Ch. 592 LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 56(b)(13)
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

56.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, every new application for a
license shall be made to the board of license commissioners or the clerks of court upon
forms prescribed by the Comptroller and sworn to by the applicant. Every application
for a license shall contain the following statements:

(13) A statement as to whether the applicant has ever been adjudged guilty
of any offense against the laws of the State or of the United States.

(I) 1. The County Board of License Commissioners of Anne
Arundel, Prince George's, or St. Mary's Counties or the Harford County Liquor Control
Board may obtain police records on alcoholic beverages license applicants and their
agents in its respective county from the Maryland State Police and county police.

2. IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THE BOARD OF
LICENSE COMMISSIONERS SHALL:

A. OBTAIN POLICE RECORDS OF ALCOHOLIC

BEVERAGES LICENSE APPLICANTS FROM THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE
AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE;

B. REQUIRE APPLICANTS FOR ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES LICENSES IN THE COUNTY TO BE FINGERPRINTED; AND

C. FORWARD THE FINGERPRINTS THROUGH THE

MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL
SERVICES FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION FOR A NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECK.
APPLICANTS FOR LICENSE RENEWAL MAY BE SUBJECT TO THESE
PROVISIONS.

(II) The respective board shall destroy [these] THE records
OBTAINED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH upon
completion of its necessary use of the records;

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

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