§ 8-101. Additional license fees and taxes by cities and towns

   (a) Prohibition. -- A municipal corporation may not impose any additional license fees or taxes, other than the usual property tax, upon alcoholic beverages or upon the exercise of the privileges conferred by the licenses issued under the provisions of this article, except as hereinafter provided in this article.

(b) Prince George's and Worcester counties. --

   (1) This subsection applies only in the following counties:

      (i) Prince George's County; and

      (ii) Worcester County.

   (2) A municipal corporation may require any license holder for any place of business situated in the municipal corporation to pay to that municipal corporation an additional annual license fee not exceeding 20 percent of the fee payable under the provisions of this article.

HISTORY: An. Code, 1951, § 25; 1947, ch. 501, § 23; 1967, ch. 623; 1989, ch. 5, § 15; 1994, ch. 3, § 2.