(a) No person shall be eligible to be appointed as a member of the commission, and no person shall be employed in any capacity by the commission, if such person shall have any interest, financial or otherwise, either direct or indirect, in any distillery, wholesale dealer or retail dealer licensed as such in this state. No family member, including spouse, child or children, father or mother, niece or nephew by blood or marriage, son-in-law or daughter-in-law, shall be employed by any distillery, wholesale dealer or retail dealer, nor shall any family member hold or have issued to them any alcoholic beverage license in this state.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 57-1-108

  • beverage: means and includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, high alcohol content beer, and every liquid containing alcohol, spirits, wine, and high alcohol content beer and capable of being consumed by a human being, other than patent medicine or beer, as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Commission: means the alcoholic beverage commission, except as otherwise provided. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Distillery: means and includes any place or premises wherein any liquors are manufactured for sale. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • License: means the license issued pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) No such person shall have interest of any kind in any building, fixtures, or in the premises occupied by any person, firm or corporation licensed under this chapter.
(c) No such person shall own any stock, nor shall have any interest of any kind, direct or indirect, pecuniary or otherwise, by a loan, mortgage, gift, seeking a loan, or guaranteeing the payment of any loan, in any distillery, wholesale dealer or retail dealer licensed under this chapter.
(d) This section shall not apply to server permits issued under § 57-3-704.