WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 5

[(b)](I) This section [shall] DOES not apply to [Baltimore City or to Anne
Arundel,] Montgomery[, Caroline, Howard, or Prince George's counties] COUNTY.

69.

(a) (1) IN THIS SECTION "ISSUING AUTHORITY" MEANS, AS APPROPRIATE,
THE:

(I)      COMPTROLLER WITH RESPECT TO LICENSES OR PERMITS
ISSUED BY THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE;

(II)     BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS, WITH RESPECT TO
LICENSES APPROVED BY THEM, FOR BALTIMORE CITY OR ANY COUNTY; OR

(III)   STATE APPEAL BOARD WITH RESPECT TO ALL OTHER CASES.

(2)      Any license or permit issued under the provisions of this article may be
revoked or suspended by the [Comptroller in the case of licenses or permits issued by
him, the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore City, or any county in the case of
licenses required to be approved by them, and by the State Appeal Board in all other
cases,] ISSUING AUTHORITY for any cause which in the judgment of the official, court or
board, [as the case may be, shall be] IS necessary to promote the peace or safety of the
community in which the place of business is situated.[, and such]

(3)      THE license or permit must be revoked or suspended, except as provided
in § 69A, for the following causes:

[(1)](I) [conviction] CONVICTION of the licensee or permittee for
violation of any of the provisions of the Tax - General Article that relate to the alcoholic
beverage tax or the provisions of this article; [(2) the]

(II)     [wilful] WILLFUL failure or refusal of any licensee or permittee to
comply with the provisions of the Tax - General Article that relate to the alcoholic
beverage tax or any provisions of this article, or any rule or regulation that may be
adopted in pursuance of this article or the provisions of the Tax - General Article that
relate to the alcoholic beverage tax; [(3) the making]

(III)   MAKING of any material false statement in any application for a
license or permit; [(4) two]

(IV)   TWO or more convictions of one or more of the clerks, agents,
employees and servants of a licensee or permittee under the provisions of this article or
the provisions of the Tax - General Article that relate to the alcoholic beverage tax of any
violation on the premises subject to the license or permit, within a period of two years;
[(5) the possession]

(V)     POSSESSION upon the premises of any retail dealer other than the
holder of a Class E, Class F or Class G license of any alcoholic beverage upon which the
tax imposed by § 5-102 of the Tax - General Article has not been paid; [(6) the
violation]

(VI)   VIOLATION of the provisions of § 110 of this article; [(7) the
wilful]

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