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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 28, 1985.

CHAPTER 693

(House Bill 1303)

AN ACT concerning

Worcester County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses -
Clubs and Corporations

FOR the purpose of requiring that a sworn statement be given to
the Worcester County Board of License Commissioners
containing certain information regarding the stockholders of
any corporation applying for the issuance or transfer of an
alcoholic beverages license in Worcester County;
establishing certain procedures for substituting a name on a
license for a corporation or club; and establishing fees for
substitution of a name on a Class C license.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 40(g), 68(h)(1), and 74(j)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

40.

(g) (1) In Worcester County, an alcoholic beverage license,
except a Class B, beer, wine and liquor license, may not be
issued to a corporation unless one of the applicants has been a
registered voter, a taxpayer and a resident of Worcester County
and owns at least 10 percent of the total issued capital stock of
the corporation.

(2)  Any license holder holding a license issued prior
to May 1, 1977 is exempt from this subsection.

(3)  IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANTS FOR THE CORPORATION
SHALL FURNISH THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS A SWORN