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.

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 23826

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

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