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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 795

(House Bill 1415)

AN ACT concerning

Montgomery County — Alcoholic Beverages
MC 24-75

FOR the purpose of [[allowing certain cocktail lounges in
certain restaurant or hotel dining areas in
Montgomery County; allowing the sale of alcoholic
beverages at any bar or counter; amending the
restriction on certain visible signs; and generally
relating to alcoholic beverages in Montgomery
County.]] providing that in Montgomery County the
dining area in a restaurant or hotel holding a Class
B Beer, Wine and Liquor License may include a
cocktail lounge where food need not be served
provided there is no separate outdoor entrance to
that cocktail lounge; removing the restriction on
the sale of alcoholic beverages at certain counters;
amending the restriction on signs visible from the
exterior of the building advertising the sale of
alcoholic beverages; and correcting language.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages

Section 19(h-1)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1968 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 19(h-1) of Article 2B - Alcoholic
Beverages, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968
Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages

19.

(h—1) In Montgomery County such a license shall be
issued by the clerk, upon the advice and approval of the
board of license commissioners, only to the owner of any
restaurant or hotel, having a minimum dining area of
1,000 square feet located in the third, fourth, seventh,
eighth, ninth, tenth, or thirteenth election districts of
said county except in the towns of Poolesville, Takoma
Park and Kensington. As a prerequisite for the initial
issuance of a license under this subsection, the owner
must attest in a sworn statement that gross receipts from