Ch. 218                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved April 29, 1987.

CHAPTER 218

(House Bill 406)

AN ACT concerning

Kent County - Alcoholic Beverages License Fee

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Kent County Board of License
Commissioners to grant a refund to an alcoholic beverage
licensee who surrenders the license to the Board before the
expiration date of the license; providing for the basis and
calculation of the refund; authorizing the Board to prorate
the fee of a license that is issued for a period less than
the full renewal period; providing the basis for a prorated
fee; providing that this Act does not have a retroactive
effect; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages
license fees in Kent County.

BY adding to

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 64(g)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

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

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

64.

(G) (1) (I) IF A HOLDER OF A KENT COUNTY ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES LICENSE VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERS THE LICENSE BEFORE ITS
EXPIRATION DATE, THE KENT COUNTY BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS
SHALL GRANT A REFUND:

1.  BASED ON THE NUMBER OF WHOLE MONTHS
REMAINING BEFORE THE LICENSE EXPIRATION DATE; AND

2.  CALCULATED AS 1/12 OF 95 PERCENT OF
THE LICENSE FEE PAID FOR EACH WHOLE MONTH REMAINING BEFORE THE
LICENSE EXPIRATION DATE.

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