WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 5

[(l)] (M) In Garrett County one half of [such] THE license fee or $500,
whichever is less, shall be paid by the Clerk of the Circuit Court to the mayor and council
of the incorporated town in which [such] THE licensed premises [may be] ARE located.

[(m)] (N) (1) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION APPLY ONLY IN [In]
Harford County.

[(1)](2) [the] THE net proceeds of all funds received by the Board from
the sale of licenses under the provisions of this article [issued in Harford County],
outside of the corporate limits of the municipalities of Aberdeen, Bel Air and Havre de
Grace, shall be paid to the Treasurer [of Harford County] and credited to the general
funds of [said] THE County.

[(2)](3) The net proceeds of the funds derived from the sale of licenses
within the corporate limits of the municipalities of Aberdeen, Bel Air and Havre de
Grace, after the deduction of a proportionate part of the expenses incident to the proper
administration and enforcement of this article [in Harford County], shall be paid by
[said] THE Board to the treasurers of [said] THE respective towns, to be applied to the
payment of the interest and the redemption of the principal of any bonded indebtedness.

[(3)] (4) All expenses incident to the proper administration and
enforcement of this article [in Harford County], including one half the salaries of the
members of the Board, and the proper proportion of the salaries of any employees of the
Board, whose duties include the handling of licenses, including the salaries of officers,
inspectors, etc., shall be deducted proportionately from the shares of the license fees
payable as above set forth to the general funds of the County and the governing bodies of
the three municipalities.

[(4)] (5) (i) [Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in Harford
County, prior] PRIOR to the beginning of each fiscal year, the [Harford County] Board
of License Commissioners shall submit an annual budget to the [Harford County]
Council and County Executive for review.

(ii) Except as provided under § 163(i)(3) of this article, the budget is
not subject to approval by the County Council or County Executive.

(iii) The expenditure of license fees collected by the County Board for
the administration and enforcement of County liquor laws is a matter entirely within the
sound discretion of the County Board and the provisions of this subsection.

[(v)](O) (1) In Howard County:

(i) The Board of License Commissioners shall issue the license; and

(ii) The Director of Finance shall collect the license fees.

(2) The County shall:

(i) Pay from the receipts the salaries and expenses of the Board of
License Commissioners; and

(ii) Devote the balance of the receipts to the general purposes of
Howard County.

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