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Friday, June 6, 2025 2:26 PM
Liquor.Licensing@greeleygov.com; shelby.fletcher@greeleygov.com;
jennifer.middleton@greeleygov.com; Chloe White; Esther Gesick; Leah Flesner
Executed Stipulation - Singh Food and Conoco (Selling Cigarettes under $7.00 - First
Violation)
Singh Food and Conoco TOB CC signed Stip + COS (NH).pdf
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Good afternoon,
Attached is an executed stipulation for the licensee listed in the subject line. The licensee has been
provided a copy of the same in a separate email.
The Division considers this matter closed and no further action is required on the licensee's part.
If you have any questions or inquiries regarding this executed stipulation, please
email: led_ adminactions@state.co.us.
Respectfully,
Noelle Hollar
Colorado Liquor Enforcement Division
1707 Cole Blvd, Suite 300, Lakewood, CO 80401
office: 303-205-2300 I fax: 303-866-2428
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Department of Revenue
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Mailing Address:
Physical Address: Colorado Liquor Enforcement Division
1707 Cole Blvd., Ste. 300 p.p. Box 17087
Lakewood, CO 80401 Denver, CO 80217-0087
May 12, 2025
J&GLLC
d/b/a Singh Food and Conoco
213 18th Street
Greeley, CO 80631
SINGHJASVINDER1966na,YAHOO.COM
Dear Licensee:
On January 15, 2025, an enforcement agent of the Liquor and Tobacco Enforcement Division ("Division")
from the Lakewood field office, observed an alleged violation of the Colorado Tobacco Code at your
licensed entity, specifically: 39-28-116 C.R.S. Minimum price for cigarettes. (1) On or before July 1, 2024,
no person shall sell or offer cigarettes for sale to a consumer for less than $7.00 (seven dollars) per package
of twenty cigarettes or $70.00 (seventy dollars) per carton of two hundred cigarettes, (2) On and after July
1, 2024, no person shall sell or offer cigarettes for sale to a consumer for less than $7.50 (seven dollars and
fifty cents) per package of twenty cigarettes or $75.00 (seventy-five dollars) per carton of two hundred
cigarettes.
Attached is a proposed Stipulation, Agreement, and Order ("Order") regarding allegation(s) of violation(s)
of the Colorado Tobacco Code by your licensed entity. The attached Order is subject to the provisions of
Rule 408 of the Colorado Rules of Evidence as an offer in compromise and statements made in compromise
negotiations. This Order has important legal consequences. Please carefully read the terms of the Order.
You should consider consulting legal counsel to advise you.
You may resolve this matter by signing and returning the attached Order and effectuating payment of the
stated fine to the Division using the address above or by emailing the executed order to
led adminactions@state.co.us. The fine is due on the date specified within the Order, and needs to be
submitted at the same time as the signed Order so your fine can be appropriately processed. The associated
fine may be paid by Certified Check or Cashier's check mailed to the mailing address above or paid online
at: https://secure.colorado.gov/payment/liquor. If the Division does not receive the signed Order and
payment by the due date indicated in the order, this offer to settle expires, and the terms and conditions
presented and offered in the attached Order become null and void. If you fail to respond by the due date in
the Order, or if you do not agree to the terms of the Order, an Order to Show Cause will be issued, and a
hearing will be scheduled to determine the merits of the allegations contained in the Order. Should an Order
to Show Cause be issued and the matter proceed to hearing, the Division may seek up to the maximum
penalty allowed by law, if warranted by the circumstances. The Order contains a proposed fine amount to
be paid in lieu of the Division proceeding with an Order to Show Cause.
To discuss matters relating to this notice and the attached Order, you should contact
led adminactionsAstate.co.us within ten (10) days of the date of this notice.
