§ 10-91. Terms; renewals.

(a)

All licenses issued under this division, except new licenses, shall be annual licenses which shall expire on September 30 next following. However, when the sheriff is investigating the continued eligibility of a charitable organization, authorized organization, associational group or organization or lessor as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a license which was presented to the county administrator or his designee as required by subsection (b) of this section on or before September 30 shall not expire until the decision by the county administrator or his designee under subsection (b) of this section is final. A charitable organization, authorized organization, associational group or organization or lessor obtaining a new license after October 1 and before April 1 may do so upon application and the payment of the appropriate license fee, and such license shall expire on the following September 30. A charitable organization, authorized organization, associational group or organization or lessor obtaining a new license after March 31 and before October 1 may do so upon application and the payment of one-half of the appropriate license fee, and such license shall expire on September 30 of the same year.

(b)

A charitable organization, authorized organization, associational group or organization or lessor shall be entitled to a renewal of the license on an annual basis on or before October 1 by presenting the license for the previous year or satisfactory evidence of its loss or destruction, in either case, properly endorsed by the county administrator as provided in this subsection, to the county administrator or his designee and by paying the appropriate license fee. Before a license may be renewed, the charitable organization, authorized organization, associational group or organization or lessor shall present the license or evidence of the loss or destruction of the license, as the case may be, to the county administrator or his designee, together with such evidence of the charitable organization's, authorized organization's, associational group's or organization's or lessor's continued eligibility to hold the license as may be required by the county administrator or his designee. It shall not be necessary for a charitable organization, authorized organization, associational group or organization or lessor holding a valid and effective license issued under this division to file a new application to renew the license or to pay any additional application fee. Renewal of a license shall not be as a matter of course or of right, and the county administrator through the sheriff may conduct such investigation of the charitable organization's, authorized organization's, associational group's or organization's or lessor's continued eligibility as he deems necessary. If the county administrator or his designee is satisfied as to the charitable organization's, authorized organization's, associational group's or organization's or lessor's continued eligibility, he shall endorse his approval on the license or evidence of loss or destruction as the case may be, and the license may thereupon be renewed. If the county administrator or his designee is not satisfied as to the continued eligibility of the charitable organization, authorized organization, associational group or organization or lessor, he shall proceed as provided in subsection 10-87(b) as for denial of a license.

(Code 1970, § 16½-94; Ord. No. 92-15, § 14, 10-27-92; Ord. No. 93-08, § 6, 4-6-93; Ord. No. 08-40, § 1, 9-23-08)