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title: O.C.G.A. § 3-4-21.1. Requirement for retail license; application of existing license to new location.
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# O.C.G.A. § 3-4-21.1. Requirement for retail license; application of existing license to new location.

(a) A separate retail license shall be required for each place of business.

(b) In cases where a retail licensee is moving his package sales business to a different location, he shall be authorized to make application to have the license for the location previously occupied apply to the new location. Anything contained in Code Section 3-4-21 to the contrary notwithstanding, if the retail licensee complies with all other requirements of law, the commissioner shall authorize the existing license to apply to the new location.

## History

Code 1933, § 5A-2502.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 1463, § 3; Code 1981, § 3-4-21.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 1463, § 10.