Ch. 366

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Insurance
Commissioner shall report to the General Assembly before October 1, 1998, in
accordance with § 2-1312 of the State Government Article, on the change in the total
number of screening mammograms reported under Article 48A, § 490M of the Annotated
Code of Maryland.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved May 14, 1996.

AN ACT concerning

CHAPTER 366
(Senate Bill 60)

Dorchester County — Alcoholic Beverages
(licensing)

FOR the purpose of establishing a comprehensive plan of legislation that creates a
rational system of alcoholic beverages licenses for Dorchester County; authorizing
the issuance of certain classes of alcoholic beverages licenses in Dorchester County;
establishing certain fees for the issuance of certain classes of alcoholic beverages
licenses in Dorchester County; increasing the fee for a certain class classes of
alcoholic beverages license licenses issued in Dorchester County; authorizing the
holder of a certain class of alcoholic beverages license in Dorchester County to sell
beer for off-sale consumption; establishing certain conditions for and placing
certain limitations on the use of a certain class of alcoholic beverages license in
Dorchester County; expanding, with a certain exception, the applicability of the law
that prohibits the granting of a new license to sell alcoholic beverages on any
premises located within a certain distance of a church or public school; authorizing
the Board of License Commissioners for Dorchester County to obtain police records
of certain alcoholic beverages license applicants; requiring that applicants for new
alcoholic beverages licenses be fingerprinted; authorizing certain criminal history
checks; authorizing the imposition of a fee to cover the cost of obtaining
fingerprints; requiring the Board to keep all criminal records in a sealed envelope
available only to certain persons; requiring the Board to require an applicant for an
alcoholic beverages license in Dorchester County to post a certain sign or notice on
the premises described in the application by a certain date and for a certain period
of time; establishing the hours during which certain holders of alcoholic beverages
licenses may sell alcoholic beverages; specifying that in Dorchester County, the
granting of probation before judgment to a licensee or employee of the licensee for
violating the law against selling alcoholic beverages to a minor or intoxicated person
does not bar the Board of License Commissioners from proceeding administratively
against the licensee for the violation; increasing the compensation of the chairman
and members of the Board; altering the penalty for a member or employee of the
Board who is convicted of having a financial interest in the manufacture, purchase,

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