Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

1-102.

(a) (18) (i) "Local collecting agent" means:

1. In the City of Annapolis, the city clerk;

2. In Allegany County, Baltimore County, Howard County,
[or] Prince George's County, OR WICOMICO COUNTY, the director of finance;

3. In Calvert County, Dorchester County, St. Mary's County,
or Somerset County, the treasurer of the county; and

4. In each other county, the board of license commissioners or
other local agency expressly authorized by this article to collect fees under this article.

(ii) "Local collecting agent" does not include a clerk of a circuit

court.
10-104.

(x) (5) The application for a new license of any class shall be accompanied by
payment of a fee of $75 payable to the [Board] LOCAL COLLECTING AGENT. This sum
is in addition to any other fee required for a license in Wicomico County, and the
application fee may not be returned whether the license is granted or denied. The
application fee shall be used by the Board to cover the expenses of the Board in
connection with its functions. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to an
application for a license by way of renewal or transfer for the same premises.

10-301.

(h) (1) In Worcester, Wicomico, Dorchester, Somerset, and Howard Counties,
notwithstanding any other provision of Article 2B, any corporation or club holding
any class of alcoholic beverage license may, during any license year, substitute the
name of one of its officers for the name of any other officer on the license when the
deleted officer has died, retired, been removed from office, or no longer holds an office
in the corporation or club if the substitute is a fit person approved by the Board and
can meet all the requirements the substitute would have to meet if the substitute
were named in the original application. The corporation or club shall file an affidavit
with the Board of License Commissioners showing the substitution of the officer or
officers with an explanation of the substitution. Upon receipt of the affidavit the
Board shall amend its records and issue a new license with the corrected names on it.
The corporation or club shall pay a fee of $5 to the Board of License Commissioners
for this service. In Wicomico County the fee is $50 AND IS PAYABLE TO THE LOCAL
COLLECTING AGENT. In Worcester County, this section applies only to Class C (clubs)
establishments for which the fee is $5. In Wicomico County, an application for renewal
of a restaurant license is subject to requirements specified in § 6-201(x), as amended
from time to time.

(k) (1) This subsection applies only in Wicomico County.