§ 4-84. Qualifications of applicant.

(a)

Each applicant for an alcoholic beverage handling employee card shall meet the following qualifications and conditions:

(1)

He must be a person of good character and reputation and 18 years of age or older.

(2)

If the person has been convicted of a felony under the laws of the United States, the State of Louisiana or any other state or country, at least five years must have passed since the expiration of the sentence given for the conviction of the felony, including probation and parole. This provision shall not apply to a conviction for which the applicant has received a first offense pardon under the laws of the state.

(3)

He has not been convicted within the last two years in this or in any other state or by the United States or any other country of soliciting for prostitution, pandering, letting premises for prostitution, contributing to the delinquency of juveniles, keeping a disorderly place, letting a disorderly place, illegally dealing in controlled dangerous substances or any violation of the controlled dangerous substance statutes.

(4)

He must not have been convicted of any offense within the last two years of violating any of the provisions of this chapter.

(5)

He must not have had a dealer's permit revoked in the last year which was issued in his name or in the name of a partnership of which he was a partner or in the name of a corporation in which he was a stockholder.

(6)

He must not have had an alcoholic beverage handling employee card revoked within the last year.

(7)

A new applicant must have completed, or must complete within 30 days of the issuance of an alcoholic beverage handling employee card, a responsible alcohol service program approved by the sheriff of the parish. In addition, all applicants shall complete a recertification program every four years after the initial program.

(b)

If the applicant for an alcoholic beverage handling employee card does not possess the required qualifications enumerated hereinabove, the permit shall be denied.

(Code 1976, § 3-25.1; Code 1985, § 3-47; Ord. No. 3260, 12-14-1995)