Sincerely,
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Michelle Stone-Principato
Division Director
Liquor and Tobacco Enforcement Division
Stipulation, Agreement, and Order
Singh Food and Conoco
LED Case No. 2025LW0094
Tobacco Retailer Off -Premises
Page 1
BEFORE THE LIQUOR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
STATE OF COLORADO
STIPULATION, AGREEMENT, AND ORDER
IN THE MATTER OF:
J & G LLC
d/b/a Singh Food and Conoco
213 18th Street
Greeley, CO 80631
SINGHJASVINDER1966AYAHOO.COM
Tobacco License No. TOB-005630
Respondent.
LED Case No. 2025LW0094
THIS STIPULATION, AGREEMENT, AND ORDER ("Order") between the State of Colorado
Department of Revenue, Liquor Enforcement Division, ("Division"), and J&G LLC, Tobacco
License No. TOB-005630 ("Retailer"), is entered into for the purpose of settlement and to avoid
the uncertainty and cost of future administrative action. The Division and Retailer stipulate and
agree as follows:
1. Pursuant to subsection 39-28-116(5) C.R.S., the Department of Revenue shall remit any
civil penalties received pursuant to this section to the state treasurer for deposit in the
tobacco tax enforcement cash fund created section 39-28-107(1)(b) C.R.S.
2. Pursuant to 39-28-116 C.R.S. Minimum price for cigarettes. (1) On and after January 1,
2021, but before July 1, 2024, no person shall sell or offer for sale cigarettes to a consumer
far less than $7.00 (seven dollars) per package of twenty cigarettes or $70.00 (seventy
dollars) per carton of two hundred cigarettes, including all applicable taxes. (2) On and
after July 1, 2024, no person shall sell or offer cigarettes for sale to a consumer for less
than $7.50 (seven dollars and fifty cents) per package of twenty cigarettes or $75.00
(seventy-five dollars) per carton of two hundred cigarettes, including all applicable taxes.
Stipulation, Agreement, and Order
Singh Food and Conoco
LED Case No. 2025LW0094
Tobacco Retailer Off -Premises
Page 2
3. The Division and Retailer have come to a mutual agreement and understanding to jointly
resolve the Division's investigation and allegations in lieu of proceeding to an
administrative hearing on an Order to Show Cause issued by the Division to determine
the merits of such investigation and allegations.
4. Retailer admits to the following facts and violation regarding the date of investigation,
January 15, 2025:
A. Retailer holds Tobacco Retail License No. TOB-005630 with a business address of
213 18tf' Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631 ("Retail Location").
B. Division investigators conducted a compliance check regarding sales of cigarettes,
tobacco products, and/or nicotine products at the Retail Location.
C. Division investigators determined the Retailer was selling cigarettes, under the
minimum price of $7.00 per pack or $70.00 per carton before July 1, 2024; and
$7.50 for a pack or $75.00 for a carton after July 1, 2024.
5. Retailer and the Division stipulate the violations admitted in paragraph 5 are the Retailer's
first violation of 39-28-116 C.R.S. Minimum price for cigarettes, within a five (5) year
period commencing on the date set forth in paragraph 4.
6. Retailer and the Division agree, in lieu of proceeding with an Order to Show Cause and
subsequent administrative action, to the following sanction:
A. Retailer agrees to pay a fine totaling $500.00 (Five hundred dollars). Payment of
the fine shall either be made online at: https://secure.colorado.gov/payment/liquor
by selecting Cigarette, Tobacco, Nicotine Products and Administrative Action Fee
or Fine and including the amount listed above, or shall be in the form of a certified
check or a cashier's check made payable to the Colorado Department of Revenue
and mailed to the Department of Revenue, Attn: Liquor Enforcement Division, P.O.
Box 17087, Denver, Colorado 80217-0087.
B. The Division will execute this Order upon receipt of both the Order executed by
Retailer and payment of the fine required by paragraph 7(A). If the Division does
not receive the Order executed by the Retailer AND fine payment by June 6,
2025, the Division will proceed with the issuance of an Order to Show Cause, and
the Retailer's admissions herein will be deemed withdrawn.
7. This Order shall be admissible as evidence at any future hearing before the Hearings
Division of the Department of Revenue and may be used in connection with any future
actions by the Division.
