424                                 Laws of Maryland                          Ch. 152

SEC. 2. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT THIS ACT SHALL
NOT AFFECT ANY IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACTED FOR
PRIOR TO JULY 1,1970.

Sec. 2 3. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect July
1, 1970.

Approved April 15, 1970

CHAPTER 152
(House Bill 68)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 3(a) (2)
of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Prohibition—
Without License or Permit—Exception," relating to the payment of
alcoholic beverage taxes on liquor TAXES ON ALCOHOLIC BEV-
ERAGES brought into the country at certain places within the
State by tourists STATE FROM WITHOUT THE COUNTRY BY
CONSUMERS and exempting a certain quantity of liquor ALCO-
HOLIC BEVERAGES from these taxes under certain conditions.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 3(a) (2) of Article 2B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1968 Replacement Volume), title "Alcoholic Beverages," sub-
title "Prohibition—Without License or Permit—Exception," be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

3.

(a) (2) No alcoholic beverages upon which the taxes provided by
the tax provisions of this article have not been paid shall be bought,
sold, bargained, imported, stored, transported, possessed or kept
or suffered to be bought, sold, bargained, imported, stored, trans-
ported, possessed or kept in any vehicle, vessel, aircraft or on any
premises or under his charge or control by any person except:

(i) By certain licensees as provided for in this article, or

(ii) By a consumer who may personally bring into this State not
in excess of one (1) quart of alcoholic beverages at one time and not
exceeding two (2) quarts in any one calendar month for his personal
use only and who shall be entitled to possess not in excess of four
(4) quarts of such alcoholic beverages, provided such alcoholic
beverages are not illicit alcoholic beverages, provided however, that
such alcoholic beverages shall not be resold within the State of Mary-
land at any time, or

(in) Tourists who are twenty-one years of age or more arriving
at the Port of Baltimore or Friendship International Airport directly
or indirectly from the Virgin Islands of the United States, American
Samoa, or Guam may enter WITH one wine gallon of alcoholic bever-
ages free of duty and tax, if not more than one quart of this amount