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of, as part of the water or sewer system service, as applicable,
shall be assessed as provided under Section 83-71 (d) (71-19 (d) ) of
this Code for the initial construction, except that a property in the
single family residential class which abuts the enlarged or aug-
mented facility and which is already subject to, or was previously
subjected to and paid, a benefit charge for water or sewer line con-
struction, as applicable, shall not have imposed against it hereunder
the additional charge until such time as the classification of the

property changes by reason of use or zoning class change at the

request of the owner. THE CLASSIFICATION OF SUCH PROP-
ERTY IS CHANGED BY REASON OF CHANGE IN USE OR ON
ACCOUNT OF ZONING CLASS CHANGE REQUESTED BY THE
OWNER.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on July 1, 1971.

Approved April 23, 1971.

CHAPTER 118
(House Bill 85)

AN ACT to add a new Section 53AB 1 52AB-1 to Article 2B of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume), title
"Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "General Provisions on Issue of
Licenses," to follow immediately after Section 52A thereof, pro-
hibiting the issue of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages in
Howard County within a certain distance from a building used
as a school, and making further provision for the rights of such
licenses issued prior to the effective date of this Act.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section 52AB-1 be and it is hereby added to Article 2B
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume), title
"Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "General Provisions on Issue of
Licenses," to follow immediately after Section 53A 52A thereof, and
to read as follows:

52AB-1.

In Howard County no license to sell alcoholic beverages may be
first issued after June 30, 1971, for any building located within
fifteen hundred (1500) FIVE HUNDRED (500) feet of the bound-
aries of a public school site NEAREST POINT OF THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL BUILDING. A license issued on or before that date may
be renewed for the same building and type of license; and a license
issued on or before that date may be transferred or assigned to a
new licensee for the same building and type of license. Any decision
of the Howard County Board of Education after June 30, 1971, to
locate a public school site BUILDING within fifteen hundred (1500)
FIVE HUNDRED (500) feet of an existing licensee shall not be
the basis for the revocation OR DENIAL OF RENEWAL OR
TRANSFER of that alcoholic beverage license.