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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="16-207" title_number="16" title_name="Cigarettes" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Cigarette Business Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless a license is renewed for a 1–year term as provided in this section, the license expires on the first April 30 after its effective date.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>At least 1 month before a license issued under this subtitle expires, the issuing official shall mail to the licensee, at the last known address of the licensee, a renewal notice that states:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the date on which the current license expires;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the date by which the issuing official must receive the renewal application for the renewal to be issued and mailed before the license expires; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the amount of the renewal fee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Before a license issued under this subtitle expires, the licensee may renew it for an additional 1–year term, if the licensee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>otherwise is entitled to be licensed;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>submits to the issuing official a renewal application on the form that the issuing official requires; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>pays to the issuing official:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the license fee required under § 16–204 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the license is issued by the Executive Director, the renewal fee required under § 16–204(h) of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The issuing official shall renew the license of each licensee who meets the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
