WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 312

or make the addition. Every such application shall be referred to and considered by the
historic district commission and accepted or rejected by the commission. No permit for
any such change may be granted until the commission has acted thereon as hereinafter
provided.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1990.

Approved May 2, 1990.

CHAPTER 312
(House Bill 349)

AN ACT concerning

Queen Anne's County - Issuance of Alcoholic Beverages Licenses to Corporations

FOR the purpose of specifying a requirement for the issuance of an alcoholic beverages
license in Queen Anne's County for the use or benefit of a corporation.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 40(d) and (e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

40.

(d) (1) In Queen Anne's County, a beer, wine and liquor license, Class A
(off-sale) may not be issued to an individual for the use of a partnership or corporation
unless the owners of 75 percent of the total issued capital stock of the corporation are
bona fide residents of Queen Anne's County, and have been bona fide residents of the
county for two years next preceding the application for this license.

(2) THE QUALIFYING CORPORATION UNDER THIS
SUBSECTION MAY NOT HAVE MORE THAN 1 CLASS OF COMMON STOCK
AUTHORIZED BY ITS CHARTER.

(e) (1) In Queen Anne's County, an applicant for an alcoholic beverage
license to be issued for the benefit of a corporation is not required to be a resident of
Queen Anne's County. However, each applicant applying on behalf of a corporation
shall be a resident of the State of Maryland and the owner of not less than 15 percent
of the total outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation which would be

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