Anne
Arundel County
Licensed
Beverage Association, Inc.
P.O.
Box 217
Glen Burnie, Maryland 21060
(410) 760-9733
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If your business is located in Anne
Arundel County, you can join MSLBA through your local
affiliate, the Anne
Arundel County Licensed Beverage Association (AACLBA).
AACLBA represents alcohol beverage
license retailers which includes taverns, restaurants, package
liquor stores, hotels, bowling alleys and fraternal clubs.
When you join us, your dues include membership in our state
affiliate, the Maryland State Licensed Beverage
Association (MSLBA) and our national affiliate, the American
Beverage licensees (ABL).
OUR
PURPOSE:
AACLBA
is a non-profit trade organization and is the oldest
affiliate of the MSLBA. AACLBA
was formed in 1936 to bring alcohol beverage dealers together
to "lobby for good legislation".
LEGISLATIVE:
AACLBA
monitors the issuance of new licenses and
transferred licenses in Anne Arundel County by the liquor
board, during our monthly board meetings. Each
year, while the legislature is in session in Annapolis, we
actively review proposed legislation and represent our members
on the MSLBA Legislative Committee, which meets weekly during
the session.
Our
legislative successes include:
*
Joined MSLBA to pass 1% increase for lottery agents
commissions in the 1999 Maryland
Legislature, effective
October 1, 1999
*
Repeal of the signage
limitations in Anne Arundel County
*
Defeated legislation for multiple licensing of restaurants in
Anne Arundel County
*
Joined MSLBA to pass legislation providing exemptions for the
hospitality industry
from the state wide smoking
ban
*
Joined MSLBA to pass legislation to regulate the business
practices of the
performing rights societies
in Maryland
*
Defeated legislation to lower the DWI to .08, at the state and
national levels
CHARITABLE
CONTRIBUTIONS:
Over the
years, we have donated over $275,000 to local charities such
as the Anne Arundel County Police Drug Free Program, Take Back
the Streets Program, North Arundel Hospital, Meals on Wheels,
Anne Arundel Lay Health Centers, The Providence Center and
Opportunity Builders.
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AACLBA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Officers:
