LAWRENCE J. HOGAN, JR., Governor Ch. 193
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Chapter 193
(Senate Bill 499)
AN ACT concerning
Anne Arundel County – Alcoholic Beverages – Board of License Commissioners
Term Limits and Commercial Bingo License – Term Limits
FOR the purpose of prohibiting a member of the Board of License Commissioners for Anne
Arundel County from serving more than four consecutive terms; extending the term
of a certain member of the Board; authorizing the Board to issue a commercial bingo
license to the owner of a licensed commercial bingo establishment; and generally
relating to the Board of License Commissioners for alcoholic beverages in Anne
Arundel County.
BY renumbering
Article – Alcoholic Beverages
Section 11–1002.1
to be Section 11–1002.2
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2016 Volume and 2021 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article – Alcoholic Beverages
Section 11–102 and 11–201
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2016 Volume and 2021 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article – Alcoholic Beverages
Section 11–202(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2016 Volume and 2021 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article – Alcoholic Beverages
Section 11–1002.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2016 Volume and 2021 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND,
That Section(s) 11–1002.1 of Article – Alcoholic Beverages of the Annotated Code of
Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 11–1002.2.
Ch. 193 2022 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED , That the Laws of Maryland read
as follows:
Article – Alcoholic Beverages
11–102.
This title applies only in Anne Arundel County.
11–201.
There is a Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County.
11–202.
(c) (1) The term of a member is 2 years.
(2) A MEMBER MAY NOT SERVE MORE THAN FOUR CONSE CUTIVE
TERMS.
11–1002.1.
(A) IN THIS SECTION, “COMMERCIAL BINGO ”:
(1) MEANS ANY BINGO GAME AUTHORIZED BY LAW IN THE COUNTY
FOR WHICH ANY TYPE O F CONSIDERATION IS P AID OR COLLECTED IN ORDER TO
PLAY THE GAME ; AND
(2) DOES NOT INCLUDE BIN GO CONDUCTED BY CHAR ITABLE OR
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATI ONS IN ACCORDANCE WI TH TITLE 13, SUBTITLE 4 OF THE
CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE.
(B) THERE IS A COMMERCIAL BINGO LICENSE.
(C) THE BOARD MAY ISSUE THE L ICENSE TO THE OWNER OF A LICENSED
COMMERCIAL BINGO EST ABLISHMENT .
(D) THE LICENSE AUTHORIZE S THE LICENSE HOLDER TO SELL BEER, WINE,
AND LIQUOR FROM ANY LOCATION IN THE COMM ERCIAL BINGO ESTABLISHMENT
FOR ON–PREMISES CONSUMPTION ANYWHERE IN THE ESTA BLISHMENT.
(E) BEER, WINE, AND LIQUOR PURCHASED UNDER THE LICENSE MA Y BE
CARRIED AND CONSUMED ANYWHERE IN THE COMM ERCIAL BINGO ESTABLI SHMENT. LAWRENCE J. HOGAN, JR., Governor Ch. 193
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(F) (1) THE LICENSE HOLDER MA Y SELL ALCOHOLIC B EVERAGES
MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS , BUT NOT LATER
THAN 2 A.M.
(2) THE LICENSE HOLDER NE ED NOT OBTAIN A SUNDAY LICENSE
UNDER § 11–2004 OF THIS TITLE TO SEL L ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE S ON SUNDAY.
(G) THE ANNUAL LICENSE FE E IS $2,500.
SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That notwithstanding §
11–202(c)(1) of the Alcoholic Beverages Article, as enacted by Section 1 2 of this Act, the
term of the member of the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County who
was initially appointed by the Governor to the Board in 2021 shall expire on April 30, 2024.
SECTION 3. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 2022 is an emergency measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public health or 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 by the Governor, April 21, 2022.