Stipulation, Agreement, and Order
Singh Food and Conoco
LED Case No. 2025LW0094
Tobacco Retailer Off -Premises
Page 3
8. Retailer expressly agrees and acknowledges that Retailer has received sufficient notice
and has entered into this Order knowingly and voluntarily. Retailer acknowledges that the
terms of this Order were mutually negotiated and agreed upon. After consulting with legal
counsel, or having elected to proceed without legal counsel, Retailer affirms that Retailer
has read this Order and fully understands its nature, meaning and content. Retailer agrees
that upon execution of this Order, no subsequent action or assertion shall be maintained
or pursued by Retailer asserting the invalidity in any manner of this Order.
9. Upon execution by all parties, this Order shall represent the entire and final agreement of
the parties. In the event that any provision of this Order is deemed unenforceable by a
court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be severed, and the remainder of this
Order shall be given full force and effect.
10. Upon execution by the Parties, this Order and all its terms shall have the same force and
effect as an order entered after a formal hearing pursuant to sections 24-4-105 C.R.S.,
except that it may not be appealed.
11. This Order may be executed by electronic means (facsimile, e-mail, DocuSign etc.), and
any signatures delivered electronically will be deemed to be as valid as an original
signature.
12. Retailer understands, and knowingly and voluntarily enters into, this Order. Retailer
further understands, and knowingly and voluntarily waives the following rights:
A. The right to a formal disciplinary hearing on the merits of the matters forming the
basis of this Order and the right to require the Division to meet its burden of proof
in a formal hearing;
B. The right to cross-examine all witnesses against Retailer at a formal hearing;
C. The right to subpoena witnesses, present evidence, and testify on Retailer's own
behalf at a formal hearing;
D. The right to engage in pre -hearing exchange of evidence with the Division and to
review the Division's evidence prior to hearing; and
E. The right to judicial review of this Order pursuant to sections 24-4-106. C.R.S.
13. Upon approval and order of the Division, this Order shall become a permanent part of the
Retailer's record with the Division, and it shall be open to public inspection and published
pursuant to the Division's standard policies and procedures or applicable law.
Stipulation, Agreement, and Order
Singh Food and Conoco
LED Case No. 2025LW0094
Tobacco Retailer O11 -Premises
Page 4
14. This Order constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the parties and
supersedes all prior agreements and promises related to the allegations, facts and issues
that are the subject of this Order, written or oral between the parties which modify.
interpret, constnie or affect this Order. Any other allegations, facts and issues not
specifically raised or addressed in this Order have not been considered by the parties and
are not made a part of this Order.
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APPROVED and ORDERED on the date set forth in the electronic sipature below.
Digitally signed by
Michelle Stone- Michelle St rp'nncipato
Princip ato Date: 2025.06.06
12:36:55 -06'00'
Michelle Stone-Principato
Director
Liquor and Tobacco Enforcement Division
Department of Revenue
Stipulation, Agreement, and Order
Singh Food and Conoco
LED Case No. 2025LW0094
Tobacco Retailer Off -Premises
Page 5
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and accurate copy of the foregoing STIPULATION, AGREEMENT,
AND ORDER was sent via electronic mail, on the date set forth in the electronic signature below,
addressed as follows:
Licensee Business Address
J&GLLC
d/b/a Singh Food and Conoco
213 18th Street
Greeley, CO 80631
SINGHJASVINDER 1966@YAHOO.COM
Tobacco License No. TOB-005630
Licensee Mailing Address
J&GLLC
d/b/a Singh Food and Conoco
213 18th Street
Greeley, CO 80631
SINGHJASVINDER 1966@YAHOO.COM
Liquor and Tobacco Enforcement Division
P.O. Box 17087
Denver, CO 80217-0087
led adminactions@state.co.us
By:
J. Noelle
Holler
Digitally signed by J.
Noelle Holler
Date: 2025.06.06
14:20:30 -06'00'
Hilary Hutchinson
Legal Assistant II
Liquor and Tobacco Enforcement Division
Department of Revenue
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