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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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5 | 5 | | *hb0568* |
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7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 568 |
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8 | 8 | | A2 5lr2670 |
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9 | 9 | | CF 5lr2683 |
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10 | 10 | | By: Dorchester County Delegation |
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11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2025 |
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12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Economic Matters |
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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 | | Dorchester County – Alcoholic Beverages – Issuance of License Near a Place of 2 |
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19 | 19 | | Worship or School 3 |
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21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Dorchester County 4 |
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22 | 22 | | to issue an alcoholic beverages license to an establishment that is within a certain 5 |
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23 | 23 | | distance of a place of worship or school with the written consent of the place of 6 |
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24 | 24 | | worship or school; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages licenses in 7 |
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25 | 25 | | Dorchester County. 8 |
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27 | 27 | | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 9 |
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28 | 28 | | Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 10 |
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29 | 29 | | Section 19–102 11 |
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30 | 30 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 12 |
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31 | 31 | | (2024 Replacement Volume) 13 |
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33 | 33 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 14 |
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34 | 34 | | Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 15 |
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35 | 35 | | Section 19–1601 16 |
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36 | 36 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 17 |
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37 | 37 | | (2024 Replacement Volume) 18 |
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39 | 39 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19 |
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40 | 40 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20 |
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42 | 42 | | Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 21 |
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44 | 44 | | 19–102. 22 |
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46 | 46 | | This title applies only in Dorchester County. 23 |
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48 | 48 | | 19–1601. 24 2 HOUSE BILL 568 |
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52 | 52 | | (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Board may not 1 |
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53 | 53 | | issue a new license for an establishment that is within 300 feet in a direct line of a place of 2 |
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54 | 54 | | worship or a public or nonpublic kindergarten, elementary, or secondary school. 3 |
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56 | 56 | | (2) The distance from the establishment to the place of worship or the 4 |
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57 | 57 | | public or nonpublic kindergarten, elementary, or secondary school is to be measured from 5 |
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58 | 58 | | the establishment in a direct line to the nearest point of the main building of the place of 6 |
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59 | 59 | | worship or school. 7 |
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61 | 61 | | (b) The prohibition against issuing a license in subsection (a) of this section does 8 |
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62 | 62 | | not apply to the issuance of: 9 |
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64 | 64 | | (1) a license for a premises that was licensed on October 1, 1996; 10 |
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66 | 66 | | (2) a Class B (on–sale) beer, wine, and liquor license for a premises in 11 |
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67 | 67 | | Cambridge, Secretary, or Hurlock; [or] 12 |
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69 | 69 | | (3) a temporary license; OR 13 |
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71 | 71 | | (4) A LICENSE IF THE BOARD RECEIVES WRITTE N CONSENT TO THE 14 |
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72 | 72 | | ISSUANCE OF THE LICE NSE FROM EACH PLACE OF WORSHIP OR SCHOOL LOCATED 15 |
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73 | 73 | | WITHIN 300 FEET IN A DIRECT LINE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT FOR WHICH THE 16 |
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74 | 74 | | LICENSE IS SOUGHT . 17 |
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76 | 76 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 18 |
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77 | 77 | | 1, 2025. 19 |
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