521.04 UNLAWFUL SALE OR POSSESSION BY ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR LICENSEE.

   No person licensed under West Virginia Code Chapter 60 shall:

   (a)   Sell, furnish, tender or serve alcoholic liquors of a kind other than that which the license or West Virginia Code Chapter 60 authorizes him or her to sell;

   (b)   Sell, furnish, tender or serve beer to which wine, spirits or alcohol has been added;

   (c)   Sell, furnish, tender or serve wine to which other alcoholic spirits have been added, otherwise than as required in the manufacture of the wine under rules of the Commission; (WVaC 60-6-8)

   (d)   (1)   Sell, furnish, tender or serve alcoholic liquors or nonintoxicating beer to a person who is:

         A.   Less than twenty-one years of age;

         B.   An habitual drunkard;

         C.   Intoxicated;

         D.   Addicted to the use of any controlled substance as defined by West Virginia Code Chapter 60A;

         E.   Mentally incompetent.

      (2)   It shall be a defense to a violation of subsection (d)(1)A. hereof if the seller shows that the purchaser:

         A.   Produced written evidence which showed his or her age to be at least the required age for purchase and which bore a physical description of the person named on the writing which reasonably described the purchaser; or

         B.   Produced evidence of other facts that reasonably indicated at the time of sale that the purchaser was at least the required age.

            (WVaC 60-3-22; 60-6-8)

   (e)   Sell, furnish, tender or serve alcoholic liquors except as authorized by his or her license;

   (f)   Sell, furnish, tender or serve alcoholic liquors other than by the drink, poured from the alcoholic liquors’ original container: provided, that under certain requirements exceptions to liquor by the drink are as follows:

      (1)   A private club licensed under West Virginia Code 60-7-1 et seq., that is in good standing with the Commissioner and has paid a $1000 on-premises only bottle service fee to the Commissioner, may sell or serve liquor by the bottle to two or more persons for consumption on the licensed premises only, and any liquor bottle sold by such a private club shall be sold at retail for personal use, and not for resale, to a person for not less than 300 percent of the private club’s cost, and the liquor bottle shall be removed from the licensed premises by any person or the licensee; and

      (2)   A Class A licensee licensed under West Virginia Code 60-8-1 et seq., may sell or serve wine by the bottle to two or more persons for consumption on the licensed premises only, unless such licensee has obtained a license or privilege authorizing other activity;

   (g)   Sell, furnish, tender, or serve pre-mixed alcoholic liquor that is not in the original container: provided, that a licensee may sell, furnish, tender, and serve up to fifteen recipes of pre-mixed beverages consisting of alcoholic liquors and nonalcoholic mixer, in a manner approved by the Commissioner and in accord with public health and safety standards:

      (1)   The licensee shall use approved dispensing and storage equipment which shall be cleaned at the end of the day. Failure to clean the dispensing and storage equipment shall result in the immediate suspension or revocation of the permit;

      (2)   The licensee shall sanitize and clean the pre-mixing beverage storage equipment after each use or after each batch of the pre-mixed beverage is made; and

      (3)   The licensee shall maintain a written record reflecting the cleaning and sanitizing of the storage and dispensing equipment for inspection by the Commissioner and health inspectors;

      (4)   A violation or violations of this subdivision may result in the suspension or revocation of the permit and may result in additional sanctions under West Virginia Code Chapter 60 or 11-16-1 et seq.

   (h)   Sell, furnish, tender or serve any alcoholic liquor when forbidden by the provisions of this article;

   (i)   Sell, possess, possess for sale, tender, serve, furnish or provide any powdered alcohol;

   (j)   Keep on the premises covered by his or her license alcoholic liquor other than that which he or she is authorized to sell, furnish, tender, or serve by such license or by this article.

   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense.

(WVaC 60-6-8)

521.05 UNLAWFUL PURCHASE OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS FROM STATE AGENCY.

   No person shall:

   (a)   Being under the age of twenty-one years, for the purpose of purchasing alcoholic liquors from a State liquor store or an agency, misrepresent his or her age, or for such purpose present or offer any written evidence of age which is false, fraudulent or not actually his or her own, or illegally attempt to purchase alcoholic liquors from a State liquor store or an agency.

