* § 18. Powers and duties of the chairman. The chairman shall have the\nfollowing functions, powers and duties:\n 1. To exercise the powers and perform the duties in relation to the\nadministration of the division of alcoholic beverage control as are not\nspecifically vested by this chapter in the state liquor authority,\nincluding but not limited to budgetary and fiscal matters.\n 2. To preside at all meetings of the authority and perform the\nadministrative functions of the authority.\n 3. To appoint any necessary deputies, counsels, assistants,\ninvestigators, and other employees within the limits provided by\nappropriation.\n 4. To remove any employee of the authority for cause, after giving\nsuch employee a copy of the charges against him or her in writing, and\nan opportunity to be heard thereon. Any action taken under this\nsubdivision shall be subject to and in accordance with the civil service\nlaw.\n 5. To keep records in such form as he or she may prescribe of all\nlicenses and permits issued and revoked within the state; such records\nshall be so kept as to provide ready information as to the identity of\nall licensees including the names of the officers and directors of\ncorporate licensees and the location of all licensed premises. The\nchairman may, with the approval of the commissioner of taxation and\nfinance, contract to furnish copies of the records of licenses and\npermits of each class and type issued within the state or any political\nsubdivision thereof, for any license or permit year or term of years not\nexceeding five years.\n 6. To inspect or provide for the inspection of any premises where\nalcoholic beverages are manufactured or sold.\n 7. To prescribe forms of applications for licenses and permits under\nthis chapter and of all reports deemed necessary by the authority.\n 8. To delegate to the officers and employees of the authority such of\nhis or her powers and duties as he or she may determine.\n 9. To establish appropriate procedures to insure that hearing officers\nare shielded from ex parte communications with alleged violators and\ntheir attorneys and from other employees of the authority and shall take\nsuch other steps as it shall deem necessary and proper to shield its\njudicial processes from unwarranted and inappropriate communications and\nattempts to influence.\n 10. (a) To develop and establish minimum criteria for alcohol training\nawareness programs which may be given and administered by schools; other\nentities including trade associations whose members are engaged in or\ninvolved in the retail sale of alcoholic beverages; national and\nregional franchisors who have granted at least five franchises in the\nstate which are licensed to sell beer at retail for off-premises\nconsumption; licensees authorized to sell alcoholic beverages at retail\nfor off-premises consumption operating five or more licensed premises;\nand persons interested, whether as an individual proprietor or partner\nor officer or member of a limited liability company, in five or more\nlicensees authorized to sell alcoholic beverages at retail for\noff-premises consumption. The authority shall provide for the issuance\nof certificates of approval to all certified alcohol training awareness\nprograms. Certificates of approval may be revoked by the authority for\nfailure to adhere to the authority's rules and regulations. Such rules\nand regulations shall afford those who have been issued a certificate of\napproval an opportunity for a hearing prior to any determination of\nwhether such certificate should be revoked.\n (b) No licensee shall be required to apply for any such certificate or\nrenewal certificate and the licensee may voluntarily surrender such a\ncertificate or renewal certificate at any time. A fee in the amount of\nnine hundred dollars shall be paid to the authority with each\napplication for a certificate of approval or renewal certificate. The\nauthority shall promptly refund such fee to
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