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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="22-2103" title_number="22" title_name="Harford County" subtitle_number="21" subtitle_name="Revocation and Suspension of Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board may not issue a license to an applicant if the license has been previously denied, suspended, or revoked unless:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>the applicant executes a surety bond of $1,000 to the State;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the Board approves the surety; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the surety bond is conditioned on the faithful observance of the laws governing alcoholic beverages in the State; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Board:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>accepts $1,000 in cash; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>deposits the cash and records the deposit.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may waive a required surety bond or cash deposit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The bond shall secure the payment of all costs, fines, and penalties imposed on the applicant on a charging document for a violation of alcoholic beverages laws in the county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The applicant shall deposit an approved bond with the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board shall record the bond in a book kept for that purpose.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The record or a certified copy of the record is evidence of the bond.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board may stop requiring a license holder to post bond if the Board finds that the license holder has complied with the terms of a bond for 1 calendar year.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may petition for forfeiture of the bond in circuit court if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Board determines that the license holder has failed to observe the terms of the bond; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>sufficient notice is given to the license holder.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the circuit court declares the bond forfeited, the bond shall be payable to the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
