1. (a) A local licensing board may not issue a license to a minor without a special order granted by a judge.
2. (b) A judge may grant a special order for the local licensing board to issue a license to a minor only on the recommendation of at least 10 residents of the district in which the license will be operative.

3. (c) If a local licensing board issues a license to a minor, the minor:

   1. (1) is responsible for each contract made in conducting business under the license; and
   2. (2) may be sued under each contract in a State court.
4. (d) The responsibility of the minor does not affect the responsibility of the parent of the minor under State and local law.

Added by Acts 2016, c. 41, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016.