West Virginia Code § 11-16-11

Special license for festivals and fairs; license fee and application; license
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subject to provisions of article; exceptions.
The commissioner may issue a special license to be designated a Class S license for the
retail sale of nonintoxicating beer at a festival or fair, provided the festival or fair is
sponsored or endorsed by the governing body of either the municipality or of the county
wherein the festival or fair is to be conducted. Such special license shall be eissued for a term
of no longer than ten consecutive days and the fee therefor shall be $250 regardless of the
term of the license. The application for such license shall contain such rinformation as the
commissioner may require and shall be submitted to the commissioner at least thirty days
prior to the first day upon which nonintoxicating beer is to be sold at such festival or fair.
A license issued under the provisions of this section and the tlicensee holding such license
shall be subject to all other provisions of this article and the rules, regulations, and orders of
the commissioner relating to such special license: Provided, That the commissioner may by
rule, regulation, or order provide for certain waivers or exceptions with respect to such
provisions, rules, regulations, or order as the circumstances of each such festival or fair may
require, including, without limitation, the righst to revoke or suspend any license issued
pursuant to this section prior to any notice or hearing, notwithstanding the provisions of
section twenty-four of this article: Provided, however, That under no circumstances shall the
provisions of subdivisions (1), (2) org (3), subsection (a), section eighteen of this article, be
waived nor shall any exception be granted with respect thereto.

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