ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 171

(iii) The expenditure of license fees collected by the [County] Board
for the administration and enforcement of county liquor laws is a matter entirely
within the sound discretion of the [County] Board and the provisions of this
subsection.

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

Approved April 27, 2004.

CHAPTER 171
(House Bill 339)

AN ACT concerning

Harford County - Alcoholic Beverages Licenses - Transfers

FOR the purpose of altering the criteria required to be used by the Harford County
Liquor Control Board when transferring an alcoholic beverages license for use in
a business; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages licenses in Harford
County.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 10-503(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 10-503(n)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

10-503.

(a) (1) In this section, "board" means the board of license commissioners or
liquor control board, as the case may be, of the county or Baltimore City.

(2) Any holder of a license under this article, including a receiver or
trustee for the benefit of creditors, may be permitted to transfer the holder's place of
business to some other location or sell or assign the license and transfer the holder's
stock in trade to another person, but only if:

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