Ch. 373                                     1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

PG 313-93

FOR the purpose of requiring that in Prince George's County an application for an
alcoholic beverages license be granted if certain determinations are met and
requiring that the application be disapproved if they are not met; and generally
relating to the approval of alcoholic beverages licenses in Prince George's County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 60(a) 60(a)(3)(v)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)
(As enacted by Chapter 5 of the Acts of, the General Assembly of 1993)

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

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

60.

(a) Before the board of license commissioners for Baltimore City or any county
approves any license, the board shall cause a notice of such application to be published
two times in two successive weeks, in three newspapers of general circulation in Baltimore
City, if the applicant proposes to do business in the City, and if the applicant proposes to
do business in any of the counties, in the two newspapers of general circulation in the
county where two newspapers are published, and if not, then in one newspaper having a
general circulation in the county. The notice shall specify the name of the applicant, the
kind of license applied for, the location of the place of business proposed to be licensed,
and the time and place fixed by the board for hearing upon the application. The hearing
shall be not less than seven nor more than 30 days after the last publication. At the time
fixed by the notice for hearing upon the application or upon any postponement of such
time, any person shall be heard on either side of the question. If the board of license
commissioners for the city or any county determines that the granting of the license is
[not] necessary for the accommodation of the public, [or] that the applicant is [not] a
fit person to receive the license applied for, [or] has NOT made a material false
statement in [his] THE application, [or] has NOT practiced fraud in connection with the
application OR THE OPERATION OF THE BUSINESS, [or] that the operation of the
business, if the license is granted, will NOT unduly disturb the peace of the residents of
the neighborhood in which the place of business is to be located, [or] AND that there are
NO other reasons, in the discretion of the Board, why the license should not be issued,
then the application shall be [disapproved] APPROVED and the license applied for shall
be [refused] GRANTED. If [no such] THESE findings are made by the Board, then the
application shall be approved and the Board shall issue its certificate of approval for
presentation to the clerk of the court of the county in which the place of business is to be
located. The clerk shall issue the license applied for upon presentation of the certificate,
and the payment of the fee required. IF NO SUCH FINDINGS ARE MADE BY THE BOARD,
THEN THE APPLICATION SHALL BE APPROVED. In Caroline and Carroll Counties, if the
Board approves the application, the Board shall issue the license upon payment to the

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