Ch. 24                                      1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

2.       May not sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises
consumption; and

3.       May serve alcoholic beverages:

A.      Monday through Saturday during the hours and days
authorized under a Class B beer, wine and liquor license; and

B.      On Sunday as provided under § 11-508 of this article without
paying an additional fee.

(iv) The annual fee for a Class BLX license is $2,500.

8-208.

(a)     (1) In Cecil County, the Board of License Commissioners may issue a 7-day
beer, wine and liquor on-sale license to a club or organization.

(2)     To qualify, the club or organization:

(i) Shall own real property in the County; and

(ii) 1. If a golf and country club, shall have a golf course with a
minimum of 18 holes;

2.       If a yacht club, the club shall have a minimum of 150
members of which 50 members own yachts, boats, or other vessels; or

3.       If a local veterans' organization or a local fraternal or sororal
organization, the organization shall be associated with a national organization.

(3)     The license authorizes the holder to sell beer, wine and liquor for
on-premises consumption only.

(4)     (i) The annual fee for a profit club or organization is $2,000; and
(ii) The annual fee for a nonprofit club or organization is $500.

(b)     The Board of License Commissioners may not issue in the aggregate a number
of alcoholic beverages licenses under the provisions of this subtitle which exceeds more
than one to every 400 registered voters in Cecil County, or major fraction thereof, as
determined by the current registration of voters. However, any Class C club licenses
issued therein, and the licenses provided for in subsection (i) of this section may not be
counted in the computation of the aggregate number of alcoholic beverages licenses. The
quota shall be computed and applied separately for each of the several election districts
of Cecil County.

(c)     Any licensee in the County may apply at any time to the Board of License
Commissioners for the issuance of any class or type of license other than the license then
being held. The Board shall publish notice of the application in one newspaper of general
circulation in the County on each of two successive weeks. Thereafter the Board shall
hold a public hearing on the date fixed in the notice. The Board may approve the
application in its discretion, but in approving the application, the Board shall consider the
general reputation and character of the applicant, the manner of his conducting and

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