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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="20-306" title_number="20" title_name="Automated Purchasing Machines" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless a license is renewed for a 2–year term as provided in this section, the license expires on the first April 30 that comes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>after the effective date of the license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in an even–numbered year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>At least 1 month before a license expires, the Secretary shall mail to the licensee, at the last known address of the licensee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a renewal application form; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a notice that states:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the date on which the current license expires;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the date by which the Secretary must receive the renewal application for the renewal to be issued and mailed before the license expires; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the amount of the renewal fee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Before a license expires, the licensee periodically may renew it for an additional 2–year term if the licensee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>submits to the Secretary a renewal application on the form that the Secretary provides;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>signs the renewal application under oath;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>updates the information submitted in the original application and states that the information is current;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, agrees to comply with each requirement applicable to the original application;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>states that the licensee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>has not violated this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has not been convicted of an offense specified in § 20–307 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has not had a similar license denied, suspended, or revoked in another jurisdiction;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>otherwise is entitled to be licensed; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>pays to the Secretary a renewal fee of $265.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Secretary may require a licensee to submit a national and State criminal history records check with the renewal application.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Secretary shall renew the license of each licensee who meets the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A license is not transferable and may be used only to benefit the licensee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A licensee may change the place of business for which a license is issued only if the licensee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>submits to the Secretary an application to transfer the license to a new business location on a form that the Secretary provides; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>receives the written approval of the Secretary.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 45 days after the application is filed with the Secretary, the Secretary shall approve or disapprove the application and notify the licensee of the approval or disapproval in writing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the Secretary approves a proposed change of place of business, the licensee shall attach the written approval of the Secretary to the license until an amended license is received by the licensee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The Secretary may determine that licenses issued under this subtitle shall expire on a staggered basis.</text>
  </level>
</section>
