PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 52

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 3-501 through 3-503, inclusive, and the subtitle "Subtitle
5. Maryland Small Business Development Center Program" of Article 83A - Department
of Business and Economic Development of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1997.

Approved April 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 52
(House Bill 208)

AN ACT concerning

Alcoholic Beverages - Permits - Renewal Date

FOR the purpose of altering the permit expiration date for certain alcoholic beverages
permits; setting an interim pro rata fee for the issuance or renewal of certain
permits; providing for certain exemptions; requiring that certain revenue collected
by the Comptroller during a certain period be credited to the General Fund in
Fiscal Year 1999; providing for the effective date of this Act; and generally relating
to altering the permit expiration date for alcoholic beverages permits.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 2-101

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume)

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

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

2-101.

(a) The Office of the Comptroller shall provide application forms for the permits
listed in this section and applicants shall make application to the Office of the
Comptroller. The procedure in issuing permits, the purchase of alcoholic beverages, and
the exercise of the privileges granted under the various permits shall be subject to
regulations promulgated by the Office of the Comptroller. The Office of the Comptroller
may cancel, restrict, suspend, or revoke any permit.

(b) (1) (i) The Office of the Comptroller shall collect a fee for the issuance or
renewal of the following permits:

1. $50 for a solicitor's permit, an individual storage permit, or a
commercial nonbeverage permit;

- 1299 -