Title 4. Local Licensing — Subtitle 1. Applications for Local Licenses

the business shall be considered to be entirely in the jurisdiction where the major portion of the business is located; and

the alcoholic beverage laws of the jurisdiction where the major portion of the business is located govern the licensing, regulation, and operation of the entire business.

If an application for a license is for a business that is located equally in more than one jurisdiction:

The local collecting agent that collects the license fee shall remit an equal portion of the fee to the local collecting agent in each jurisdiction where the business is located.

reside in the county or city where the business is located at the time the application is filed; and

remain a resident of the county or city where the business is located for the duration of time the license is in effect.

a corporation; and

a club, whether incorporated or unincorporated.

Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, a license on behalf of a corporation or club shall be applied for and issued to three officers of the corporation or club as individuals.

At least one of the three officers shall:

the close corporation does not have officers or directors; and

there is an affirmative vote of a majority of the stockholders.

the name and address of each officer;

the name and address of the corporation or club; and

the signatures of the president or vice president of the corporation or club and of the three officers to whom the license shall be issued.

A license for the use of a limited liability company shall be applied for and issued to authorized persons of the limited liability company, as individuals.

At least one of the authorized individuals shall:

the name, address, and signature of each authorized individual to whom the license shall be issued; and

the name and address of the limited liability company.

publication of the notice of application; and

notice to the applicant and to persons that oppose the application.

two complete sets of the applicant’s legible fingerprints taken on forms approved by the director of the Central Repository and the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

the fee authorized under § 10–221(b)(7) of the Criminal Procedure Article for access to State criminal history records; and

the mandatory processing fee required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records check.

confidential and may not be redisseminated; and

used only for the licensing purpose authorized by this section.

When criminal history record information of an applicant or license holder is reported to the Central Repository after the initial criminal history records check is completed, the Central Repository shall provide the local licensing board with a revised printed statement of the criminal record of the applicant or license holder.

If the local licensing board informs the Central Repository that an individual is no longer an applicant or a license holder, the Central Repository shall stop providing the local licensing board with revised printed statements of the criminal record of the individual.

the class of license for which the applicant is applying;

the name and address of the applicant and how long the applicant has resided at that address;

that at least one applicant is a citizen of the United States;

that the applicant is a resident of the jurisdiction in which the applicant proposes to operate under the license for which the applicant is applying;

the age and sex of the applicant;

the birth place of the applicant, and if the applicant is a naturalized citizen, the date and place the applicant was naturalized;

a description of the place for which the license is sought, including:

the name of the owner of the location where the business to be licensed is to be conducted;

that the applicant has never been convicted of a felony;

whether the applicant has ever been found guilty of violating a law in the State governing the sale of alcoholic beverages or the prevention of gambling;

that the applicant has a financial interest in the business to be conducted under the license;

that the applicant has not had a license for the sale of alcoholic beverages revoked;

that the applicant or a person on behalf of whom the application is filed does not have a financial interest in any other place of business in the jurisdiction for which an alcoholic beverages license has been applied for or issued;

whether the applicant has been found guilty of violating a State or federal law;

whether the applicant has held a license for the sale of alcoholic beverages and, if so, the name of the state and the location where the license was held;

that during the term of the license, a person other than the applicant will not have a financial interest in the license or in the business to be conducted under the license;

that a manufacturer, brewer, distiller, or wholesaler, directly or indirectly, does not have a financial interest in the premises or business of the applicant;

that after receipt of a license, the applicant will not convey or grant an interest in the location or business to a manufacturer, brewer, distiller, or wholesaler, except as authorized under this article;

that, except for the purchase of alcoholic beverages, when applying for the license, the applicant does not have indebtedness or other financial obligation to a manufacturer, brewer, distiller, or wholesaler;

that after the license is issued, the applicant will not incur, directly or indirectly, indebtedness or other financial obligation other than for the purchase of alcoholic beverages to a manufacturer, brewer, distiller, or wholesaler; and

that, if issued a license, the applicant will conform to all laws and regulations relating to the business in which the applicant proposes to engage.

agrees to the issuance of the license; and

authorizes a warrantless inspection and search of the premises at any time in any part of the building in which the business is to be conducted by:

receivership or bankruptcy of the business entity on whose behalf the license was issued occurs and a license transfer is not requested, with the refund issued for the benefit of the creditors of the license holder;

the license holder dies, with the refund issued for the benefit of the estate of the deceased license holder;

the license holder volunteers for or has been called into the uniformed services or the organized State militia;

the license holder surrenders a license and obtains a new license of another class carrying a higher fee, with the refund deducted from the higher fee;

a license holder, against whom charges are pending when the license is renewed, is found guilty and the license is revoked, with the refund issued to the license holder in an amount based on the date that the revocation becomes final;

the issuance of a license by a local licensing board is reversed on judicial review and the operation of the establishment is prohibited, with the refund issued to the license holder in an amount based on the date that the refusal to grant the renewal becomes final; or

the licensed premises are taken by the federal government, the State, or a municipality for public use.

the full annual license fee, if the license is issued during the first quarter of the license year;

three–fourths of the annual license fee, if the license is issued during the second quarter of the license year;

one–half of the annual license fee, if the license is issued during the third quarter of the license year; and

one–fourth of the annual license fee, if the license is issued during the fourth quarter of the license year.