2. Beer and liquor fee resolution

(1) The manager of the licensed premises must be a legal resident of the United States and of good moral character; and (2) The partners: (a) Who are individuals, must be legal residents of the United States and of good moral character; and (b) Which are organizations, must meet the requirements of this section for applicants that are organizations. Limited liability partnership applicants must first be properly registered with the secretary of state. 3. The applicant or manager must not have been convicted of an offense determined by the attorney general to have a direct bearing upon an applicant's or manager's ability to serve the public as an alcoholic beverage retailer, or, following conviction of any offense, is determined not to be sufficiently rehabilitated under section 12.1-33-02.1. 4. The building in which business is to be conducted must meet local and state requirements regarding the sanitation and safety. 5. The applicant for a state license must have first secured a local license. 6. The attorney general, or local governing body, may require the applicant to set forth such other information in the application as necessary to enable them to determine if a license should be granted. 7. The applicant may not have any financial interest in any wholesale alcoholic beverage business. 8. As a condition precedent to a background check, the attorney general may require the applicant to pay, in advance, an estimated additional fee necessary to defray the actual cost of a background check of a person for whom adequate background information sources are not readily available. The estimated additional fee must be placed in the attorney general's refund fund for use to defray the actual expenses of the background check. The remainder of the funds must be returned to the person within thirty days of the conclusion of the background check. In addition, the attorney general may require the applicant or such other person subject to a background check to execute a written consent if needed by the attorney general to obtain background or criminal history information. ~ 5-02-02.1. Sale of alcoholic beverages in gas stations, grocery stores, and convenience stores. Before a state retail off sale alcoholic beverage license may be issued to a person whose business to be licensed is located in a building that is primarily a gas station, grocery store, or convenience store, the area to be licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages must be clearly set out in a blueprint or diagram. The area licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages must be separated from the nonlicensed portion of the business by a wall designed to allow sales personnel to serve customers and make sales in both the licensed and unlicensed portions of the premises, and that may allow customers in either portion of the premises access to the other portion. 5-02-03. Local Ii e ees. The fee for an annual local on and off sale liquor license must be set y ordinance or resolution at not less than two hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, except outside the corporate limits of a city the fee shall not exceed one thousand dollars. The fee for an annual on and off sale local beer license must be set by ordinance or resolution at not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. The fee for an annual local exclusive on sale liquor license must be set by ordinance or resolution at not Page NO.3