Ch. 26

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

last federal census making stylistic changes; providing for a date after which the
alteration in the ratio is effective; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages in
Frederick County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 9-211

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

9-211.

(a) [In] THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IN Frederick County.

(B) (1) [there] THERE may not be issued more than one Class B on-sale beer
license, nor more than one Class B on-sale beer and light wine license, for each unit of
[1,000] 4,000 people, or major fraction, in any one election district.

(2) There may hot be issued more than one Class A off-sale beer, wine and
liquor license, one Class A off-sale beer license, nor more than one Class A off-sale beer
and light wine license, for each unit of [2,000] 4,000 people, in any one election district.
[For the purposes of this section, the population of each election district shall be as
determined by the last federal census.]

[(b)](C) In any election district in which the number of any class of licenses
issued as of June 1, 1949, exceeds the quota specified hereinabove, no new licenses of
such class shall be issued unless and until the number of licenses of any such class shall
have been so reduced by revocation or surrender as to create a vacancy under the
particular quota specified hereinabove. For the purposes of this section, a transfer or
renewal of an existing license shall in no way be construed to be a new license.

[(c)](D) [In Frederick County no] A Class A alcoholic beverage license may
NOT be granted, transferred, issued to, or for use in conjunction with, or upon the
premises of, or upon premises having any drug or pharmaceutical, or other business
establishment of the type commonly known as chain stores, supermarkets, franchised
establishments, or discount houses. "Franchised establishment" means premises operated
under an agreement permitting the sale of a product or service under a name or mark
under which the franchisee undertakes to conduct a business or sell a product or service
in accordance with the methods and procedures prescribed by the franchisor in the
agreement and the franchisor undertakes to assist the franchisee through advertising,
promotion, or other services.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the required alteration in
the ratio of the unit of population in each election district to the number of licenses shall
take effect on January 1, 2002 October 1, 1999.

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