Ch. 454                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 454

(House Bill 711)

AN ACT concerning

Cecil County - Alcoholic Beverages License

FOR the purpose of altering the qualifications for a Cecil County
hotel-restaurant alcoholic beverages license; and providing
that this Act does not apply to certain licensees, their
renewals, and certain license transfers; and clarifying
certain language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 32(i)

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

32.

(i) In Cecil County the board of license commissioners are
authorized to MAY approve the issue of an additional license, to
be known as a motel-restaurant complex or hotel-restaurant
complex license, covering "on-sales" of beer, wine and liquor to
any person. The fee for any such license shall be fifteen
hundred dollars ($1,500.00) annually. Such licenses shall be
issued only to the person, firm, or corporation owning or leasing
motel-restaurant complexes or hotel-restaurant complexes that
have a capital investment of not less than [$500,000.00] $500,000
IN THE BUILDINGS EXCLUDING THE LAND and an enclosed dining room
which serves full-course meals from menus at least twice daily.
The license holder shall be responsible for full compliance with
all applicable statutes, ordinances and regulations,
notwithstanding any lease or contractual provisions to the
contrary.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the provisions
of this Act limiting the capital investment to buildings only as
a qualification for license applicants on or after July 1, 1988
do not include motel-restaurant or hotel-restaurant complexes
licensed on July 1, 1988 or subsequent renewals or transfers of
ownership of those premises.

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