HARRY HUGHES, Governor

973

FOR the purpose of modifying the restrictions on persons
signing the certificate supporting an application for
certain licenses in Baltimore County; restructuring;
and clarifying language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 56(18)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

56.

Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, every
new application for a license shall be made to the board of
license commissioners or the clerks of court upon forms
prescribed by the Comptroller and sworn to by the applicant.
Every application for a license shall contain the following
statements:

(18) (A) A certificate signed by at least ten
citizens who are owners of real estate and registered voters
of the precinct in which the business is to be conducted,
[setting forth] STATING the length of time each has been
acquainted with the applicant, or in the case of a
corporation with the individuals making the application;
that they have examined the application of the applicant and
that they have good reason to believe that all the
statements contained in this application are true, and that
they are of the opinion that the applicant is a suitable
person to obtain the license. The certificate must have a
statement that the signers of it are familiar with the
premises upon which the proposed business is to be
conducted, and that they believe the premises are suitable
for the conduct of the business of a retail dealer and
alcoholic beverages.

(B)  IN BALTIMORE COUNTY, PERSONS WHO ARE OWNERS OF
REAL ESTATE AND REGISTERED VOTERS OF BALTIMORE COUNTY AND
WHO RESIDE WITHIN 1 MILE OF THE PREMISES FOR WHICH A LICENSE
IS SOUGHT SHALL BE AM0N6 THOSE PERSONS SIGNING THE
CERTIFICATE.

(C)  In St. Mary's County, persons owning real estate
within [a five-mile radius] 5 MILES of the premises for
which a license is sought shall be among those persons
signing the certificate.