H.B. 1416

VETOES

licenses may be transferred from District 15 into the Owings Mills Town Center;
providing for the terms and conditions of the licenses and transfers; providing for
the abrogation of this Act; providing for the effective date of this Act; and generally
relating to alcoholic beverages licenses in Baltimore County.

BY adding to

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 8-204.4

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

8-204.4.

(A)    THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.

(B)     (1) NOTWITHSTANDING THE LICENSE POPULATION QUOTA
LIMITATIONS AND IN ADDITION TO THE LICENSES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE
UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS MAY ISSUE FOUR
CLASS B (OMTC) RESTAURANT BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR (ON-SALE) LICENSES
BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2002, FOR USE IN THE OWINGS MILLS TOWN CENTER, AS
DEFINED IN THE BALTIMORE COUNTY MASTER PLAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SUBSECTION (C) OF TIBS SECTION.

(2) EACH LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION BY THE BOARD OF
LICENSE COMMISSIONERS SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS A REGULAR LICENSE AND NOT
AN EXCEPTION LICENSE FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
LICENSES AVAILABLE IN ANY ELECTION DISTRICT BASED UPON THE BOARD'S RULE
LIMITING THE TOTAL LICENSES AVAILABLE BY POPULATION.

(C) (1) EXCEPT FOR CLASS C LICENSES, SIX OF ANY CLASS BEER, WINE AND
LIQUOR (ON-SALE) RETAIL LICENSES IN EXISTENCE IN DISTRICT 15 ON OCTOBER 1,
1996, MAY BE TRANSFERRED INTO THE "OWINGS MILLS TOWN CENTER" AND
CONVERTED INTO CLASS B (OMTC) LICENSES.

(2) UPON TRANSFER, THE TRANSFERRED LICENSE MAY NOT BE
CONSIDERED TO BE A LICENSE IN THE ELECTION DISTRICT FROM WHICH IT WAS
TRANSFERRED.

(D) AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER OF FOUR BEER, WINE, AND LIQUOR
(ON-SALE) RETAIL LICENSES IN EXISTENCE IN ELECTION DISTRICT 15 ON OCTOBER
1, 1996, AND VALID ON THE DATE OF TRANSFER INTO THE "OWINGS MILLS TOWN
CENTER" AS DEFINED BY THE BALTIMORE COUNTY MASTER PLAN.

(2) A LICENSE TRANSFERRED UNDER THIS SECTION:

(I) MAY NOT BE A CLASS A OR CLASS C LICENSE OR A LICENSE
THAT IS PROHIBITED FROM BEING TRANSFERRED BY LAW OR LOCAL REGULATION:

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