MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            1857

FOR the purpose of allowing the class or type of Cecil
County liquor license to be changed at any time, and
clarifying language.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages

Section 32(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1968 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 32(c) of Article 2B - Alcoholic
Beverages, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968
Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages
32.

(c) [During the period beginning August 1, 1968,
and ending on September 1, 1968, any] ANY licensee in the
county may apply AT ANY TIME to the board of license
commissioners for the issuance of any class or type of
license other than the license then being held. [During
this same period in every fourth year thereafter, any
licensee in the county who has held any class of license
for a period of not less than four years may apply to the
board of license commissioners for the issuance of any
class or type of license other than the license then
being held.] The board shall publish notice of the
application in one newspaper of general circulation in
the county on each of two successive weeks. Thereafter
the board shall hold a public hearing on the date fixed
in the notice. The board may approve the application in
its discretion, but in approving the application, the
board shall consider the general reputation and character
of the applicant, the manner of his conducting and
operating the business presently being licensed and the
public necessity for the license for which application is
made. The board, before approving any application, shall
require an inspection of the premises for which the
application is made and shall require the premises to
comply with all of the rules and regulations of the board
applicable thereto. In all respects, other than as
provided herein, the application shall be subject to the
requirements of the provisions of this article applicable
in the county. The fee for the issuance of any license
under this subsection shall be as follows: For a change