Citizenship Requirements of the Liquor Code

PACKEL, Attorney General,

The Liquor Control Board was advised in Official Opinion No. 23, issued April 30, 1974, that the citizenship provision of the Liquor Code, 47 PS §4-403(c), was unenforceable in that it was clearly unconstitutional and in contravention of Federal law as applied to resident aliens. Confusion has now arisen in regard to the application of this ruling to the citizenship requirements of foreign corporations having nonresident alien officers and/or stockholders. It is our opinion, and you are hereby advised, that the citizenship requirements of section 4-403(c) of the…