Ch. 594                                     1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(4) (i) Within 5 days after a licensee or an employee of a licensee is sent
a certificate of completion, the program provider shall inform the [alcoholic beverages
licensing authority] APPROPRIATE LOCAL LICENSING BOARD of:

1.       The individual's name, address, and certification date; and

2.       The name and address of the licensed establishment.

(ii) Any program provider who violates the provisions of this
subsection is subject to a decertification of the program by the State Comptroller.

(f) (1) This section may not be construed to create or enlarge any civil cause of
action or criminal proceeding against a licensee.

(2) Evidence of a violation of this section may not be introduced in any civil
or criminal proceeding, but may only be used as evidence before the [alcoholic beverages
license issuing authority] LOCAL LICENSING BOARD in actions brought before the
[license issuing authority] BOARD for violations of this section.

147.

(a) The Comptroller, [the clerks of the several courts and the boards of license
commissioners] LOCAL LICENSING BOARDS, AND LICENSE ISSUING AUTHORITIES
shall severally keep an accurate record of every license issued or approved by them,
respectively, under [the provisions of] this article[, and]. THE COMPTROLLER AND
BOARDS shall also keep an accurate record of all revocations, suspensions and
cancellations of licenses and of all restrictions imposed upon any license, with a brief
notation as to the cause for such action, and the [said clerk and the] boards shall in each
case, forthwith report the same to the Comptroller. Such records shall be open to
inspection at the respective offices of the Comptroller, [the clerks, and the] board [of
license commissioners], OR LICENSE ISSUING AUTHORITY during regular business
hours, by any person.

175.           

(a)     The decision of [the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City and
the respective counties and of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Annapolis] A
LOCAL LICENSING BOARD, in approving, suspending, revoking and restricting, or
refusing to approve, suspend, revoke or restrict any license, or licensee, shall be subject to
appeal in the [following] manner[:] PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.                      

(b)     (1) (i) Except in Howard County, any licensee or applicant for a license,
or any group of not less than 10 persons who are residents or real estate owners in the
precinct or voting district in which the licensed place of business is located or proposed to
be located, may appeal therefrom to the circuit court of the county upon payment of all
costs incident to the hearing before the [local board or] local licensing [official]
BOARD.

(2) In Prince George's County, the governing body of the municipality in
which the licensed place of business is located or proposed to be located may appeal
therefrom to the Circuit Court of the County upon payment of all costs incident to the
hearing before the Board of License Commissioners [or other licensing authority].

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