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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 472

SPECIAL Appeals from the final decision of the court
hearing such appeal, either by the licensee aggrieved
thereby, or by the Commissioner.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
161H(e) of Article 23 — Corporations, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1973 Replacement Volume and 1975
Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and reenacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 23 — Corporations

161H.

(e) The court to which the appeal is taken shall
hear the matter de novo, without a jury, and the parties
may call such witnesses and introduce such evidence as
may be proper in the premises. An appeal may be taken
from the decision of the court hearing said appeal to the
Court of SPECIAL Appeals [of Maryland] by any party to
the proceedings in the same manner as other appeals are
taken from decrees or orders of courts.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
5(u) of Article 25A — Chartered Counties of Maryland, of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1973 Replacement Volume
and 1975 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 25A — Chartered Counties of Maryland

5.

The following enumerated express powers are granted
to and conferred upon any county or counties which
hereafter form a charter under the provisions of Article
11A of the Constitution, that is to say:

(u) To enact local laws providing (1) for the
establishment of a county board of appeals whose members
shall be appointed by the county council; (2) for the
number, qualifications, terms, and compensation of the
members; (3) for the adoption by the board of rules of
practice governing its proceedings; and (4) for the
decision by the board on petition by any interested
person and after notice and opportunity for hearing and
on the basis of the record before the board, of such of
the following matters arising (either originally or on
review of the action of an administrative officer or
agency) under any law, ordinance, or regulation of, or
subject to amendment or repeal by, the county council, as
shall be specified from time to time by such local laws
enacted under this subsection: An application for a
zoning variation or exception or amendment of a zoning
ordinance map; the issuance, renewal, denial, revocation,
suspension, annulment, or modification of any license,
permit, approval, exemption, waiver, certificate,
registration, or other form of permission or of any