New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control

The New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (Division of ABC or, simply, ABC) is an agency of the government of the state of New Jersey that regulates commerce in alcoholic beverages in that state.

In 1933, after the adoption of the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution, New Jersey enacted the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law (known as Title 33 because it was listed in the Revised Statutes as the 33rd title, listed alphabetically, under "Intoxicating Liquors.") That law established a Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, to be headed by a Commissioner. After New Jersey's 1947 Constitution was adopted and some departments were consolidated, the Department was incorporated into the Division of Law and Public Safety under the New Jersey Attorney General's office.

The Division of ABC is headed by a Director, who is appointed by the Governor of New Jersey with the advice and consent of the State Senate. Investigations of violations of the ABC law are conducted by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Unit in the Division of State Police which, like the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, is within the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety under the state attorney general.

External links

• New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control