   (b)   Knowingly buy for, give to or furnish to anyone under the age of twenty-one years to whom they are not related by blood or marriage, any alcoholic liquors from whatever source. (WVaC 60-3-22(a))

521.06 INTOXICATION OR DRINKING IN PUBLIC PLACES; ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR OR BEER.

   (a)   A person shall not:

      (1)   Appear in a public place in an intoxicated condition;

      (2)   Drink alcoholic liquor or nonintoxicating beer in a public place;

      (3)   Tender a drink of alcoholic liquor or nonintoxicating beer to another person in a public place;

      (4)   Operate a business without a license issued under West Virginia Code 60-1-1 et seq., which knowingly facilitates the consumption of alcoholic liquors in a public place by providing for on-site items such as cups, glasses, ice and nonalcoholic beverages used to mix with alcoholic liquors, refrigeration, or on-site storage of alcoholic liquors in a lounge area or space for persons to gather, perhaps offering musical entertainment, exotic dancing, or other such nude entertainment, or other similar activity or entertainment. Such business may be commonly known as a “bring your own bottle”, “ bring your own booze” or “BYOB” establishments;

      (5)   Possess alcoholic liquor in the amount in excess of ten gallons, in containers not bearing stamps or seals of the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner, without having first obtained written authority from the Commissioner therefor; or

      (6)   Possess any alcoholic liquor which was manufactured or acquired in violation of the provisions of West Virginia Code Chapter 60.

   (b)   Any law-enforcement officer may arrest without a warrant and take the following actions against a person who, in his or her presence, violates subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section:

      (1)   If there is some nonintoxicated person who will accept responsibility for the intoxicated person, the officer may issue the intoxicated person a citation specifying the date for appearance before a judicial officer and release him or her to the custody of the individual accepting responsibility: provided, that the issuance of a citation shall be used whenever feasible;

      (2)   If it does not impose an undue burden on the officer, he or she may, after issuance of the citation, transport the individual to the individual’s present residence or arrange for the transportation;

      (3)   If the individual is incapacitated or the alternatives provided in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection are not possible, the officer shall transport or arrange for transportation to the appropriate judicial officer as defined by West Virginia Code 27-11-17; or

      (4)   If the individual is incapacitated and, in the law-enforcement officer’s judgment, is in need of acute medical attention, that officer shall arrange for transportation by ambulance or otherwise to a hospital emergency room. The officer shall accompany the individual until he or she is discharged from the emergency room or admitted to the hospital. If the individual is released from the emergency room, the officer may proceed as described in subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of this subsection. If the individual is admitted to the hospital, the officer shall issue a citation to the individual specifying a date for appearance before a judicial officer.

   (c)   Upon presentment before the proper judicial officer, the law-enforcement officer serves as the chief complaining witness. The judicial officer shall determine if there is probative evidence that the individual may be guilty of the charge of public intoxication. If such evidence is not presented, the charge shall be dismissed and the individual released. If sufficient evidence is presented, the judicial officer shall issue a warrant and establish bail or issue a summons to the individual. Once a warrant or summons has been issued, the following actions may be taken:

      (1)   If the individual is no longer incapacitated, he or she may be released;

      (2)   If the individual is still incapacitated but a nonintoxicated person is available to accept responsibility for him or her, he or she may be released to the responsible person; or

      (3)   If the individual is still incapacitated and no responsible person is available, the judicial officer shall proceed under the provisions of West Virginia Code Article 27-5 or 6A.

   (d)   Any law-enforcement officer may arrest and hold in custody, without a warrant, until complaint may be made before a judicial officer and a warrant or summons issued, any person who in the presence of the law-enforcement officer violates any one or more of subdivisions (1) through (5), subsection (a) of this section: provided, that the law-enforcement officer may use reasonable force to prevent harm to himself or herself, the individual arrested or others in carrying out the provisions of this section. (WVaC 60-6-9)

521.07 ACTS PROHIBITED BY NONINTOXICATING BEER LICENSEE.

   (a)   No licensee under West Virginia Code Article 11-16, his, her, its or their servants, agents or employees shall sell, give or dispense, and no individual shall drink or consume, in or on any licensed premises or in any rooms directly connected therewith, non intoxicating beer or cooler on weekdays between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., or between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on any Sunday, except in private clubs licensed under the provisions of West Virginia Code Article 60-7 and Section 521.03A, where the hours shall conform with the hours of sale of alcoholic liquors;

