Ch. 5                                        1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

[(e)](D) [The] IN BALTIMORE COUNTY THE provisions in subsection (a)
[hereof] OF THIS SECTION DO NOT APPLY THAT SPECIFY that it [shall] DOES not
hold against an applicant where a license is refused on the grounds it is not necessary for
the accommodation of the public [shall not apply in Baltimore County].

[(g)](E) THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES ONLY TO CAROLINE COUNTY. If an
application for a license is refused by the Board of License Commissioners [for Caroline
County] on grounds relating to the suitability of the applicant or applicants, then [no
further application shall] OTHER APPLICATIONS MAY NOT be received by the board
from [such] THE applicant or applicants, for any type of license at any premises, for six
months after the date of [such] THE refusal. If an application for a license is refused on
grounds relating to the suitability of the premises applied for, then [no further
application] OTHER APPLICATIONS for any type of license for [said] premises [shall]
MAY NOT be received by the board for one year from the date of [such] THE refusal.

(F) 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.

[(h)](G) In Howard County, if a license is refused, [no further application shall]
OTHER APPLICATIONS MAY NOT be considered from the applicant or for the premises
for a period of 1 year from the date of the first refusal. If a subsequent application by the
same applicant or for the same premises is again refused within the 2-year period
immediately following the date of the first refusal, [no further application shall] OTHER
APPLICATIONS MAY NOT be considered from that applicant or for those premises, as the
case may be, until this 2-year period has elapsed.

[(f)] (H) (1) THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES ONLY IN PRINCE GEORGE'S
COUNTY.

(2)      If an application for a new license [in Prince George's County] is
refused, [no further application] OTHER APPLICATIONS for a license for the same
premises [shall] MAY NOT be made until a period of six months [shall expire] HAS
EXPIRED from the date of [such] THE refusal.

(3)      This subsection does not apply in the case of applications:           

[(1)](I) That are rejected because of a legal defect or omission in the
application;

[(2)](II) If such refusal was solely directed against the person or persons
applying for the prior license, and expressly stated as the reason for refusal, and not
against the premises in question;

[(3)](III) That, after a hearing; were denied on the grounds that the Board
of License Commissioners determined that another applicant was better qualified to be a
licensee; or

[(4)](IV) For transfers of licenses.

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