16-4-113. Combined beer wholesaler and table wine distributor license. (1) A person desiring to sell and distribute beer, table wine, or sacramental wine at wholesale to licensed retailers or table wine to agency liquor stores under the provisions of this code shall apply to the department for a license to do so and shall submit with the application the initial license fee provided in 16-4-501. The department may issue licenses to qualified applicants in accordance with the provisions of this code.

(2) Combined beer wholesaler and table wine distributor licenses issued in any year expire on June 30 of that year at midnight.

(3) A license fee may not be imposed on combined beer wholesaler and table wine distributor licensees by a municipality or any other political subdivision of the state.

(4) The license must at all times be prominently displayed in the combined beer wholesaler and table wine distributor's licensed premises.

(5) (a) An applicant must have:

(i) a fixed place of business;

(ii) sufficient capital; and

(iii) the facilities, storehouse, and receiving house or warehouse for the receiving, storage, handling, and moving of beer, table wine, or sacramental wine in large and jobbing quantities for distribution and sale in original packages to other licensed distributors, licensed retailers, or agency liquor stores.

(b) Each combined beer wholesaler and table wine distributor licensee is entitled to only one license, which must be issued for the licensee's licensed premises in Montana. A subwarehouse license may be issued for each subwarehouse operated by the licensee. The license must at all times be prominently displayed at the subwarehouse.

(6) For the purposes of this code, a holder of a combined beer wholesaler and table wine distributor license is a "beer wholesaler" and a "table wine distributor" as defined at 16-1-106.