A busy and historic campus-area bar will learn what case Kansas has against it today after the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s months-long investigation of 11 alleged underage drinking violations.

The state’s report, sent to the division late Monday, will outline findings and recommendations after the bar received at least 18 alleged violations over the past three years for minors drinking in the bar.

The Hawk’s owners will then have 30 days to respond to the complaint, division attorney Brad Burke said Monday.

Although the state threw out seven of the original violations, the division has said its goal was to revoke the bar’s liquor license.

Neither Tom Devlin nor John Heleniak, co-owners of The Hawk, could be reached for comment Monday.

Philip Bradley, executive director of the Kansas Licensed Beverage Assn., was present at hearings three months ago when the state interviewed Lawrence Police officers and looked at the fake IDs used to get into the bar.

Bradley said the state had taken an unconventional look at The Hawk, ignoring an understanding that violations more than four years old wouldn’t be valid when considering a bar’s liquor license.

The Hawk, 1340 Ohio, had been found guilty of eight violations previously, and Bradley said the state gave weight to those violations when considering its case.

“It appears that the grid wasn’t used in this case,” Bradley said.

If the bar is found guilty and loses its liquor license, a new precedent would be set for bars, restaurants and liquor stores statewide, Bradley said.

“It was understood,” he said. “It’s what everyone was working on.”

All bars and other establishments that serve alcohol get duped by fake IDs, he said. Without some time limitation in place, Bradley said, it would be impossible for a business to escape state scrutiny.

Previously, The Hawk’s owners said they thought they were being singled out because of their bar’s proximity to campus. The owners also said they had installed security cameras to better identify drinkers, and gave ABC director Tom Groneman a tour of the bar.

Groneman will have the final say on the bar’s liquor license after the bar and the state issue their opinions.

The ABC isn’t The Hawk’s only legal problem. Earlier this month, the bar’s insurance company, Scottsdale Insurance, sued the bar for nonpayment.

According to the lawsuit, the bar owes the company more than $13,000 in unpaid fees. The company began insuring The Hawk in January 2003, records show.