PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 366

10-103.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, every new application for a
license shall be made to the Board of License Commissioners upon forms prescribed by
the Comptroller and sworn to by the applicant. Every application for a license shall
contain the following statements:

(13) (i) 1. A statement as to whether the applicant has ever been
adjudged guilty of any offense against the laws of the State or of the United States.

2. The respective boards shall destroy the records obtained
under subparagraphs (ii), (iv), (v), (vi), and (vii) of this paragraph upon completion of its
necessary use of the records;

(ii) 1. The provisions of this subparagraph (ii) apply in the
following:                                                                                                               

A.      Anne Arundel County;

B.      Harford County;

C.      Prince George's County;

D.      St. Mary's County; and

E.      Worcester County.

2. The County Board of License Commissioners or the liquor
control board may obtain criminal records on alcoholic beverages license applicants and
their agents in its respective County from the Criminal Justice Information System
Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and
County police.

(iii) The Worcester County Board of License Commissioners also may
obtain criminal records pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph
on the stockholders which hold at least 10% interest in the corporation and owners of a
corporation when the application is being made for the use of the corporation;

(iv) In Montgomery County:

1. The Board of License Commissioners shall:

A.      Obtain criminal records of alcoholic beverages license
applicants from the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and Montgomery County Police;

B.      Require applicants for alcoholic beverages licenses in the
County to be fingerprinted; and

C.      Forward the fingerprints through the Criminal Justice
Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and
Correctional Services for transmittal to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national
criminal history records check; and

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