Ch. 366                                   1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

2. Applicants for license renewal may be subject to these
provisions.

(v) In Frederick 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;

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

2.       Applicants for license renewal may not be subject to these
provisions.

(vi) 1. The provisions of this subparagraph apply only in Cecil
County [and Charles County] , CHARLES COUNTY, AND DORCHESTER COUNTY.

2.       The Board of License Commissioners shall:

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

B.      Require applicants for new alcoholic beverages licenses 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 (F.B.I.) for a
national criminal history records check. Applications for license renewal are not subject
to these provisions.

3.       The County Commissioners may set a fee to cover the cost of
obtaining the fingerprints and the Maryland and national criminal history records check.

4.       The Board shall keep all criminal records in a sealed
envelope available only to the members of the Board and the Clerk to the Board.

5.       The hearing for a new applicant and the issuance of a license
may not be delayed due to the failure of the F.B.I. to provide the requested criminal
history records check by the date of the scheduled hearing.

(vii) 1. The provisions of this subparagraph apply only in Wicomico
County.

2. The Board of License Commissioners shall:
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