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Harford delegation advances two alcohol-license changes, delays vote on performing-arts measure

2145381 · January 16, 2025
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The Harford County delegation voted to approve changes allowing golf-simulator licenses within existing Class B limits and to permit liquor hearing notices to be posted online; a technical performing-arts nonprofit license bill was discussed but deferred until bill paperwork is finalized.

The Harford County delegation on Thursday approved two technical changes to local alcohol-license rules and postponed a third until clerical bill language is available.

The measures that passed were LR1311, which clarifies how a Class GSF (Golf Simulator Facility) license counts toward a retailer’s maximum Class B licenses, and LR1464, which allows the county liquor board to post public-hearing notices online in lieu of placing them in a county newspaper. The delegation deferred a vote on a performing-arts nonprofit record-keeping bill until the bill receives an official LR number and final bill text from the Department of Legislative Services.

The delegation’s chair, Delegate Teresa Riley, said the Harford County Liquor Control Board had reviewed and supported all three bills, but the performing-arts measure will be taken up at the next meeting once the official LR is available. Mackenzie Donaldson, an analyst with the Department of Legislative…

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