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*hb1141*
HOUSE BILL 1141
A2 EMERGENCY BILL 5lr2665
By: Delegate Ebersole Baltimore County Delegation
Introduced and read first time: February 5, 2025
Assigned to: Economic Matters
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 6, 2025
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Baltimore County – Alcoholic Beverages – Change of Location 2
FOR the purpose of establishing an additional circumstance under which the Board of 3
License Commissioners for Baltimore County may approve a change of location for a 4
certain alcoholic beverages license; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages 5
licenses in Baltimore County. 6
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 7
Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 8
Section 13–102 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2024 Replacement Volume) 11
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 12
Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 13
Section 13–1702 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2024 Replacement Volume) 16
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 19
13–102. 20 2 HOUSE BILL 1141
This title applies only in Baltimore County. 1
13–1702. 2
(a) If the Board approves an application from a contract purchaser, an owner of 3
the location, or a developer under § 13–1404 of this title, the applicant may apply to transfer 4
the license to an operator of the type of business for which the license was approved if: 5
(1) the license is for a location in the site for which the license was 6
approved; and 7
(2) the application for transfer occurs within 5 years after the original 8
application for the site is approved or construction at the location is completed, whichever 9
is later. 10
(b) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Board may approve a change of 11
location of a license issued under § 13–1404 of this title if: 12
(1) the license holder has engaged in an active alcoholic beverages business 13
under the license for at least 1 year before applying for the change; [or] 14
(2) (i) the license holder has not engaged in an active alcoholic 15
beverages business under the license; and 16
(ii) the Board approved a change of location of the license from 17
another location within the same [county] election district at least 5 years before the 18
application for the change of location under this item; OR 19
(3) THE LICENSE WAS ORIG INALLY ISSUED WITHIN THE SAME 20
ELECTION DISTRICT AN D HAS BEEN AT THE SAME LOCATI ON FOR AT LEAST 10 21
YEARS. 22
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency 23
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety, has 24
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three–fifths of all the members elected to 25
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is 26
enacted. 27