   (b)    No licensee, his, her, its or their servants, agents or employees shall sell, furnish or give any non intoxicating beer as defined in this article to any person visibly or noticeably intoxicated, or to any person known to be insane or known to be a habitual drunkard;

   (c)    No licensee, his, her, its or their servants, agents or employees, shall sell, furnish or give any non intoxicating beer as defined in this article to any person who is less than twenty-one years of age;

   (d)    No distributor shall sell or offer to sell, and no retailer shall purchase or receive, any non intoxicating beer as defined in this article, except for cash; and no right of action shall exist to collect any claims for credit extended contrary to the provisions of this subsection. Nothing herein contained shall prohibit a licensee from crediting to a purchaser the actual price charged for packages or containers returned by the original purchaser as a credit on any sale, or from refunding to any purchaser the amount paid or deposited for such containers when title is retained by the vendor;

   (e)    No brewer or distributor or brewpub or his, her, its or their agents, shall transport or deliver no intoxicating beer as defined in this article to any retail licensee on Sunday;

   (f)    No brewer or distributor shall give, furnish, rent or sell any equipment, fixtures, signs or supplies directly or indirectly or through a subsidiary or affiliate to any licensee engaged in selling products of the brewing industry at retail, or offer any prize, premium, gift or other similar inducement, except advertising matter of nominal value, to either trade or consumer buyers: provided that a distributor may offer, for sale or rent, tanks of carbonic gas. Nothing herein contained shall prohibit a brewer from sponsoring any professional or amateur athletic event or from providing prizes or awards for participants and winners in any such events: provided however that no such event shall be sponsored which permits actual participation by athletes or other persons who are minors, unless specifically authorized by the non intoxicating Beer Commissioner.

   (g)    No licensee shall permit in his premises any lewd, immoral or improper entertainment, conduct or practice;

   (h)    No licensee except the holder of a license to operate a private club issued under the provisions of West Virginia Code Article 60-7, or a holder of a license for a private wine restaurant issued under the provisions of West Virginia Code Article 60-8, shall possess a Federal license, tax receipt or other permit entitling, authorizing or allowing such licensee to sell liquor or alcoholic drinks other than non intoxicating beer;

   (i)    No licensee shall obstruct the view of the interior of his premises by enclosure, lattice, drapes or any means which would prevent plain view of the patrons occupying such premises. The interior of all licensed premises shall be adequately lighted at all times: provided, that provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the premises of a Class B retailer, the premises of a private club licensed under the provisions of West Virginia Code Article 60-7, or the premises of a private wine restaurant licensed under the provisions of West Virginia Code Article 60-8;

   (j)   No licensee shall manufacture, import, sell, trade, barter, possess or acquiesce in the sale, possession or consumption of any alcoholic liquors on the premises covered by such license or on premises directly or indirectly used in connection therewith: provided, that the prohibition contained in this subsection with respect to the selling or possessing or to the acquiescence in the sale, possession or consumption of alcoholic liquors shall not be applicable with respect to the holder of a license to operate a private club issued under the provisions of West Virginia Code Article 60-7, nor shall the prohibition be applicable to a private wine restaurant licensed under the provisions of West Virginia Code Article 60-8, insofar as such private wine restaurant is authorized to serve wine;

   (k)    No retail licensee shall sell or dispense non intoxicating beer as defined in this article, purchased or acquired from any source other than a distributor, brewer or manufacturer licensed under the laws of this State;

   (l)    No licensee shall permit loud, boisterous or disorderly conduct of any kind upon his or her premises or permit the use of loud musical instruments if either or any of the same may disturb the peace and quietude of the community wherein such business is located: provided, that no licensee shall have in connection with his or her place of business any loudspeaker located on the outside of the licensed premises that broadcasts or carries music of any kind;

   (m)    No person whose license has been revoked, shall obtain employment with any retailer within the period of one year from the date of such revocation, and no retailer shall employ knowingly any such person within such time;

   (n)    No distributor shall sell, possess for sale, transport or distribute non intoxicating beer except in the original container;

   (o)    No licensee shall knowingly permit any act to be done upon the licensed premises, the commission of which constitutes a crime under the laws of this State or Municipality;

   (p)    No Class B retailer shall permit the consumption of non intoxicating beer upon his licensed premises;

