BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                        2541

leasehold property located within 200 feet of the place of
business for which an application for a license is made are
opposed to the granting of the license, then the application
[shall] MAY not be approved, and the license applied for
shall be refused[; provided, however, that this]. THIS
subsection [shall] DOES not apply to any application for
license by way of renewal or by way of transfer for the same
premises. THIS SUBSECTION DOES APPLY TO AN APPLICATION FOR
A LICENSE TRANSFER WHEN THE LICENSE TO BE TRANSFERRED IS OF
A BROADER SCOPE OR MORE PERMISSIVE CLASS THAN THE LICENSE
PRESENTLY ISSUED FOR THE SAME PREMISES. For the purpose of
this subsection "owners of real or leasehold property"
includes holders of leasehold improvements upon ground
rents, the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland but
excludes the owner of the subject premises. For the
purpose of this subsection, a tenant is a person who rents a
single-family dwelling and is residing there for at least
one year immediately preceding the hearing of the board-
Should any owner of the dwelling participate as a protestant
or proponent of the application, then the owner(s) and the
tenant of the dwelling shall each have one-half vote. In
case of property rented jointly, if one tenant appears in
person at the hearing as a protestant, the other tenant's
protest may be recorded by an affidavit. The City of
Baltimore and the State of Maryland each shall be included
as an owner of real or leasehold property when it owns title
to a building, and it may protest through an authorised
representative of the Mayor and City Council. If the City
of Baltimore or the State of Maryland owns more than one
building within 200 feet of the place of business for which
application is made, then only the building of each which is
closest to the place of business for which application is
made may be the basis for making protest under this
subsection.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 29, 1978.

CHAPTER 867

(House Bill 160)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund

FOR the purpose of deleting a provision requiring the
executive director of the Maryland Automobile Insurance
Fund to report certain information regarding an
insured's record to the Motor Vehicle Administrator.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,