§ 17-1806. Applications for licenses

   (a) Application for place of business. -- An applicant for a trader's license shall state in the application the place where the applicant will do business as a trader.

(b) Visually handicapped applicants; Blind Industries. --

   (1) This subsection does not apply if the average value of the applicant's stock in trade exceeds $ 10,000.

   (2) An applicant for a trader's license may apply under this subsection if the applicant has a defect in vision such that:

      (i) visual acuity in the applicant's better eye does not exceed 20/140 with correcting lenses; or

      (ii) the widest diameter of the applicant's visual field subtends an angle not exceeding 20 degrees.

   (3) An applicant for a trader's license under this subsection shall submit to the clerk:

      (i) a signed certificate, from a licensed physician who specializes in treatment of the eye, that the applicant's vision meets the standard of paragraph (2) of this subsection; and

      (ii) an affidavit that the applicant is the owner of the place of business listed in the application.

   (4) Blind Industries also may apply for a trader's license under this subsection for a business that it operates, if Blind Industries submits to the clerk an affidavit that:

      (i) Blind Industries operates the business listed in the application; and

      (ii) the manager of the business has vision that meets the standard of paragraph (2) of this subsection.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 56, § 33, 56; 1992, ch. 4, § 2.