Ch. 168                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 2, 1988.

CHAPTER 168

(House Bill 152)

AN ACT concerning

Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses

MC 804-88

FOR the purpose of repealing the limitation on the number of
additional Class B beer, wine and liquor (on-sale hotels and
restaurants) licenses that the Montgomery County Board of
License Commissioners may issue for public hotels.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 41(a-2)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

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

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

41.

(a-2) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
section, in Montgomery County the holder of a Class B (on-sale -
hotels and restaurants) beer, wine and liquor license under this
article, by making application in the regular manner and paying
the usual fee, may obtain the additional Class B (on-sale
hotels and restaurants) beer, wine and liquor licenses authorized
by this subsection.

(2) A license holder whose principal place of
business is located in the State of Maryland and who has been a
Class B license holder in Montgomery County for a minimum of 3
years, may obtain one additional Class B (on-sale - hotels and
restaurants) beer, wine and liquor license for premises used and
occupied as a bona fide restaurant, as defined by the rules and
regulations of the board of liquor license commissioners for
Montgomery County. The restaurant shall have a capital

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