Nebraska Statutes 53-138.01. Licenses; disposition of fees
The State Treasurer shall credit three hundred ninety-five dollars of each four-hundred-dollar application fee and forty dollars of each forty-five-dollar application fee and each renewal fee to the General Fund and the remaining five dollars to the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission Rule and Regulation Cash Fund to be used for providing licensees with materials pursuant to section 53-117.05. All retail and bottle club license fees received by the city or village treasurer, as the case may be, shall inure to the school fund of the district lying wholly or partially within the corporate limits of such city or village. Except as otherwise provided in section 53-123.15, the State Treasurer shall distribute license fees received by the commission for licenses issued pertaining to alcoholic liquor, including beer, in accordance with Article VII, § 5, of the Constitution of Nebraska. All retail and bottle club license fees received by the county treasurer, as provided in section 53-124, shall be credited to the school fund of the county.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 53-138.01
- Alcoholic liquor: includes alcohol, spirits, wine, beer, and any liquid or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine, or beer and capable of being consumed as a beverage by a human being. See Nebraska Statutes 53-103.02
- Beer: means a beverage obtained by alcoholic fermentation of an infusion or concoction of barley or other grain, malt, and hops in water and includes, but is not limited to, beer, ale, stout, lager beer, porter, near beer, flavored malt beverage, and hard cider. See Nebraska Statutes 53-103.03
- Bottle club: means an operation, whether formally organized as a club having a regular membership list, dues, officers, and meetings or not, keeping and maintaining premises where persons who have made their own purchases of alcoholic liquor congregate for the express purpose of consuming alcoholic liquor upon the payment of a fee or other consideration. See Nebraska Statutes 53-103.47
- Club: means a corporation (a) which is organized under the laws of this state, not for pecuniary profit, solely for the promotion of some common object other than the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquor, (b) which is kept, used, and maintained by its members through the payment of annual dues, and (c) which owns, hires, or leases a building or space in a building suitable and adequate for the reasonable and comfortable use and accommodation of its members and their guests. See Nebraska Statutes 53-103.09
- Commission: means the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission. See Nebraska Statutes 53-103.10
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801