Ch. 116

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 116

(House Bill 1131)

AN ACT concerning

Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages - License Transfers

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FOR the purpose of exempting applications for the transfer of
alcoholic beverages licenses in Prince George's County from
a certain filing limitation applicable to new license
applications; and making stylistic changes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 67(f)

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

67.

(f) If [any] AN application for a NEW license in Prince
George's County is refused, no further application for a license
for the same premises [shall] MAY be made until a period of six
months shall expire from the date of such refusal. This
subsection [shall] DOES not apply in the case of applications:

(1)  That are rejected because of a legal defect or
omission in the application;

(2)  If such refusal was solely directed against the
person or persons applying for the prior license, and expressly
stated as the reason for refusal, and not against the premises in
question; [or]

(3)  That, after a hearing, were denied on the grounds
that the board of license commissioners determined that another
applicant was better qualified to be a licensee; OR

(4)  FOR TRANSFERS OF LICENSES.

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

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