WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         S.B. 668

(a)      [In] THE Wicomico County[, the] Board of License Commissioners may not
[approve] ISSUE any license to sell alcoholic beverages within a 500 foot measurement
from the nearest point of the building that is the proposed establishment for which the
license is requested to the nearest point of the property line of a school or of a church or
other place of worship.

(b)     This section does not apply to the issuance of special or temporary licenses.

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(e) (4) If the Board of License Commissioners determines after a hearing that
an interest exists in more than one license, the Board shall refuse to [approve the
issuance of] ISSUE a new license or SHALL revoke an existing license, unless the license
is operational and complied with law applicable at the time of its issuance.

(h) In Prince George's County, an application for an alcoholic beverage license
shall not be considered prima facie evidence that the applicant or applicants are entitled
to said license. Because of the limitation on licenses as set forth in subsection (a) of this
section the burden of proof shall be upon the applicant or applicants to show to the Board
of License Commissioners that [the approval of the] issuance of a license to said
applicant or applicants is necessary for the accommodation of the public at the premises
applied for. The limitations on licenses enumerated in subsection (a) of this section may
not be construed as the number of licenses the Board is obligated to issue.

53D.

[In] THE Somerset County[, the] Board of License Commissioners may not
[approve] ISSUE any' license to sell alcoholic beverages within a 300 foot measurement
from the nearest point of the building that is the proposed establishment for which the
license is. requested to the nearest point of the property line of a school, church or other
place of worship, public library, or youth center. This section [may] DOES not apply to
the issuance of special or temporary licenses.

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(a) Every application for a manufacturer's or for a wholesaler's license, or for any
form of a Class E (on sale — steamboats) or of a Class F (on sale — railroads) or of a
Class G (on sale — airplanes) license shall be filed with the Comptroller. Every
application for any of the other licenses [herein provided for places of business to be
operated in Baltimore City, shall be filed with the board of license commissioners for
Baltimore City, and all applications for any such other license in the counties, where
authorized, shall be filed with the board of license commissioners, if any, or the clerk of
the circuit court of the county in which] FOR WHICH THIS ARTICLE PROVIDES SHALL
BE FILED WITH THE LOCAL LICENSING BOARD WHERE the place of business is to be
located[, if there be no such board].

(c)     Whenever the place of business sought to be licensed lies equally in more than
one county, or in the City of Baltimore and a county, it shall be deemed to be wholly
within the county or the City of Baltimore which has the most expensive license fee; and
all alcoholic beverage laws of that place shall govern the licensing, regulation and
operation of the entire place of business. The [clerk of the court or other appropriate

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