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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="2-103" title_number="2" title_name="State-Issued Permits and Licenses" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="State Permits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On receipt of an application, the Executive Director shall order an investigation of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the applicant;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the business to be operated; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the statements presented in the permit application.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On completion of the investigation, the Executive Director shall deny the permit application if in the judgment of the Executive Director:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is not fit to receive the permit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>made a material false statement in the application; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>committed fraud in connection with the application; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>there are other reasons that the permit should not be issued.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the Executive Director does not find cause to deny the permit, the Executive Director shall approve the application and issue the permit.</text>
  </level>
</section>
