Maryland 2025 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB712 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/28/2025

                     
 
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HOUSE BILL 712 
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By: Harford County Delegation 
Introduced and read first time: January 27, 2025 
Assigned to: Economic Matters 
 
A BILL ENTITLED 
 
AN ACT concerning 1 
 
Harford County – Alcoholic Beverages – Multiple Licenses – Golf Simulator 2 
Facilities 3 
 
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Harford County to 4 
issue a Class GSF (golf simulator facility) license to a holder of a Class B license; 5 
clarifying that the Class GSF (golf simulator facility) license counts toward a certain 6 
total number of allowable Class B alcoholic beverages licenses a holder may be 7 
issued; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages licenses in Harford County. 8 
 
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 9 
 Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 10 
Section 22–102 11 
 Annotated Code of Maryland 12 
 (2024 Replacement Volume) 13 
 
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 14 
 Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 15 
Section 22–1607 16 
 Annotated Code of Maryland 17 
 (2024 Replacement Volume) 18 
 
 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19 
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20 
 
Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 21 
 
22–102. 22 
 
 This title applies only in Harford County. 23 
 
22–1607. 24  2 	HOUSE BILL 712  
 
 
 
 (A) [The] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, THE 1 
Board may issue a maximum number of nine Class B licenses to the same person. 2 
 
 (B) (1) THE BOARD MAY ISSUE ONE CLASS GSF (GOLF SIMULATOR 3 
FACILITY) LICENSE UNDER § 22–1003.2 OF THIS TITLE TO THE HOLDER OF ONE OR 4 
MORE CLASS B LICENSES. 5 
 
 (2) A CLASS GSF (GOLF SIMULATOR FACILI TY) LICENSE ISSUED 6 
UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION S HALL BE INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL 7 
NUMBER OF LICENSES THAT MAY BE ISSUED TO THE SAME PERSON UNDER 8 
SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION. 9 
 
 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 10 
1, 2025. 11