Ch. 10

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

[(2)] (II) In any election district in which the quota is exceeded as of that
date, the total number of licenses shall be reduced from time to time only by the voluntary
relinquishment of licenses by the licensees, by bankruptcy, or by the workings of other
provisions of this article ['; and no]. A new license [shall] MAY NOT be issued in any
election district unless [such] THE issue may be made without exceeding the quota
provided for in this [section] SUBSECTION.

(C)     WHEN APPLICATION FOR A LIQUOR LICENSE IS MADE TO SELL
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN A BUILDING WHICH IS NOT COMPLETED, THE BOARD OF
LICENSE COMMISSIONERS MAY GIVE TENTATIVE APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION
ON THE BASIS OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ACCOMPANYING THE APPLICATION.
UPON COMPLETION OF THE BUILDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS, THE BOARD MAY ISSUE THE LICENSE.

(D)     (1) THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS MAY NOT ISSUE ANY
LICENSE TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN ANY BUILDING THE NEAREST WALL
OF WHICH MEASURED IN A DIRECT LINE IS WITHIN 500 FEET OF THE PROPERTY LINE
OF ANY CHURCH OR OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP OR ANY SCHOOL ACCREDITED BY
THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

(2) THIS SUBSECTION IS NOT APPLICABLE IN THE EVENT THE CHURCH
OR OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP OR THE SCHOOL LOCATES ITS BUILDING WITHIN 500
FEET OF ANY LICENSED PREMISES AFTER THE LICENSED PREMISES ARE LOCATED
THERE.                                                                                                             

(E)     SUBSECTIONS (C) AND (D) DO NOT APPLY TO OR AFFECT OR PROHIBIT, IN
ANY MANNER, THE RENEWAL OR TRANSFER OF ANY LICENSE ISSUED PRIOR TO
JUNE 1, 1959.

9-214.

(a) [In] THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IN Howard County [no].

(B) (1) A license to sell alcoholic beverages may NOT be first issued after June
30, 1971, for any building located within [five hundred (500)] 500 feet of the nearest
point of the public school building.

(2)     A license issued on or before that date may be renewed for the same
building and type of license [; and a].

(3)     A license issued on or before that date may be transferred or assigned to
a new licensee for the same building and type of license.

(4)      Any decision of the [Howard County] Board of Education after June
30, 1971, to locate a public school building within [five hundred (500)] 500 feet of an
existing licensee [shall not] MAY NOT be the basis for the revocation or denial of
renewal or transfer of that alcoholic [beverage] BEVERAGES license.

[(b)](C) [In Howard County, the] THE Board of License Commissioners may
not issue, transfer, or approve an application on behalf of an off-sale alcoholic beverages
license of any class for the use in a business that is intended to be operated as a
drive-through purchase facility where alcoholic beverages are to be sold at retail and

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