Sec. 1. (a) There must be at least one (1) license branch in each county.
(b) The number of license branches may not be reduced in a county below the number in existence on January 1, 2001, unless the commission:
(1) holds a public hearing in the county; and
(2) receives unlimited public testimony before the commissioner on the merits of closing the branch that the commission proposes to close in the county.