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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="4-202" title_number="4" title_name="Local Licensing" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Local Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A local licensing board is authorized to issue licenses in its jurisdiction.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A license may not be issued to a partnership, corporation, or limited liability company but only to an individual authorized to act for a partnership, corporation, or limited liability company.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A license holder shall assume all responsibilities as an individual and be subject to all penalties, conditions, and restrictions imposed on license holders under this article and the provisions of the Tax – General Article that relate to the alcoholic beverage tax.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A local licensing board by regulation may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>restrict, in accordance with a definite standard, the number of licenses that the local licensing board considers sufficient for a neighborhood;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>regulate the use of mechanical music boxes and other sound–making devices;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>divide a municipality or county into districts; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>establish areas in which a license may not be issued.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An applicant for a license or a license holder who is aggrieved by a regulation adopted under this section may seek judicial review as provided in Subtitle 9 of this title.</text>
  </level>
</section>
