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provided in this Section, the bond, a reissue, or a substitute shall be kept in full force and effect during the entire period covered by the license. A separate application for license shall be made, and bond filed, for each place of business at which a person who is required to procure a distributor's license proposes to engage in business as a distributor under this Act. (b) The following are ineligible to receive a distributor's license under this Section: (1) a person who is not of good character and reputation in the community in which the person resides; the Department may consider prior conviction of a felony but, except as provided in paragraph (2), the conviction shall not operate as an absolute bar to licensure; (2) a person who has been convicted of a felony under any federal or State law, if the Department, after investigation and consideration of any mitigating factors and evidence of rehabilitation contained in the applicant's record, including those in Section 4i of the Cigarette Tax Act, and hearing, if requested by the applicant, determines that such person has not been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant the public trust and the conviction will impair the ability of the person to engage in the position for which a license is sought; (3) a corporation, if any officer, manager, or director thereof, or any stockholder or stockholders SB3019 Enrolled LRB104 20255 HLH 33706 b Public Act 104-0468