Section 013. Priority Lists

01. Priority Lists for Incorporated City Liquor Licenses. The Alcohol Beverage Control Bureau maintains a priority list of applicants for cities in which no incorporated city liquor license is available. A person shal l file a completed application and submit one-half (1/2) of the annual license fee. The premises information is no t required at the time of application. Completed applications, including required fees, are placed in the order received. (7-1-25) 02. Written Notification. When an incorporated city or a resort city restaurant liquor license become s available Alcohol Beverage Control offers it in writing to the applicant whose name appears first on the priority list . The applicant shall have ten (10) days from the date of the receipt of the Notice of License Availability to declar e their intention to accept the license. If the applicant fails to comply with this requirement, the license is offered to th e next applicant in priority. (7-1-25) a. An applicant accepting the incorporated city license shall have a period of one hundred eight y (180) days from the date of receipt of Notice of License Availability in which to complete all requirements necessar y for the issuance of the license. Provided, however, that upon a showing of good cause the Director of the Idaho Stat e Police may extend the time period in which to complete the necessary requirements for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days. (7-1-25) b. An applicant accepting the resort city restaurant license shall have a period of ninety (90) days fro m the date of receipt of Notice of License Availability in which to complete all requirements necessary for the issuanc e of the license. No extensions will be allowed for this license type. (7-1-25) 03. Refusal to Accept Offer of License or Failure to Complete Application for License. (7-1-25) a. Where a resort city restaurant liquor license is available, an applicant must choose one (1) of th e following: (7-1-25) i

of Notice of License Availability in which to complete all requirements necessary for the issuanc e of the license. No extensions will be allowed for this license type. (7-1-25) 03. Refusal to Accept Offer of License or Failure to Complete Application for License. (7-1-25) a. Where a resort city restaurant liquor license is available, an applicant must choose one (1) of th e following: (7-1-25) i. To remain on the priority list for an incorporated city license; (7-1-25) ii. Proceed with the application for the resort city restaurant liquor license; or (7-1-25) iii. Request a refund of the priority list fee. (7-1-25) b. An applicant who declines a license offered under these rules or an applicant who is unable to meet the statutory requirements for licensing, or to complete the application may have their name placed at the end of th e priority list upon request. (7-1-25) c. An applicant holding first place on the priority list who fails to accept either license type or to complete the application within the time specified will be removed from the priority list, the fee shall be refunded , and the license offered to the applicant appearing next on the list. (7-1-25) 04. Limitations on Liquor License Priority List. An applicant shall hold only one position at a tim e on each priority list. An applicant for a place on a priority list may not execute an inter vivos transfer or assignment of his place on the priority list. For the purposes of this rule, “inter vivos transfer or assignment” means the substitution of any Person for the original applicant on the waiting list. An attempt to assign inter vivos a place on a priority lis t shall result in the removal of the name of the applicant from the list. An applicant, however, may assign his or he r place on a priority list by devise or bequest in a valid will. A place on an incorporated city liquor license priority lis t becomes part of an applicant’s estate upon his or her death. (7-1-25) 014. -- 020. (RESERVED)