(a) The administrator may refuse to issue a license to do business as a distributor in Indiana if:

1. (1) the application is filed by a person whose license has previously been cancelled for cause;
2. (2) the application is not filed in good faith, as determined by the administrator;
3. (3) the application is filed by some person as a subterfuge for the real person in interest whose license has previously been cancelled for cause;
4. (4) the applicant has an outstanding listed tax liability; or
5. (5) the applicant has not complied with a filing requirement of the department.

(b) Before being denied a license as a distributor, the applicant is entitled to a hearing with five (5) days written notice. At the hearing the applicant may appear in person or by counsel and present testimony.

As added by Acts 1979, P.L.79, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.96-1989, SEC.1.