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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 656 |
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| 8 | 8 | | A2 4lr2304 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Anne Arundel County Senators |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 29, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Finance |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Anne Arundel County – Board of License Commissioners – Membership 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of increasing the number of members on the Board of License 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Commissioners for Anne Arundel County; increasing the number of Board members 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | that may belong to the same political party; and generally relating to alcoholic 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | beverages in Anne Arundel County. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 11–102 and 11–201 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2016 Volume and 2023 Supplement) 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Section 11–202 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2016 Volume and 2023 Supplement) 16 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17 |
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| 38 | 38 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11–102. 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | This title applies only in Anne Arundel County. 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 11–201. 22 |
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| 48 | 48 | | There is a Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County. 23 2 SENATE BILL 656 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 11–202. 1 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (a) (1) The Governor shall appoint [three] FIVE members to the Board. 2 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (2) The appointments shall be made: 3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (i) if the Senate is in session, with the advice and consent of the 4 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Senate; or 5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (ii) if the Senate is not in session, by the Governor alone. 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (b) (1) Each member of the Board shall be: 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (i) a resident and voter of the county; and 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (ii) an individual of high character and integrity and of recognized 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | business capacity. 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (2) No more than [two] FOUR members of the Board may belong to the 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | same political party. 12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (c) (1) The term of a member is 2 years. 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (2) A member may not serve more than four consecutive terms. 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (d) (1) The Governor shall appoint an eligible individual to fill a vacancy 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | during the remainder of the term of office of the individual originally appointed in 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | accordance with subsection (a) of this section. 17 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (2) A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the 18 |
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| 82 | 82 | | rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies. 19 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (e) (1) The Governor may remove a member for misconduct in office, 20 |
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| 85 | 85 | | incompetence, or willful neglect of duty. 21 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (2) The Governor shall give a member who is charged a copy of the charges 22 |
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| 88 | 88 | | against the member and, with at least 10 days’ notice, an opportunity to be heard publicly 23 |
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| 89 | 89 | | in person or by counsel. 24 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (3) If a member is removed, the Governor shall file with the Office of the 25 |
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| 92 | 92 | | Secretary of State a statement of charges against the member and the Governor’s findings 26 |
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| 93 | 93 | | on the charges. 27 |
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| 95 | 95 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the initial terms of the two 28 |
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| 96 | 96 | | additional members of the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County, as 29 |
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| 97 | 97 | | enacted by Section 1 of this Act, shall begin May 1, 2025. 30 SENATE BILL 656 3 |
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| 101 | 101 | | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 1 |
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| 102 | 102 | | 1, 2024. 2 |
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