§ 10. State liquor authority. There shall continue to be in the executive department an alcoholic beverage control division, the head of which shall be the state liquor authority whose members shall consist of a chairman and two commissioners, all of whom shall be citizens and residents of the state. The terms "state alcoholic beverage control board", "state board", "liquor authority", or "authority", wherever occurring in any of the provisions of this chapter or of any other law, or in any official books, records, instruments, rules or papers, shall hereafter mean and refer to the state liquor authority provided for in this section.