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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="26-1702" title_number="26" title_name="Prince George's County" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Transfer of Licenses; Substitution of Names on License">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board may not approve the transfer of a license from one location to another:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, for at least 2 years after the issuance of a new license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>unless the Board determines that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the transfer to the new location is necessary to accommodate the public; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the transferee has complied with the residency requirements specified in § 26–1406(c) of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to the approval of the Board, a receiver or trustee may transfer ownership and location of a license for the benefit of creditors of a license holder within 6 months after:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>appointment as the receiver or trustee; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the death of the license holder.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may approve a transfer of location or ownership within 2 years after a transfer of location has been authorized.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This paragraph does not prohibit a transfer of ownership for continuance of a business in the same location, unless there has been a transfer of location for the license within 2 years.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A transfer of a license in accordance with a security agreement is subject to approval by the Board like any other license transfer, except that the written consent and cooperation of the existing license holder is not required.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to any other notice required under this article, the Board shall provide notice of the time, date, and location of a hearing, as soon as practicable after a hearing for a license transfer is scheduled, to all municipalities, civic associations, homeowners’ associations, and condominium associations that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>are within 1 mile of the location of the proposed place of business of the applicant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>request to receive notice of hearings by signing up on a registry on the Board’s website.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A municipality, civic association, homeowners’ association, or condominium association that requests to receive notice of hearings under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection may elect to receive written or electronic notice.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
