Ch. 277                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(e)     (1) If a hearing is requested, the county shall hold a hearing to
determine the necessity, propriety, and amount of the security.

(2) The determination at the hearing is final, and the hotel shall comply
within 15 days after the hotel receives notice of the determination.

(f)      Without notice to the hotel that files security under subsection (b)(2) or (3)
of this section, the county at any time may:

(1)     Apply the cash to the hotel rental tax due; or

(2)     Sell the security and apply the proceeds of the sale to the hotel rental
tax due.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 2004.

Approved May 11, 2004.

CHAPTER 277
(Senate Bill 446)

AN ACT concerning

Frederick County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Bed and Breakfast and

Country Inn Establishments

FOR the purpose of establishing in Frederick County separate alcoholic beverages
licenses for bed and breakfast and country inn establishments; establishing
certain license requirements and restrictions on the use of the licenses;
specifying certain license fees; requiring that the licenses be voided and
returned to the Board of License Commissioners under certain circumstances;
authorizing the Board to adopt certain regulations; and generally relating to
alcoholic beverages licenses in Frederick County.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 6-201(l)(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 6-201(l)(3)(i)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY adding to

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