MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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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; providing that the Board of
License Commissioners may revoke a certain liquor
license if a certain ratio of gross receipts between
food and alcoholic beverages is not maintained after
the initial license year; repealing a certain prior
chapter dealing with alcoholic beverages in
Montgomery County because of lack of clarity in the
title; and clarifying language and structure.
BY repealing
Chapter 795 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1975.
BY repealing
Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages
Section 19(h-1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1968 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages
Section 19(h-1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1968 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Chapter 795 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1975 be and it is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
19(h—1) 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1975 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed: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
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 food sales in the
restaurant or hotel will be in excess of two times the
gross receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages. As
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