(A) Upon the initial application for a retail liquor dealer’s license or any renewal thereof, each applicant for a retail liquor dealer’s license shall submit his or her fingerprints to the state’s Department of State Police in the form and manner prescribed by the state’s Department of State Police. These fingerprints shall be checked against the fingerprint records now and hereafter filed in the state’s Department of State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records databases. After receiving the criminal history for the applicant from the state’s Department of State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Local Liquor Control Commission may use such information to determine whether the applicant qualifies for the issuance or renewal of a retail liquor dealer’s license. The applicant shall pay a fee to the Village Clerk, in an amount as determined by the state’s Department of State Police, which shall be forwarded to the state’s Department of State Police for the purposes of conducting a criminal history records check.
(B) At any time during the pendency of an application, the Local Liquor Control Commission shall have the right to compel the applicant to submit to any examination and to produce any books and records which, in the judgment of the Local Liquor Control Commission, are material to the determination of whether the applicant is qualified to receive a license under the provisions of this chapter, or whether the premises sought to be licensed are suitable for such purposes. The Local Liquor Control Commission shall also have the right to require the applicant to answer any charges made in any objection to the issuance of the license. The failure of any applicant to appear at the time and place fixed by the Local Liquor Control Commission for his or her examination or to produce books and records requested, unless for good cause shown, shall be deemed to be an admission that the applicant is not qualified to receive a license.
(Ord. 06-101, passed 4-17-2006)