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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="4-407" title_number="4" title_name="Local Licensing" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Renewal of Local Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A local licensing board:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may not renew a license if the board determines that the license holder is not qualified to obtain a license renewal; but</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>shall issue to the license holder by way of renewal the class or type of license for which the board determines the license holder is qualified.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a local licensing board shall deny a license renewal application if during the license year the license holder was convicted of a State or federal offense that, in the judgment of the board, renders the license holder unfit or unqualified to obtain a renewed license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A local licensing board:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall hold a public hearing before renewing a license under the circumstances described in paragraph (1) of this subsection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may inquire into all relevant facts and circumstances concerning the offense at the hearing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
