(a) An amount equal to the sum of the biennial license fees, excluding annual wholesale fees and biennial wholesale license fees, collected within a municipality shall be allocated semi-annually to the municipality.

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 04.11.610 v2

  • municipality: means a political subdivision incorporated under the laws of the state that is a home rule or general law city, a home rule or general law borough, or a unified municipality. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) If the officers of a municipality fail to actively enforce local ordinances, this title, laws of the United States and the state, and the regulations relating to the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in the state, or fail to provide the director with a report of contacts with licensed establishments, educational activities concerning this title and local ordinances, and violations of this title occurring in the municipality, at the time and in the format as may be required by regulation adopted by the board, the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development may deny the allocation provided for under (a) of this section until the board finds the enforcement of the ordinances, laws, and regulations is resumed or the report is provided.
(c) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall recover any funds erroneously allocated under (a) of this section. The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall schedule repayments of erroneously allocated funds over a sufficient period of time to minimize financial hardship to the municipality involved.