(a) No person shall engage in the business of distributing or selling wine as a distributor or retailer as defined in West Virginia Code 60-8-2 without first obtaining a license from the Director of Finance, nor shall a person continue to engage in any such activity after his license has expired, been suspended or revoked. No person may be licensed in more than one of such capacities at the same time.
(b) The Director of Finance shall collect an annual fee for licenses issued under this section as follows:
(1) Two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500)per year for a distributor's license.
(2) One hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per year for a retailer's license.
(3) Fifty dollars ($50.00) per year for a wine testing license.
(c) The license period shall begin on July 1 of each year and end on June 30 of the following year, and if the initial license is granted for less than a year, the fee shall be computed in proportion to the number of quarters remaining in the fiscal year, including the quarter in which application was made.
(d) No retailer may be licensed as a private club as provided by West Virginia Code Article 60-7 or as a Class A retail dealer in nonintoxicating beer as provided by West Virginia Code Article 11-16. A retailer who has more than one place of retail business shall obtain a license for each separate retail establishment. A retailer's license may be issued only to the proprietor of a bona fide grocery store or wine specialty shop as defined by West Virginia Code 60-8-2. (6-23-81)