§ 126. Persons forbidden to traffic in alcoholic beverages. The\nfollowing are forbidden to traffic in alcoholic beverages:\n 1. Except as provided in subdivision one-a of this section, a person\nwho has been convicted of a felony or any of the misdemeanors mentioned\nin section eleven hundred forty-six of the former penal law as in force\nand effect immediately prior to September first, nineteen hundred\nsixty-seven, or of an offense defined in section 230.20 or 230.40 of the\npenal law, unless subsequent to such conviction such person shall have\nreceived an executive pardon therefor removing this disability, a\ncertificate of good conduct granted by the department of corrections and\ncommunity supervision, or a certificate of relief from disabilities\ngranted by the department of corrections and community supervision or a\ncourt of this state pursuant to the provisions of article twenty-three\nof the correction law to remove the disability under this section\nbecause of such conviction.\n 1-a. Notwithstanding the provision of subdivision one of this section,\na corporation holding a license to traffic in alcoholic beverages shall\nnot, upon conviction of a felony or any of the misdemeanors or offenses\ndescribed in subdivision one of this section, be automatically forbidden\nto traffic in alcoholic beverages, but the application for a license by\nsuch a corporation shall be subject to denial, and the license of such a\ncorporation shall be subject to revocation or suspension by the\nauthority pursuant to section one hundred eighteen of this chapter,\nconsistent with the provisions of article twenty-three-A of the\ncorrection law. For any felony conviction by a court other than a court\nof this state, the authority may request the department of corrections\nand community supervision to investigate and review the facts and\ncircumstances concerning such a conviction, and such department shall,\nif so requested, submit its findings to the authority as to whether the\ncorporation has conducted itself in a manner such that discretionary\nreview by the authority would not be inconsistent with the public\ninterest. The department of corrections and community supervision may\ncharge the licensee or applicant a fee equivalent to the expenses of an\nappropriate investigation under this subdivision. For any conviction\nrendered by a court of this state, the authority may request the\ncorporation, if the corporation is eligible for a certificate of relief\nfrom disabilities, to seek such a certificate from the court which\nrendered the conviction and to submit such a certificate as part of the\nauthority's discretionary review process.\n 2. A person under the age of twenty-one years.\n 3. A person who is not a citizen of the United States or a noncitizen\nlawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.\n 4. A copartnership or a corporation, unless each member of the\npartnership, or each of the principal officers and directors of the\ncorporation, is a citizen of the United States or a noncitizen lawfully\nadmitted for permanent residence in the United States, not less than\ntwenty-one years of age, and has not been convicted of any felony or any\nof the misdemeanors, specified in section eleven hundred forty-six of\nthe former penal law as in force and effect immediately prior to\nSeptember first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, or of an offense defined\nin section 230.20 or 230.40 of the penal law, or if so convicted has\nreceived, subsequent to such conviction, an executive pardon therefor\nremoving this disability a certificate of good conduct granted by the\ndepartment of corrections and community supervision, or a certificate of\nrelief from disabilities granted by the department of corrections and\ncommunity supervision or a court of this state pursuant to the\nprovisions of article twenty-three of the correction law to remove the\ndisability under this section because of such conviction; provided\nhowever th
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