   (q)    No Class A licensee, his, her, its or their servants, agents or employees, or any licensee by or through such servants, agents or employees, shall allow or permit any person less than eighteen years of age to loiter in or upon any licensed premises; except, however, that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply where such person under the age of eighteen years is in or upon such premises in the immediate company of his or her parent or parents, or where and while such person under the age of eighteen years is in or upon such premises for the purpose of and actually making a lawful purchase of any items or commodities therein sold, or for the purchase of and actually receiving any lawful service therein rendered, including the consumption of any item of food, drink or soft drink therein lawfully prepared and served or sold for consumption on such premises;

   (r)    No distributor shall sell, offer for sale, distribute or deliver any non intoxicating beer outside the territory assigned to such distributor by the brewer or manufacturer of such non intoxicating beer or sell, offer for sale, distribute or deliver any such non intoxicating beer to any retailer whose principal place of business or licensed premises is within the assigned territory of another distributor of such non intoxicating beer: provided, that nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit sales of convenience between distributors licensed in this State wherein one such distributor sells, transfers or delivers to another such distributor a particular brand or brands for sale at wholesale; and

   (s)    No licensee or any agent, servant or employee of any such licensee shall knowingly violate any rule or regulation lawfully promulgated by the Commissioner.

   (t)    Any person who violates any provision of this section, or any rule, regulation or order lawfully promulgated by the Commissioner, or who makes any false statement concerning any material fact in submitting application for license or for a renewal of a license or in any hearing concerning the revocation thereof, or who commits any of the acts herein declared to be unlawful, shall be punished as provided in Section 521.99.

   (u)   Nothing in this section nor any rule or regulation of the Commissioner shall prevent or be deemed to prohibit any licensee from employing any person who is at least eighteen years of age to serve in such licensee's lawful employ, including the sale or delivery of non intoxicating beer as defined in this article. With the prior approval of the Commissioner, a licensee whose principal business is the sale of food or consumer goods or the providing of recreation activities, including, but not limited to, nationally franchised fast food outlets, family-oriented restaurants, bowling alleys, drug stores, discount stores, grocery stores and convenience stores, may employ persons who are less than eighteen years of age but at least sixteen years of age: provided, that such person's duties shall not include the sale or delivery of non intoxicating beer or alcoholic liquors: provided, however, that the authorization to employ such persons under the age of eighteen years shall be clearly indicated on the licensee's license. (Passed 10-24-16.)

521.08 UNLAWFUL PURCHASE OF NONINTOXICATING BEER.

   (a)   No person under the age of twenty-one years shall purchase, consume, sell, possess or serve nonintoxicating beer.

   Nothing in this section, nor any rule or regulation of the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner, shall prevent or be deemed to prohibit any person who is at least eighteen years of age from serving in the lawful employment of any licensee, which may include the sale or delivery of nonintoxicating beer. Further, nothing in this section, nor any rule or regulation of the Commissioner, shall prevent or be deemed to prohibit any person who is less than eighteen but at least sixteen years of age from being employed by a licensee whose principal business is the sale of food or consumer goods or the providing of recreational activities, including, but not limited to, nationally franchised fast food outlets, family-oriented restaurants, bowling alleys, drug stores, discount stores, grocery stores and convenience stores: provided, that such person shall not sell or deliver nonintoxicating beer.

   Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a person who is at least eighteen years of age from purchasing or possessing nonintoxicating beer when he or she is acting upon the request of or under the direction and control of any member of a state, federal or local law-enforcement agency or the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Administration while the agency is conducting an investigation or other activity relating to the enforcement of the alcohol beverage control statutes and the rules and regulations of the Commissioner.

   (b)   No person under the age of twenty-one years for the purpose of purchasing nonintoxicating beer, shall misrepresent his or her age, or for such purpose present or offer any written evidence of age which is false, fraudulent or not actually his or her own, or shall illegally attempt to purchase nonintoxicating beer.

   (c)   No person shall knowingly buy for, give to or furnish nonintoxicating beer to anyone under the age of twenty-one years to whom they are not related by blood or marriage.

