Ch. 362

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a license for the
sale of alcoholic beverages may not be transferred into the 47th alcoholic beverages
district of Baltimore City, which is as follows:

(1)     Wards 23, 24, and 25 in their entirety;

(2)     Ward 19, precincts 3, 4, and 5;

(3)     Ward 20, precincts 19 and 20;

(4)     Ward 21, precincts 2 and 3; and

(5)     Ward 21, that part of precinct 1 that lies south and west of a line that
runs along the center of Harbor City Boulevard from Eutaw Street to Pratt Street.

(h) The exception for the issuance of Class B beer, wine and liquor restaurant
licenses provided for in subsection (c) of this section does not apply to the Pen Lucy
precincts as described under subsection (a) of this section.

(i) The Board of License Commissioners of Baltimore City may not issue any new
Class A (off-sale) or Class D (on- and off-sale) alcoholic beverages licenses within or
transfer any Class A (off-sale) or Class D (on- and off-sale) alcoholic beverages licenses
into the area bounded on the north by 39th Street then following Ellerslie Avenue, then
following Chestnut Hill Avenue, on the east by Loch Raven Boulevard then following
Walpert Avenue and then following Homewood Avenue, on the south by North Avenue,
and on the west by Howard Street, then following Art Museum Drive, then following
North Charles Street.

(J) (1) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION APPLY ONLY UNTIL APRIL 15,
1997.

(2) THE PROHIBITIONS OF THIS SECTION DO NOT APPLY TO CLASS C
BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR CLUB LICENSES ISSUED IN THE 1ST PRECINCT OF THE 26TH
WARD OF BALTIMORE CITY TO AN ORGANIZATION IN WHICH AT LEAST 75% OF THE
MEMBERS ARE PAST OR PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
UNITED STATES AND IN WHICH NO PART OF THE ORGANIZATION'S NET EARNINGS
INURE TO ANY PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety, has
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is
enacted.

Approved May 14, 1996.

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