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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="23-1505" title_number="23" title_name="Howard County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The applicant shall post a hearing notice for at least 15 days before the hearing on an application for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a new license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a change in the class of a license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>an extension of the licensed premises;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, a change of resident agent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a transfer of a license; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a transfer of location.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The applicant shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>post the hearing notice required in subsection (a) of this section at the location described in the application;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>take a photograph of the hearing notice posted in accordance with subparagraph (i) of this paragraph; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>send the photograph of the hearing notice to the Board before the hearing on the application.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The hearing notice required in subsection (a) of this section shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name of the applicant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the type of license for which the application is made;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the location described in the application; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the date, time, and place set by the Board for a hearing on the application.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall post a hearing notice on the Board’s website for at least 15 days before the hearing on an application.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The hearing notice required in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name of the applicant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the type of license for which the application is made;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the location described in the application; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the date, time, and place set by the Board for a hearing on the application.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall provide the hearing notice required in subsection (c) of this section to the Howard County Office of Public Information at least 15 days before the hearing on an application.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Howard County Office of Public Information shall post the hearing notice in the same manner as other public meeting notices.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A hearing on an application for a change of resident agent is not required if the applicant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is seeking to be a resident agent for the same license for which the applicant is a license holder; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has previously appeared and been approved at a nonviolation hearing for the same license before the Board of License Commissioners or the Appointed Alcoholic Beverage Hearing Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may hold a hearing under paragraph (1) of this subsection if the Board determines there is good cause for the hearing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