(WVaC 11-16-19)

521.09 ACTS PROHIBITED BY PRIVATE CLUB LICENSEE.

   (a)    No person licensed under West Virginia Code Article 60-7, or his agent, employee or member thereof, on such licensee's premises shall:

      (1)    Sell or offer for sale any alcoholic liquors other than from the original package or container;

      (2)    Authorize or permit any disturbance of the peace; obscene, lewd, immoral or improper entertainment, conduct or practice; gambling or any slot machine, multiple coin console machine, multiple coin console slot machine or device in the nature of a slot machine;

      (3)    Sell, give away or permit the sale of, gift to or the procurement of any non intoxicating beer, wine or alcoholic liquors for or to, or permit the consumption of non intoxicating beer, wine or alcoholic liquors on the licensee's premises, by any person less than twenty-one years of age;

      (4)    Sell, give away, or permit the sale of, gift to or the procurement of any non intoxicating beer, wine or alcoholic liquors, for or to any person known to be deemed legally incompetent, or for or to any person who is physically incapacitated due to consumption of non intoxicating beer, wine or alcoholic liquor or the use of drugs;

      (5)    Sell, give or dispense non intoxicating beer, wine or alcoholic liquors in or on any licensed premises or in any rooms directly connected therewith, between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Sunday except as provided under Section 521.03A;

      (6)    Permit the consumption by, or serve to, on the licensed premises any non intoxicating beer, wine or alcoholic liquors, covered by this article, to any person who is less than twenty-one years of age;

      (7)    With the intent to defraud, alter, change or misrepresent the quality, quantity or brand name of any alcoholic liquor;

      (8)    Sell or offer for sale any alcoholic liquor to any person who is not a duly elected or approved dues paying member in good standing of the private club or a guest of such member;

      (9)    Sell, offer for sale, give away, facilitate the use of or allow the use of carbon dioxide, cyclopropane, ethylene, helium or nitrous oxide for purposes of human consumption except as authorized by the Commissioner;

      (10)    A.    Employ any person who is less than eighteen years of age in a position where the primary responsibility for such employment is to sell, furnish or give non intoxicating beer, wine or alcoholic liquors to any person;

         B.    Employ any person who is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who is not directly supervised by a person aged twenty-one or over in a position where the primary responsibility for such employment is to sell, furnish or give non intoxicating beer, wine or alcoholic liquors to any person; or

      (11)    Violate any reasonable rule or regulation of the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner.

   (b)    No licensee shall advertise in any news media or other means, outside of the licensee's premises, the fact that alcoholic liquors may be purchased thereat.

(Passed 10-24-16.)

521.10 UNLAWFUL PURCHASE FROM PRIVATE CLUB.

   (a)   No person under the age of twenty-one years shall order, pay for, share the cost of or attempt to purchase any nonintoxicating beer, wine or alcoholic liquors from a licensee or consume any nonintoxicating beer, wine or alcoholic liquors purchased from a private club licensee or possess any nonintoxicating beer, wine or alcoholic liquors purchased from a licensee. Provided, that nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a person who is at least eighteen years of age from purchasing or possessing nonintoxicating beer, wine or alcoholic liquors when he or she is acting upon the request of or under the direction and control of any member of a state, federal or local law-enforcement agency or the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Administration while the agency is conducting an investigation or other activity relating to the enforcement of the alcohol beverage control statutes and the rules and regulations of the Commissioner.

   (b)   No person under the age of twenty-one years, for the purpose of purchasing nonintoxicating beer, wine or alcoholic liquors from a private club licensee, misrepresent his or her age, or for such purpose present or offer any written evidence of age which is false, fraudulent or not actually his or her own, or illegally attempt to purchase nonintoxicating beer, wine or alcoholic liquors from a licensee.

   (c)   No person shall knowingly buy for, give to or furnish to anyone under the age of twenty-one years any nonintoxicating beer, wine or alcoholic liquors purchased from a licensee. (WVaC 60-7-12a)

521.11 ACTS PROHIBITED BY WINE DEALERS.

   It shall be unlawful:

   (a)   For a supplier or distributor to sell or deliver wine purchased or acquired from any source other than a person registered under the provisions of West Virginia Code 60-8-6, or for a retailer to sell or deliver wine purchased or acquired from any source other than a licensed distributor or a farm winery as defined in West Virginia Code 60-1-5a;

   (b)   Unless otherwise specifically provided for by the provisions of West Virginia Code Article 60-8, for a licensee under West Virginia Code Article 60-8 to acquire, transport, possess for sale, or sell wine other than in the original package;

   (c)   For a licensee, his or her servants, agents or employees to sell, furnish or give wine to any person less than twenty-one years of age or to a mentally incompetent person or person who is physically incapacitated due to the consumption of alcoholic liquor or the use of drugs: provided that the provisions of West Virginia Code 60-3A-25a shall apply to sales of wine;

