PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                               Ch. 24

CHAPTER 24
(Senate Bill 506)

AN ACT concerning

Cecil County - Alcoholic Beverages - Class BLX - On-Sale License

FOR the purpose of decreasing the minimum capital investment in certain facilities and
equipment that qualifies a person for a Class BLX on-sale license in Cecil County;
and generally relating to alcoholic beverages and Cecil County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 6-201 (i)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 8-208

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

6-201.

(i) (1) This subsection applies only in Cecil County.

(2)     The annual license fee is $750.

(3)     (i) Notwithstanding the license quota provisions of § 8-208 of this
article, the Board of License Commissioners may issue special Class B licenses known as
Class BLX beer, wine and liquor on-sale restaurant licenses.

(ii) To qualify for a Class BLX on-sale license the restaurant shall
have:

1.       A minimum capital investment of [$1,000,000] $600,000 for
dining room facilities and kitchen equipment, which sum may not include the cost of land,
buildings, or a lease; and

2.       A minimum seating capacity of 100 persons.

(iii) The holder of a Class BLX license:

1. Is authorized to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on
the licensed premises only;

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