PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 430

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

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

2. The Boards 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 EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUB-SUBPARAGRAPH 6 OF
THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, THE Boards shall keep all criminal records in a sealed envelope
available only to the members of the Boards and the Clerks to the Boards. THE KENT
COUNTY BOARD SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS TO FURTHER PRESERVE THE
CONFIDENTIALITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED.

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.

6. THE KENT COUNTY BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS

SHALL:

A. KEEP ALL CRIMINAL RECORDS IN A SEALED ENVELOPE
AVAILABLE ONLY TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THEIR DESIGNEES; AND

B. ADOPT REGULATIONS TO FURTHER PRESERVE THE
CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION OBTAINED UNDER THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.

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

Approved May 8, 1997.

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