1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 218
(Senate Bill 190)

AN ACT concerning

Dorchester County - Alcoholic Beverages
(Ten Citizens' Certificate)

FOR the purpose of exempting Dorchester County from those jurisdictions where a
certificate signed by a certain number of citizens must be submitted along with the
application for an alcoholic beverages license.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 213 - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 56(b)(18)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

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

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

56.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, every new application for a
license shall be made to the board of license commissioners or the clerks of court upon
forms prescribed by the Comptroller and sworn to by the applicant. Every application for
a license shall contain the following statements:

(18) (i) A certificate signed by at least ten citizens who are owners of real
estate and registered voters of the precinct in which the business is to be conducted,
stating the length of time each has been acquainted with the applicant, or in the case of
a corporation with the individuals making the application; that they have examined the
application of the applicant and that they have good reason to believe that all the
statements contained in this application are true, and that they are of the opinion that the
-applicant is a suitable person to obtain the license. The certificate must have a statement
that the signers of it are familiar with the premises upon which the proposed business is
to be conducted, and that they believe the premises are suitable for the conduct of the
business of a retail dealer in alcoholic beverages.

(ii) In Baltimore County, persons who are owners of real estate and
registered voters of Baltimore County and who reside within 1 mile of the premises for
which a license is sought shall be those persons signing the certificate.

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Approved May 11, 1993.

Ch. 218