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<subtitle article="gab" title_number="17" subtitle_number="15" title_name="Cecil County" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="17-1501" title_number="17" title_name="Cecil County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 2 (“Issuance or Denial of Local Licenses”) of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§�4–202�(“Authority of local licensing boards”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§�4–205�(“Chain store, supermarket, or discount house”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§�4–206�(“Limitations on retail sales floor space”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>§�4–207�(“Licenses issued to minors”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>§�4–208�(“Notice of license application required”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="6">
        <text>§�4–209�(“Hearing”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="7">
        <text>§�4–211�(“License forms; effective date; expiration”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="8">
        <text>§�4–212�(“License not property”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="9">
        <text>§�4–213�(“Replacement licenses”); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="10">
        <text>§�4–214�(“Waiting periods after denial of license applications”).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 2 (“Issuance or Denial of Local Licenses”) of Division I of this article apply in the county:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§�4–203�(“Prohibition against issuing multiple licenses to individual or for use of entity”), subject to § 17–1503 of this subtitle and Subtitle 13, Part III of this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§�4–204�(“Prohibition against issuing multiple licenses for same premises”), subject to § 17–1503 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§�4–210�(“Approval or denial of license application”), in addition to § 17–1504 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="17-1502" title_number="17" title_name="Cecil County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>A license holder may apply to the Board to exchange the holder’s current license for a license of any other class or type.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board shall give a license holder, including a holder of a beer or beer and wine license, who applies for a license exchange under this section the same consideration that the Board gives to any other applicant for a license, including a beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>Before deciding whether to approve an application for a license exchange, the Board shall:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>consider:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>the general reputation and character of the applicant;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>the manner in which the applicant conducts and operates the business being licensed; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>the public necessity for the license for which the application is made; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>require:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>an inspection of the premises for which the application is made; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>the premises to comply with all applicable regulations of the Board.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <level label="1">
        <text>There is a $1,000 fee to exchange:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>any class of beer license for any other class of beer license;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>any class of beer and wine license for any other class of beer and wine license; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>any class of beer, wine, and liquor license for any other class of beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>There is a $2,000 fee to exchange:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>any class of beer license or beer and wine license for the same class of beer, wine, and liquor license; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>any class of beer license for any other class of beer and wine license.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>There is a $3,000 fee to exchange any class of beer license or beer and wine license for any other class of beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>The exchange fees required under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection are in addition to the regular annual license fees.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="17-1503" title_number="17" title_name="Cecil County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
    <text>Multiple licenses may be issued for the same premises or to an individual for the use of that individual, a partnership, a corporation, an unincorporated association, or a limited liability company if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the licenses are Class D beer or Class D beer and wine licenses; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>each premises is a bowling establishment that has at least 30 lanes with automatic pinsetters.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="17-1504" title_number="17" title_name="Cecil County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The fees for the issuance of a new license are:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>$1,000 for any class of beer license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>$2,000 for any class of beer and wine license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>$3,000 for any class of beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The fees required under subsection (a) of this section are in addition to the regular annual fee required under this title.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>