The Senate on Monday night gave preliminary approval to a bill that would remove the governor from the process of appointing the members to the Prince George’s County Board of Liquor Commissioners.
The measure was proposed by the Prince George’s County Senate Delegation after several liquor board officials were charged in a long-standing federal corruption investigation.
The bill would require the county executive to nominate the members to the panel and the local senators confirming the members.
The Senate bill is one of three measures proposed this session to reform the liquor board nomination process. County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) and Gov. Larry Hogan (R) have separate pieces of legislation.
A bill proposed by Baker would allow the county executive to essentially assume control of the Board of Liquor Commissioners, and remove the governor and local senators from the process. The measure had a hearing in the House Economic Matters Committee last month, but no further has been taken.
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