Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A.
Applicants must fully disclose all ownership interest in the liquor license, as
required by Subsection A of Section 60-6B-2 NMSA, upon application for a liquor
license, or for transfer of ownership of a liquor license, or for change in
structure, or for lease of a license, by filing an application on forms
prescribed by the director.
B. The
following shall be fully disclosed in writing to the division:
(1) if the licensee is a corporation or
limited liability company, the principal officers, directors, and each
stockholder known to the corporation as owning more than ten percent of the
stock in the corporation, or the manager or members owning more than ten
percent of the membership interests in the limited liability company;
(2) if the licensee is a trust, the trustee
and any persons entitled to receive regular and substantial distributions of
principal and income or benefit from the trust. The director may request a copy
of the trust agreement for review, but need not make the trust agreement part
of the application;
(3)if the
licensee is an association, all principal officers, and directors;
(4) if the licensee is a subsidiary, all
principal officers, directors and stockholders of the parent; however, in the
case of a publicly traded corporation, only the names and addresses of those
stockholders known to the corporation to own ten percent or more of such
securities need be disclosed;
(5)
if the licensee is a partnership or joint venture, all of the general partners,
limited partners or joint venturers entitled to ten percent or more of the
profits earned or other income paid by the partnership;
(6) if the parent company, general partner,
limited partner or joint venturer of any licensee is itself a corporation,
limited liability company, trust, association, subsidiary, partnership or joint
venture, then all of the information required shall be disclosed for the entity
as if it were itself a licensee, so that full disclosure of ultimate ownership
is achieved;
(7) if one person owns
interests in a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust,
joint venture or as an individual, in any combination, that add up to ten
percent or more of the total ownership of the license; and
(8) The director may require disclosure of
additional information to assure full disclosure of the applicant's structure
and financial responsibility, including structure and financial arrangements
enabling actual control and profiting by ineligible persons or
entities.
C. The
director may determine that any or all of the documents required in Subsection
B of 15.11.21.10 NMAC are confidential, and shall be returned to the applicant
after sufficient division review and not made a part of the application file.
The application file shall note such determinations.
D. Percent ownership in stock of a
corporation or other entity shall be determined based on the percent ownership
in the total amount of stock that has been issued, excluding treasury stock
issued to the corporation or other entity.
E. If any person or entity holding an office
or an interest in the license that is required to be disclosed has been
convicted of a felony in any jurisdiction, it shall be disclosed.
F. If there is a change in any of the
information required to be disclosed by statute or these rules, the licensee
shall provide the necessary information to the division within 30 days of the
change unless earlier disclosure or approval is required by the act or these
rules.
