(2) THE fee for assignment or transfer of an alcoholic beverages license
[shall be] IS $200.                                         

  [(2)](3) The Board [of License Commissioners] may not permit the

transfer of an alcoholic beverages license within its jurisdiction unless there is presented

to the Board a receipt or certificate from the Director of Finance showing that there are

no unpaid taxes due to Allegany County or the State of Maryland on the merchandise,

fixtures, or stock of the transferor.

[(e)](C) (1) [In] THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES ONLY IN Anne Arundel County
[, the].

(2)     (I) THE fee for assignment or transfer of a license is $200.
(II) This does not apply to a club license.

(3)     (I) The Board [of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County
shall] MAY not approve an application for transfer of a license unless all obligations of
the transferrer (former licensee) pertaining to the licensed establishment have been fully
paid or some arrangement concerning debts and obligations satisfactory to [his] THE
TRANSFERRER'S creditors has been made.

(II)     The Board [shall] IS not [be] bound by [this] THE prohibition
IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH unless a bona fide creditor submits his
claim, under affidavit, to the Board prior to the hearing held on the transfer and the claim
involves an indebtedness which was incurred in the operation of the licensed premises.

(III)   The provisions of [this subsection shall] SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF
THIS PARAGRAPH also apply to an application for a new license whenever [it shall
appear to] the Board BELIEVES that the application for a new license is being used as a
subterfuge for avoiding the [aforesaid] provisions regarding transfer of licenses.

[(f)] (4) (I) [In Anne Arundel County, any] A corporation or club holding an
alcoholic [beverage] BEVERAGES license [may], during any license year, MAY
substitute the name of one of its officers for the name of any other officer on the
license[,] when the deleted licensee has died, HAS retired, [removed] HAS MOVED
from the County, or no longer has a financial interest in the corporation or club.

(II)     The substitution [shall] MAY not be accompanied by a sale of
corporate stock which results in a change of the controlling interest of the corporation or
club.

(III)   The Board [shall] MAY not approve the application for [such]
THE substitution unless all obligations of the corporation or club have been fully paid or
some arrangement concerning debts and obligations satisfactory to its creditors has been
made.                                                                                                     

(IV)   The corporation or club shall submit a letter, signed by the new
license applicant and the two remaining licensees, applying to the Board [of License
Commissioners for Anne Arundel County] for a substitution.

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1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 3