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Okla. Const. art. XXVIII, § 10
Restrictions on issuance of licenses
Text effective until Oct. 1, 2018
No retail package store or wholesale distributor's license shall be issued to:
(a) A corporation, business trust or secret partnership.
(b) A person or partnership unless such person or all of the copartners including limited partners shall have been residents of the State of Oklahoma for at least ten (10) years immediately preceding the date of application for such license.
(c) A person or a general or limited partnership containing a partner who has been convicted of a violation of a prohibitory law relating to the sale, manufacture, or the transportation of alcoholic beverages which constituted a felony or misdemeanor.
(d) A person or a general or limited partnership containing a partner who has been convicted of a felony.
No license to sell alcoholic beverages by the individual drink for on-premises consumption shall be issued to:
(a) A person or a general or limited partnership containing a partner who has been convicted of a violation of a prohibitory law relating to the sale, manufacture, or the transportation of alcoholic beverages which constituted a felony.
(b) A person or a general or limited partnership containing a partner who has been convicted of a felony.
(c) A corporation which has an officer or director who has been convicted of a violation of a prohibitory law relating to the sale, manufacture, or the transportation of alcoholic beverages which constituted a felony.
(d) A corporation which has an officer or director who has been convicted of a felony.
History
Added by State Question No. 563, Initiative Petition No. 319, adopted at election held on Sept. 18, 1984. Repealed by State Question No. 792, Legislative Referendum No. 370, adopted at election held Nov. 8, 2016, effective Oct. 1, 2018.
Provenance
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- oklegislature.gov
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- 2026-09-29
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- supplied-2026-09-29
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