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<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>
