WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 3

[(i)] 1. In the City of Annapolis, the city clerk;

[(ii)]2. In Baltimore COUNTY, Howard COUNTY, or Prince
George's County, the director of finance;

[(iii)]3. In Calvert COUNTY, Dorchester COUNTY, St. Mary's
COUNTY, or Somerset County, the treasurer of the county; and

[(iv)] 4. In each other county, the board of license commissioners or
other local agency expressly authorized by this article to collect fees under this article.

[(2)](II) "Local collecting agent" does not include a clerk of a circuit court.

[(s-2)] (18) "Local licensing board" means a board of license commissioners of a
county or the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Annapolis.

[(g)] (19) "Manufacturer" means a person operating a plant within this State for
distilling, rectifying, blending, brewing, fermenting or bottling any alcoholic beverage.

[(f)] (20) "Person" means a natural person, an association, a partnership, a
corporation, or a state, political subdivision, or municipality, or any agency or
instrumentality of the State, any political subdivision, or municipality.

[(p) (1)] (21) (I) 1. "Restaurant" means an establishment [for the
accommodation of]:

A.      WHICH ACCOMMODATES the public;

B.      WHICH IS equipped with a dining room with facilities for
preparing and serving regular meals [, wherein]; AND

C.      IN WHICH the average daily receipts from the sale of foods
exceed the average daily receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages.

2. However the board of license commissioners in any county or
in Baltimore City [may] by [rule or] regulation MAY prescribe a different standard as to
what constitutes a restaurant.

[(2)] (II) In Baltimore City, the term "food" as used in the definition of
"restaurant", whether the definition is established by State law or by [rules and]
regulations adopted by the Board of License Commissioners, may not include any
ingredient or garnish used with or mixed with an alcoholic beverage that is prepared and
served for consumption on the licensed premises.

[(3)] (III) [Except that in] IN Harford County a "restaurant" as used in § 14
OF THIS ARTICLE means a business establishment for the accommodation of the public,
fully equipped with a proper and adequate dining room, tables, chairs and sufficient
facilities for preparing and serving regular meals, as may be approved by the Liquor
Control Board. [It must contain] THE BOARD AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL
APPROVE ITS sanitary facilities, running hot and cold water, equipment for the proper
cleaning of dishes and kitchenware and adequate toilets [, as may be approved by the
Board and Department of Health]. At all times there must be sufficient food on the
premises for the regular serving of meals, with a proper sign or signs in front of the

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