. The
division shall have the following general powers and duties:
(a) Regulation
of Liquor Traffic. To permit, license, inspect, and regulate the manufacture,
importation, transportation, storage, sale, and delivery of alcoholic
liquor for purposes permitted by this act.
(b) Traffic
in Liquor. To buy, import, transport, store, sell, and deliver alcoholic
liquor.
(c) Operation
of Liquor Stores. To establish, maintain, and discontinue warehouses,
state liquor stores and distribution stations, and in the operation
thereof to buy, import, transport, store, sell and deliver such other
nonalcohol merchandise as may be reasonably related to its sale of
alcoholic liquor.
(d) Acquisition
of Real Estate. To acquire, buy, and lease real estate, and to improve
and equip the same for the conduct of its business.
(e) Acquisition
of Personal Property. To acquire, buy, and lease personal property
necessary and convenient for the conduct of its business.
(f) Making
Reports. To report to the governor annually, and at such other times
as he may require, concerning the condition, management, and financial
transactions of the division.
(g) General
Powers. To do all things necessary and incidental to its powers and
duties under this act.
The division shall
so exercise its powers as to curtail the intemperate use of alcoholic
beverages. It shall not attempt to stimulate the normal demands of
temperate consumers thereof, irrespective of the effect on the revenue
derived by the state from the resale of intoxicating liquor.