PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO PROTEST ISSUANCE OF ONE NEW Montana All-Alcoholic Beverages License
STEVENSVILLE POST NO. 1507 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WAR (Stevensville Post No. 1507 Veterans Of Foreign War, Owner(s)) has applied for one new Montana All-Alcoholic Beverages License No. 13-999-6466-001 to be operated at STEVENSVILLE POST NO. 1507 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES, 108 Main St, Victor, Ravalli County. The public may protest this license transfer in accordance with the law.
Who
can
protest
this
transfer?
Protests will be accepted from residents of the county of the proposed location Ravalli County, residents of adjoining Montana counties, and residents of adjoining counties in another state if the criteria in 16-4-207(4)(d), Montana Code Annotated (MCA), are met.
What
information
must
be
included?
Protest letters must be legible and contain (1) the protestor’s full name, mailing address, and street address; (2) the license number 13-999-6466-001 and the applicant’s name STEVENSVILLE POST NO. 1507 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WAR; (3) an indication that the letter is intended as a protest; (4) a description of the grounds for protesting; and (5) the protestor’s signature. A letter with multiple signatures will be considered one protest letter.
What
are
valid
protest
grounds?
The protest may be based on the applicant’s qualifications listed in 16-4-401, MCA, or the grounds for denial of an application in 16-4-405, MCA. Examples of valid protest grounds include: (1) the applicant is unlikely to operate the establishment in compliance with the law; (2) the proposed location cannot be properly policed by local authorities; and (3) the welfare of the people in the vicinity of the proposed location will be adversely and seriously affected.
How
are
protests
submitted?
Protests must be postmarked to the Department of Revenue, Office of Dispute Resolution, P.O. Box 5805, Helena, Montana 59604-5805 on or before January 27, 2024.
What
happens
if
the
transfer
is
protested?
Depending on the number of protests and the protest grounds, a public hearing will be held in Helena or Victor. All valid protestors will be notified of the hearing’s time, date and location. Hearings typically are scheduled within 90 days. A protester’s hearing testimony is limited to the grounds in the protester’s letter. Following the hearing, the Department of Revenue will notify the public whether the license transfer is approved or denied.
How
can
additional
information
be
obtained?
The cited MCA statutes are online at leg.mt.gov/bills/mca_toc/. Questions may be directed to Breanna Gill, Compliance Specialist for the Department of Revenue’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, at 444-0710 or Breanna.Gill@mt.gov.
BS 12-27-23, 1-3, 1-10, 1-17-24.