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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="4-604" title_number="4" title_name="Local Licensing" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Revocation and Suspension of Local Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A local licensing board may revoke or suspend a license:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for any reason to promote the peace or safety of the community in which the premises are located; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for offenses as provided in this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A local licensing board shall revoke or suspend a license for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>conviction of the license holder for violation of this article or a provision of the Tax – General Article that relates to the alcoholic beverage tax;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>willful failure or refusal of the license holder to comply with:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>this article or provisions of the Tax – General Article that relate to the alcoholic beverage tax; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a regulation that may be adopted under this article or under provisions of the Tax – General Article that relate to the alcoholic beverage tax;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>making a material false statement in an application for a license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>two or more convictions within 2 years of an agent or employee of a license holder for on–premises violations of this article or provisions of the Tax – General Article that relate to the alcoholic beverage tax;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>on–premises possession by a retail dealer of an alcoholic beverage on which the tax imposed by § 5–102 of the Tax – General Article has not been paid;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>violation of § 2–216 or § 2–315 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>willful failure of a license holder to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>keep the records required under this article or under provisions of the Tax – General Article that relate to the alcoholic beverage tax; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>allow inspection of the records by an authorized person;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>on–premises possession of an alcoholic beverage that a license holder is not licensed to sell;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>revocation or suspension of a permit issued to a license holder by the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau or for conviction of violating a federal law relating to alcoholic beverages;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>failure to furnish bond as required by this article within 15 days after notice from the Comptroller; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>violation of § 4–605 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
