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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 829

(a)   [No] A licensee may NOT sell any alcoholic
beverages in Queen Anne's County on Sundays except as
provided in § 39 (b) and in this section.

(b)    Persons having a "special Sunday license"
pursuant to § 39 (b) may sell those alcoholic beverages
permitted by their licenses on Sundays from [2:00 p.m.]
1:00 P.M. until midnight.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
86(f) of Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume and
1975 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed:

Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages

[ (f) In Queen Anne's County, this section shall be
applicable from 1 o'clock a.m. to 6 o'clock a.m. on any
day, and in all respects as hereinabove provided.]

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Section 40(d),52C and 89(n) be and it is hereby added to
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages, of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)
to read as follows:

Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages

40.

(D)         (1) IN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, AN APPLICANT FOR

AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE TO BE ISSUED FOR THE
BENEFIT OF A CORPORATION[[, EXCEPT FOR CLASS A BEER, WINE
AND LIQUOR LICENSES, MAY]] IS NOT [[BE]] REQUIRED TO BE A
RESIDENT OF QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. HOWEVER, EACH APPLICANT
APPLYING ON BEHALF OF A CORPORATION [[MUST]] SHALL BE A
RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND IS THE OWNER OF NOT
LESS THAN 15 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK OF THE CORPORATION WHICH WOULD BE ENTITLED
TO VOTE AT ANY STOCKHOLDER MEETING.        THE PROVISIONS OF

THIS PARAGRAPH DO NOT APPLY TO CLASS A BEER, WINE AND

LIQUOR LICENSES.

(2)         IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANTS OR THE

CORPORATION SHALL FURNISH ANNUALLY TO THE BOARD OF
LICENSE COMMISSIONERS A SWORN STATEMENT GIVING THE NAME
AND ADDRESS OF EACH STOCKHOLDER OF THE CORPORATION AND
THE NUMBER OF SHARES THAT EACH STOCKHOLDER OWNS IN HIS
NAME ON WHICH HE HAS A RIGHT TO VOTE AT ANY STOCKHOLDER
MEETING.

(3) THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS [[SHALL]]
MAY REQUIRE ANY OTHER DATA AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE
BACKGROUND AND PRIOR ACTIVITIES OF THE APPLICANTS AS
[[THE BOARD]] IT CONSIDERS NECESSARY.

[[(3)]] (4) SUBSECTION (D) DOES NOT APPLY TO
OR AFFECT ANY LICENSE ISSUED PRIOR TO MAY 1, 1976.