(a) (1) A licensed retailer or licensed vending machine operator may not assign the license.
(2) If a licensed subwholesaler or licensed wholesaler sells the licensee’s cigarette business and pays to the Executive Director a license assignment fee of $10, the licensee may assign the license to the buyer of the business.
(b) If the cigarette business of a licensee is transferred because of bankruptcy, death, incompetency, receivership, or otherwise by operation of law, the Executive Director shall transfer the license without charge to the new owner of the licensee’s business.
(c) (1) If a licensed subwholesaler or licensed wholesaler surrenders the license to the Comptroller and if no disciplinary proceedings are pending against the licensee, the Executive Director shall refund a pro rata part of the license fee for the unexpired term of the license.
(2) A licensed retailer or licensed vending machine operator is not allowed a refund for the unexpired term of the license.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 2 - Cigarette Business Licenses
Section 16-202 - Cigarette Business License Required; Exception; Multiple Licenses
Section 16-203 - Qualifications of Applicants
Section 16-204 - Applications for Licenses; Fees
Section 16-205 - Issuance of Licenses
Section 16-206 - Scope of Licenses
Section 16-207 - Term and Renewal of Licenses
Section 16-208 - Assignment, Transfer, and Surrender of Licenses
Section 16-209 - License Display; Cigarette Display and Vending Machine Label Requirements
Section 16-210 - Denials, Reprimands, Suspensions, and Revocations -- Grounds
Section 16-211 - Denials, Reprimands, Suspensions, and Revocations -- Hearings
Section 16-212 - Period and Notice of Disciplinary Action; Revocation
Section 16-213 - Judicial Review
Section 16-214 - Doing Business Without License
Section 16-215 - Accepting Delivery of Unstamped Cigarettes Prohibited
Section 16-216 - Distribution and Intended Use of Cigarette Business License Fees
Section 16-218 - Records of Subwholesaler and Wholesaler
Section 16-219 - Records by Transporter
Section 16-220 - Sealing Vending Machines
Section 16-221 - Removing or Tampering With Vending Machine Seal Prohibited
Section 16-222 - Shipping, Importing, or Selling of Cigarettes Into State
Section 16-223 - Direct Sales and Shipping of Cigarettes Ordered by Mail or Other Means