HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(b) Nothing in this section shall preclude the renewal or
transfer of any license issued prior to July 1, 1981 even after
existing license provisions have been exercised under § 18(o) and
§ 19(n). In Harford County the liquor control board may not
issue more than one Class A off-sale license or one Bl and B2
license (inclusive) for every 2,500 of population. In addition,
one additional Class A-l or A-2 beer, wine, and liquor off-sale
license [or Class B option] may be issued by the liquor control
board for every 20,000 of population after July 1, [1982] 1984.
However, in Harford County a B-1 temporary (ON-SALE) license may
be issued to those persons who wish after six months to operate a
bona fide Class B license. The B-1 license shall be revoked after
the six-month period has expired if the licensee has not met all
requirements for a Class B license. The population figures are
those specified by the State Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene.

(E) IN HARFORD COUNTY, THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS
MAY NOT ISSUE OR TRANSFER TO ANY NEIGHBORHOOD A CLASS A
(OFF-SALE) BEER AND WINE LICENSE, A CLASS A-l OR CLASS A-2
(OFF-SALE) BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR LICENSE, IF ANY OF THESE CLASSES
OF LICENSES EXIST IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

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(h) In Harford County, the liquor board shall publish its
decision on any application for a new license, upgrading of an
existing license, or any change of location of any existing
license, in [two] 2 newspapers of general circulation published
in the county. The publication shall specify the name of the
licensee, the type of license and the location of the license.
The decision of the Harford County liquor board becomes effective
[ten] 5 days following the date of publication of the decision.
THIS 5-DAY PERIOD MAY BE WAIVED IF THERE ARE NO WRITTEN OR ORAL
OBJECTIONS TO THE BOARD'S DECISION BY THE CONCLUSION OF THE
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE LICENSING ACTION.

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(e) (1) In Harford County the liquor control board and
general manager shall make or have frequent inspections made of
the premises of all licensees. If it is found that any licensee
is violating any of the provisions of this article, or the
regulations promulgated under it, or is failing to observe in
good faith the purposes of it, or is not maintaining the premises
in a clean, sanitary manner, the board, after a public hearing,
may revoke or suspend the license and those cases shall be
reported to the State's Attorney and the Sheriff of Harford
County. The Sheriff and the State's Attorney shall prosecute the
licensee under the provisions of this article. The board, AFTER
A PUBLIC HEARING, may revoke or suspend [after public hearing]
the license of any licensee on whose premises any gambling
devices are found, which are illegal under the laws of the State
of Maryland, or any illegal gambling of any character found, or
any alcoholic beverage found, in violation of the appropriate