   (d)   For a licensee to permit a person who is less than eighteen years of age to sell, furnish or give wine to any person, except as provided for in subsection (g) of this section;

   (e)   For a supplier or distributor to sell or deliver any brand of wine purchased or acquired from any source other than the primary source of supply of the wine which granted the distributor the right to sell such brand at wholesale. For the purposes of this article, "primary source of supply" means the vintner of the wine, the importer of a foreign wine who imports the wine into the United States, the owner of a wine at the time it becomes a marketable product, the bottler of a wine, or an agent specifically authorized by any of the above enumerated persons to make a sale of the wine to a West Virginia distributor: provided, that no retailer shall sell or deliver wine purchased or acquired from any source other than a distributor or farm winery licensed as such in this State: provided, however, that nothing herein is considered to prohibit sales of convenience between distributors licensed in this State wherein one such distributor sells, transfers or delivers to another such distributor a particular brand or brands for sale at wholesale of which brand or brands such other distributor has been authorized by a licensed supplier to distribute. The Commissioner shall promulgate legislative rules necessary to carry out the provision of this subsection;

   (f)   For a person to violate any rule promulgated by the Commissioner under West Virginia Code Article 60-8.

   (g)   Nothing in this article, nor any rule or regulation of the Commissioner, shall prevent or be considered to prohibit any licensee from employing any person who is at least eighteen years of age to serve in any licensee's lawful employment, including the sale of wine or distribution of wine on behalf of a winery, farm winery, farm entity, supplier or distributor under the provisions of this article. With the prior approval of the Commissioner, a licensee may employ persons who are less than eighteen years of age but at least sixteen years of age: Provided, that the person’s duties may include the sale of nonintoxicating beer or wine only when directly supervised by a person twenty-one years of age or older: Provided, however, that the authorization to employ persons under eighteen years of age shall be clearly indicated on the licensee’s license: Provided, further, that nothing in this article, nor any rule or regulation of the Commissioner, shall prevent or be considered to prohibit any licensee from employing any person who is at least twenty-one years of age for the ordering and delivery of wine when licensed for the ordering and delivery of wine under the provisions of this article.

      (WVaC 60-8-20)

   (h)   For a retailer, his servants, agents or employees to sell or deliver wine on any general or primary election day, or prior to 1:00 p.m. or after 9:00 p.m. on Sundays, or between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. on weekdays and Saturdays.

   (i)   For any person while on the premises of any retailer licensed pursuant to this article to:

      (1)   Break the seal on any package or bottle of wine;

      (2)   Consume alcoholic liquor, wine or beer; or

      (3)   Loiter. (8-25-1981)

521.12 UNLAWFUL PURCHASE OF WINE.

   (a)   No person under the age of twenty-one years shall purchase, consume, sell, possess or serve wine or other alcoholic liquor.

   Nothing in this section, nor any rule or regulation of the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner, shall prevent or be deemed to prohibit any person who is at least eighteen years of age from serving in the lawful employment of any licensee, which may include the sale or delivery of wine. Further, nothing in this section, nor any rule or regulation of the Commissioner, shall prevent or be deemed to prohibit any person who is less than eighteen but at least sixteen years of age from being employed by a licensee whose principal business is the sale of food or consumer goods or the providing of recreational activities, including, but not limited to, nationally franchised fast food outlets, family-oriented restaurants, bowling alleys, drug stores, discount stores, grocery stores and convenience stores: provided, that such person shall not sell or deliver wine or alcoholic liquor.

   Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a person who is at least eighteen years of age from purchasing or possessing wine or alcoholic liquor when he or she is acting upon the request of or under the direction and control of any member of a state, federal or local law-enforcement agency or the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Administration while the agency is conducting an investigation or other activity relating to the enforcement of the alcohol beverage control statutes and the rules and regulations of the Commissioner.

   (b)   No person under the age of twenty-one years, for the purpose of purchasing wine or other alcoholic liquors from a licensee, shall misrepresent his or her age, or for such purpose present or offer any written evidence of age which is false, fraudulent or not actually his or her own, or illegally attempt to purchase wine or other alcoholic liquors.

   (c)   No person shall knowingly buy for, give to or furnish wine or other alcoholic liquors from any source to anyone under the age of twenty-one years to whom they are not related by blood or marriage. (WVaC 60-8-20a)