Ch. 368

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

City; requiring certain licensees to file certain information with each license renewal
application; authorizing the Board to require a licensee to obtain certain
information under certain circumstances; providing for the application of this Act;
altering the definition of a certain term; defining a certain term; and generally
relating to the transfer and renewal of alcoholic beverages licenses in Baltimore
City.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 9-204.1(a)(4), (b), and (h)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 9-204.1(g-1)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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

Section 1-102(a)(22), (26), and (27), 9-204.1(c) and (e), and 10-301(j)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

1-102.

(a) (22) (i) 1. "Restaurant" means an establishment:

A.      Which accommodates the public;

B.      Which is equipped with a dining room with facilities for
preparing and serving regular meals; and

C. In which the average daily receipts from the sale of foods
exceed the average daily receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages.

2. However the board of license commissioners in any county
[or in Baltimore City] by regulation may prescribe a different standard as to what
constitutes a restaurant.

3. FOR A RESTAURANT IN BALTIMORE CITY, THE AVERAGE
DAILY RECEIPTS FROM THE SALE OF FOOD MUST BE AT LEAST 40% OF THE TOTAL
DAILY RECEIPTS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT.

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