Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1841

license in Prince George's County; AND GENERALLY RELAT-
ING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSES IN PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 53(5) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1968 Replacement Volume), title "Alcoholic Beverages," sub-
title "General Provisions on Issues ISSUE of Licenses," subheading
"Prince George's County—Generally," be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and to read as follows:

53. Prince George's County—Generally.

(5) No person, etc., to have interest in more than one license;
exception.—In Prince George's County, no person, franchiser, fran-
chisee, chain store operation, partnership, firm or corporation, shall
have any interest in more than one license, whether held or con-
trolled by direct or indirect ownership, by franchise operation, by
chain store operation, by stock ownership, interlocking directors or
interlocking stock ownership, or in any other manner, directly or
indirectly, it being the intention of this section to prohibit any such
person, franchiser, franchisee, chain store operation, firm, partner-
ship or corporation from having any interest, directly or indirectly,
in more than one license. This section shall not apply to licenses
issued under the provisions of Section 19(i) (2) or Section 25 of this
article or to club licenses. If the board of license commissioners for
Prince George's County, after conducting a hearing, determines that
any person, franchiser, franchisee, chain store operation, partner-
ship, firm or corporation has any interest in more than one license
issued in contravention with the provisions above, said board shall
revoke any license theretofore issued to a licensee where such conflict
of interest is determined.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this
Act shall only be construed prospectively and shall have no effect on
the holder of or the renewal of any alcoholic beverage license at the
time of the passage of this Act, OR TO ANY LICENSE GRANTED
OR APPLIED FOR PRIOR TO JANUARY 29, 1970, THE DATE
OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS BILL; AND THAT ANY
LICENSE GRANTED PRIOR TO MAY 1, 1970, OR APPLIED FOR
PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS BILL
SHALL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THESE PROVISIONS.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby de-
clared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and safety and having been passed
by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 5, 1970