Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

10-202.

(a) (2) (i) The application shall be disapproved and the license for which
application is made shall be refused if the Board of License Commissioners for the
City or any county determines that:

1. The granting of the license is not necessary for the
accommodation of the public;

2. The applicant is not a fit person to receive the license for
which application is made;

3. The applicant has made a material false statement in his

application;

4. The applicant has practiced fraud in connection with the

application;

5. The operation of the business, if the license is granted, will
unduly disturb the peace of the residents of the neighborhood in which the place of
business is to be located; or

6. There are other reasons, in the discretion of the Board,
why the license should not be issued.

(ii) [If] EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, IF no
such findings are made by the Board, then the application shall be approved and the
license issuing authority shall issue the license for which application is made upon
payment of the fee required to the local collecting agent,

(o) (1) In St. Mary's County, the County Treasurer:

[(1)] (I) Shall collect the alcoholic beverages license fees; and

[(2)] (II) Is authorized to issue alcoholic beverages licenses.

(2) AN APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE SHALL BE DISAPPROVED AND THE
LICENSE FOR WHICH APPLICATION IS MADE SHALL BE REFUSED IF THE ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGE BOARD OF ST. MARY'S COUNTY DETERMINES THAT THE APPLICANT HAS
BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY.

10-301.

(c-1) (1) THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IN PRINCE GEORGE'S AND ST. MARYS
COUNTIES.

(2) IN THIS SECTION, "BOARD" MEANS:

(I) IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY
BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS; OR

(II) IN ST. MARY'S COUNTY, THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BOARD OF
ST. MARTS COUNTY.