Section 99-F. Special permits for minors to entertain  


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  • The liquor authority
      is hereby authorized to issue special permits to any  person  under  the
      age  of eighteen years for the purpose of enabling such person to appear
      as an entertainer on any premises licensed for  retail  sale  hereunder.
      The  provisions  of this section shall apply to persons under the age of
      eighteen years who are not otherwise eligible to act as  an  entertainer
      pursuant  to  the provisions of subdivision two-b of section one hundred
      of this chapter. Such special permit shall be issued, in the  discretion
      of  the  authority,  upon the application of such minor. No such special
      permit shall be granted unless the written consent of  both  parents  or
      the  lawful  guardian  or guardians of such minor shall appear upon such
      application. The liquor authority may require the personal appearance at
      an office of the authority of such applicant and his  parents  or  legal
      guardians  at  the  time  such  application is made or at any other time
      prior to the consideration of such application  by  the  authority  upon
      written  notice  to the applicant and/or his parents or legal guardians.
      Such personal appearance, if requested, shall  be  for  the  purpose  of
      enabling  the  authority  to  establish  that the entertainment that the
      applicant is intending to perform is not contrary to the best  interests
      of  the minor. The liquor authority is hereby authorized and directed to
      promulgate rules and regulations  for  the  orderly  implementation  and
      administration  of  the  provisions  of  this  section.  Such  rules and
      regulations shall provide for a reasonable limitation upon the types  of
      entertainment  for  which  an  application for a special permit shall be
      granted and may provide for  conditions  or  limitations  which  may  be
      attached  to  the  granting  of  such special permit. In addition to any
      conditions  or  limitations  as  may  be  so  imposed,  such  rules   or
      regulations shall impose as a condition for the granting of such special
      permit  that  a  parent  or legal guardian of the minor shall be present
      during such minor's appearance as an entertainer.  Such  special  permit
      shall  be subject to revocation, after a hearing upon a determination by
      the authority that the conditions  or  limitations  attached  upon  such
      special  permit have been violated. Such special permits shall be issued
      for limited periods not to exceed one year.  The  liquor  authority  may
      impose a fee for the issuance of such special permit. Such fee shall not
      exceed  sixty-four dollars if issued for an annual period nor shall such
      fee exceed six dollars per month or any lesser period thereof for  which
      a  special  permit  has been issued. The liquor authority may waive such
      fee. The liquor authority shall  revoke  any  special  permit  upon  the
      written request of the parents or legal guardians of such minor.