MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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CHAPTER 511
(House Bill 1641)

AN ACT concerning

Anne Arundel County — Alcoholic Beverages
AA 314-76

FOR the purpose of allowing certain alcoholic beverage
licensees in Anne Arundel County to remain open
until a certain hour with permission from the Board
of License Commissioners.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages

Section 92(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1968 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 92(b) of Article 2B - Alcoholic
Beverages, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968
Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages

92.

In Anne Arundel County, notwithstanding any other
provisions in this subtitle, the following restrictions,
limitations and regulations shall be in effect:

(b) [No licensed] LICENSED premises [shall] MAY
NOT remain open to the public or to private persons or
parties for any purpose for more than [fifteen] 15
minutes after the hours and days for sales set forth in
this section, [regardless of the fact that] EVEN THOUGH
no sales are made after the hours of closing.
[Provided, that] HOWEVER, upon application of any
licensee holding a Class B license, OR A SPECIAL
HOTEL-MOTEL RESTAURANT COMPLEX LICENSE, AS SET OUT IN
SECTION 28 (J) the board of license commissioners may[, in
its discretion,] permit [such a] THE licensee to serve
food until a specified hour, [provided] IF the licensee
proves to the satisfaction of the board of license
commissioners that suitable precautions have been taken
to prevent the sale [and/] or consumption of alcoholic
beverages on the licensed premises after the hours of