PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

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(ii) in the absence of an applicable federal act, met the criteria for an
economically disadvantaged individual that the Secretary of [Business and Economic
Development] LABOR, LICENSING, AND REGULATION sets.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

The amendments to the Annotated Code contained in Section 1 of this Act
correct erroneous agency designations that occurred as a result of Chapter
120, Section 19, Acts of 1995, as ratified by Chapter 10, Section 14, Acts of
1996.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the publishers of the
Annotated Code of Maryland are directed to include the Drafter's Note in Section 1 of
this Act after each section of law amended in Section 1 of this Act.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety, has
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is
enacted.

Approved April 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 17
(Senate Bill 319)

AN ACT concerning

Somerset County - Alcoholic Beverages
(Class D On- and Off-Sales)

FOR the purpose of specifying that in Somerset County Class D beer, wine and liquor
licensees may sell liquor for on-sale consumption and beer and wine for both on-
and off-sale consumption; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages in Somerset
County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 6-401(u)
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:

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