1996                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 561

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 19(h)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

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19.

(a) A Class B beer, wine and liquor license shall be issued
by the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the
place of business is located, and the license authorizes its
holder to keep for sale and sell all alcoholic beverages at
retail at any hotel or restaurant at the place described, for
consumption on the premises or elsewhere, or as provided in the
following subsections. The annual fee for this license is $750,
except as provided, and is payable to the clerk, before any
license is issued, for distribution as provided in this article.

(h) (1) In Carroll County the annual fee for a license is
$1,500 for a restaurant and $1,500 for a hotel.

(2)  This license may be issued in Carroll County to a
bona fide hotel which (i) is ah establishment for the

accommodation of the public providing service ordinarily found in
hotels, (ii) is equipped with not fewer than 25 rooms, a lobby

with registration and mail desk, seating facilities and a dining
room which serves full-course meals at least twice daily and
which has a regular seating capacity at tables (not including
seats at bars or counters) for 50 or more persons, and (iii) is
operated in facilities which are valued for purposes of State and
local assessment and taxation at not less than $50,000.

(3) (I) This license may be issued in Carroll County
to a restaurant which meets the following requirements and
conditions:

[(i)] 1. [serves] SERVES full-course meals at
least twice daily;

[(ii)] 2. [has] HAS a regular seating capacity
at tables (not including seats at bars or counters) for 50 or
more persons; and

[(iii)] 3. [is] IS operated in facilities which
are valued for purposes of State and local assessment and