Ch. 229                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

Section 175(b)

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

175.                                                                               

(a)  The decision of the board of license commissioners for
Baltimore City and the respective counties and of the mayor and
aldermen of the City of Annapolis, in approving, suspending,
revoking and restricting, or refusing to approve, suspend, revoke
or restrict any license, or licensee, shall be subject to appeal
in the following manner:

(b)  (1) (I) EXCEPT IN HOWARD COUNTY,, ANY [Any] licensee or
applicant for a license, or any group of not less than [ten] 10
persons who are residents or real estate owners in the precinct
or voting district in which the licensed place of business is
located or proposed to be located, may appeal therefrom to the
circuit court of the county upon payment of all costs incident to
the hearing before the local board or local licensing official.

(II) IN HOWARD COUNTY, A LICENSEE, A LICENSE
APPLICANT, OR A GROUP OF NOT LESS THAN 10 PERSONS MAY APPEAL A
FINAL DECISION OF THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS TO THE
CIRCUIT COURT IF THE LICENSEE, LICENSE APPLICANT, OR THE GROUP IS
AGGRIEVED BY THE DECISION AND HAS APPEARED AT THE HEARING OF THE
BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS EITHER:

1.  IN PERSON OR BY REPRESENTATIVE; OR

2.  BY THE SUBMISSION OF A WRITTEN
DOCUMENT THAT WAS INTRODUCED AT THE HEARING.

(2) In Prince George's County, the governing body of
the municipality in which the licensed place of business is
located or proposed to be located may appeal therefrom to the
circuit court of the county upon payment of all costs incident to
the hearing before the board of license commissioners or other
licensing authority.

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

Approved April 29, 1987.

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