Maryland § 26-1511

§ 26-1511.

    (a)    (1)    The Board may adopt a calendar that establishes:

            (i)    filing dates by which license applications are required to be filed; and

            (ii)    hearing dates for license application hearings.

        (2)    A filing date for a license application shall be at least 60 days before the hearing at which the application is to be heard.

    (b)    (1)    The Board shall determine the number of licenses of each class that may be applied for at a hearing.

        (2)    The number of licenses that the Board makes available for issuance at a hearing may be less than the total number of licenses in each class that remains unissued by the Board.

        (3)    If, after a hearing, the applicants who are qualified for the issuance of a license of a certain class outnumber the licenses of that class authorized to be issued at the hearing, the Board shall determine the applicants who are best qualified to be license holders.

        (4)    The Board may not issue additional licenses of any class that were not determined and published as available for the hearing.

    (c)    (1)    Before holding a hearing, the Board shall publish a notice of the hearing in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the county.

        (2)    The notice shall be published at least 30 days before the date by which license applications are required to be filed for consideration at the hearing.

        (3)    The notice shall contain:

            (i)    the number of licenses of each class that are available for issuance;

            (ii)    a description of each class;

            (iii)    the date by which license applications must be filed to be considered at the license application hearing; and

            (iv)    the date of the hearing.

    (d)    (1)    In addition to any other notice required under this article, the Board shall provide notice of the date, time, and location of a hearing, as soon as practicable after the hearing is scheduled, to all municipalities, civic associations, homeowners’ associations, and condominium associations that:

            (i)    are within 1 mile of the location of the proposed place of business of the applicant; and

            (ii)    request to receive notice of hearings by signing up on a registry on the Board’s website.

        (2)    A municipality, civic association, homeowners’ association, or condominium association that requests to receive notice of hearings under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection may elect to receive written or electronic notice.