PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
CHAPTER 502
(House Bill 963)

Ch. 502

AN ACT concerning

Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages
(Class B License Fees - Extended)
MC 706-97

FOR the purpose of extending the date by which, in Montgomery County, certain Class B
alcoholic beverages license fees are to terminate; and generally relating to alcoholic
beverages in Montgomery County.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 6-201(q)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 229 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1989, as amended by Chapter
160 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1991 and Chapter 239 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of 1994

Section 4

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

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

6-201.

(q) (1) (i) This subsection applies only in Montgomery County.

(ii) 1. In this subsection the following words have the meanings

indicated.

2. "Board" means the Board of License Commissioners.

3. "Dining area" means the area occupied by patrons for the
consumption of food and includes a cocktail area where food need not be served if there
is no separate outdoor entrance to the cocktail area.

(2) (i) 1. The Board may issue this license only to the owner of any
restaurant or hotel that has a minimum dining area of 1,000 square feet.

2. The restaurant shall be located in the third, fourth, seventh,
eighth, ninth, tenth, or thirteenth election districts.

3. The licensee may not be located in the Towns of Poolesville,
Takoma Park, and Kensington.

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