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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="13-1702" title_number="13" title_name="Baltimore County" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Transfer of Licenses; Substitution of Names on License">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If the Board approves an application from a contract purchaser, an owner of the location, or a developer under § 13–1404 of this title, the applicant may apply to transfer the license to an operator of the type of business for which the license was approved if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the license is for a location in the site for which the license was approved; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the application for transfer occurs within 5 years after the original application for the site is approved or construction at the location is completed, whichever is later.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Board may approve a change of location of a license issued under § 13–1404 of this title if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the license holder has engaged in an active alcoholic beverages business under the license for at least 1 year before applying for the change;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>the license holder has not engaged in an active alcoholic beverages business under the license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Board approved a change of location of the license from another location within the same election district at least 5 years before the application for the change of location under this item; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the license was originally issued within the same election district and has been at the same location for at least 10 years.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
