In any case in which a licensee appeals to the State Commission a suspension or revocation by a Local Liquor Control Commissioner that is the second or subsequent suspension or revocation placed on that licensee within the preceding 12-month period, the licensee shall consider the suspension or revocation to be in effect until a reversal of the Liquor Commissioner’s action has been issued by the State Commission and shall cease all activity otherwise authorized by the license. The State Commission shall expedite, to the greatest extent possible, its consideration of any appeal that is an appeal of a second or subsequent suspension or revocation within the past 12-month period.
(`92 Code, § 21-4-12)