Notwithstanding the provisions of Revised Statutes 33:1-76 if a plenary or limited retail distribution license has been or shall be granted on a waiver of its protection granted on authority of a church or school, and such license has been, or shall have been renewed on authority of annual waivers by the church or school for 15 or more consecutive years, the holder of such license shall thereafter be entitled to apply for renewal or reissuance thereof without further or renewed authority, or waiver, of the church or school; but the renewal or reissuance of such license after a revocation, shall not be permitted without a new waiver granted on authority of the church or school.
N.J.S. § 33:1-76.2