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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 | | *sb0999* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 999 |
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| 8 | 8 | | A2 5lr3540 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF HB 987 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator M. Washington |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 1, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Rules |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | |
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| 18 | 18 | | Baltimore County – Alcoholic Beverages – Distance From Place of Worship 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Restriction – Exception 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of authorizing the Board of License Commissioners for Baltimore County 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | to issue a beer, wine, and liquor license to an establishment that has a certain zoning 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | classification and is within a certain distance of a place of worship under certain 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | circumstances; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages licenses in Baltimore 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | County. 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | |
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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 13–102 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 13–1601 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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| 38 | 38 | | |
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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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| 41 | 41 | | |
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| 42 | 42 | | Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 21 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13–102. 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | This title applies only in Baltimore County. 23 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 13–1601. 24 2 SENATE BILL 999 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (a) (1) Except as provided in [subsection] SUBSECTIONS (b) AND (C) of this 1 |
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| 53 | 53 | | section, the Board may not issue a license for an establishment that is within 300 feet of a 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | place of worship or school. 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | |
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| 56 | 56 | | (2) The distance from the establishment to the place of worship or school is 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | to be measured from the nearest point of the building of the establishment to the nearest 5 |
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| 58 | 58 | | point of the building of the place of worship or school. 6 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (b) The prohibition against issuing a license in subsection (a) of this section does 7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | not apply to: 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (1) the renewal or transfer of a license of an establishment if, after issuance 9 |
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| 64 | 64 | | of the license, a place of worship or school was built within 300 feet of the establishment; 10 |
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| 65 | 65 | | |
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| 66 | 66 | | (2) the issuance of a temporary license; 11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (3) a transfer that moves the licensed premises within the same building; 12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | |
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| 70 | 70 | | (4) a transfer of ownership of the licensed premises; 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (5) the renewal of a Class B beer, wine, and liquor (on–sale) license or a 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | 7–day Class BDR (deluxe restaurant) (on–sale) beer, wine, and liquor license, if the licensed 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | premises has a seating capacity of more than 50 individuals and is within a town center; or 16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | |
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| 76 | 76 | | (6) the transfer, conversion, and issuance of a license under § 13–1710 of 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | this title. 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (C) THE PROHIBITION AGAIN ST ISSUING A LICENSE IN SUBSECTION (A) OF 19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | THIS SECTION DOES NO T APPLY TO THE ISSUA NCE OF A BEER, WINE, AND LIQUOR 20 |
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| 81 | 81 | | LICENSE FOR ON – OR OFF–PREMISES CONSUMPTION FOR AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT 21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | IS WITHIN 300 FEET OF A PLACE OF W ORSHIP IF: 22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | |
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| 84 | 84 | | (1) THE ESTABLISHMENT IS LOCATED IN THE TOWSON AREA , AS 23 |
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| 85 | 85 | | DETERMINED BY THE BOARD; 24 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (2) THE ESTABLISHMENT IS LOCATED IN AN OFFICE BUILDING THAT 25 |
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| 88 | 88 | | IS AT LEAST 100,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE ; 26 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (3) THE ESTABLISHMENT HA S A ZONING CLASSIFIC ATION OF 27 |
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| 91 | 91 | | BM–D.T. BY THE COUNTY GOVERN MENT; 28 |
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| 92 | 92 | | |
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| 93 | 93 | | (4) THE PLACE OF WORSHIP CONSENTS IN WRITING TO THE ISSUANCE 29 |
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| 94 | 94 | | OF THE LICENSE; AND 30 |
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| 95 | 95 | | SENATE BILL 999 3 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (5) (I) THE LICENSE IS TO AP PLY TO A RESTAURANT , A MARKET, OR 1 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ANOTHER SIMILAR ESTA BLISHMENT; AND 2 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (II) THE LICENSE IS NOT A CLASS A LICENSE. 3 |
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| 102 | 102 | | |
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| 103 | 103 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 4 |
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| 104 | 104 | | 1, 2025. 5 |
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