WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                             Ch. 5

67.

(a) (1) If a license is refused, except as [herein] provided IN THIS SECTION,
[no further application shall] OTHER APPLICATIONS MAY NOT be considered from the
applicant or for the premises, as the case may be, for a period of six months. [, and if] IF
a subsequent application by the same applicant or for the same premises is refused within
the two-year period immediately following the date of the first refusal, then [no further
application shall] OTHER APPLICATIONS MAY NOT be considered from [such] THE
applicant or for [such] THE premises, as the case may be, until the two-year period
[above provided for] has elapsed.[, provided, however, this]

(2) THIS section [shall] DOES not hold against [an]:

(I)      AN applicant where a license was refused on the grounds it was not
necessary for the accommodation of the public or because the premises were not suitable
to the sale of alcoholic beverages under the license applied for; OR[; neither shall such
restriction hold against such]

(II)     THE premises set forth in an application when the license applied
for was refused because the applicant personally was determined not to be a proper
person to be issued the license applied for. In Charles County, the limitations of this
section are not applicable to the refusal of a license on the grounds the license was not
necessary for the accommodation of the public, because the premises were not suitable
for sales of alcoholic beverages under the license applied for, or to the refusal of a license
because the applicant was determined not to be a proper licensee.

[(c)] (B) THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES ONLY IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY. If an
application for a license [in Anne Arundel County] is refused, [no further application]
OTHER APPLICATIONS for a license for the same premises [shall] MAY NOT be made
until a year [shall expire] EXPIRES from the date of [such] THE refusal. If a license for
A certain premises [in Anne Arundel County] is twice refused, [no] A license [shall]
MAY NOT be granted for the sale of alcoholic beverages upon [such] THE premises[,]
for a period of two years from the date of [such] THE second refusal.

[(d)](C) (1) THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES ONLY TO BALTIMORE CITY:

(2)      [No] A class of license FOR WHICH APPLICATION WAS previously
[applied for,] MADE for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages [shall] MAY NOT be
issued [in Baltimore City] to any person who has been refused the issue of any such class
of license, nor to or for any premises for which a license has been so refused, within a
period of six months from [such] THE refusal by the Board of License Commissioners
[of Baltimore City] or by the Circuit Court [for Baltimore City], as the case may be.
[Provided, that such]

(3)      THE restriction against the issue of a license to or for any premises
[shall] IS not [be] effective if in the judgment of the board of license commissioners
[such] THE refusal was directed against the person or persons applying for the prior
license, and not against the premises in question.

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