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Business and Professions Code - BPC

DIVISION 9. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES [23000 - 25762]

  ( Division 9 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152. )
  

CHAPTER 5. Restrictions on Issuance of Licenses [23770 - 23827]

  ( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152. )
  

ARTICLE 2. Limitation on Number of Licensed Premises [23815 - 23827]
  ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152. )

  
23826.  

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in any county where the inhabitants number less than 2,500 and where on July 1 of any calendar year there exists in any such county none or only one on-sale general license and none or only one off-sale general license the department may issue one additional original on-sale general license and one additional original off-sale general license during the following 12-month period.

In issuing the licenses provided for in this section, the department shall follow the procedure set forth in Section 23961.

A license issued pursuant to this section shall not be transferred from one county to another.

(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 889.)