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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved April 11, 1978.

CHAPTER 101

(House Bill 189)

AN ACT concerning

State Appeal Board

FOR the purpose of amending the compensation of the members
of the State Appeal Board under the alcoholic beverages
law, and amending the compensation of the secretary to
the Board.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages

Section 151(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1- BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages

154.

(a) The State Appeal Board shall comprise three
citizens of the State to be appointed by the Comptroller,
subject to the approval of the Governor. The Comptroller
shall designate one of said members to be chairman of the
Board[, who shall receive a salary of twenty—five hundred
dollars ($2,500) per annum. Each of the other two members
shall receive a salary of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800)
per annum. The Board shall appoint a secretary whose salary
shall be five hundred dollars ($500) per year]. THE MEMBERS
SHALL RECEIVE $50 PER DIEM COMPENSATION FOR EACH DAY SPENT
ON OFFICIAL BOARD BUSINESS AS PROVIDED IN THE STATE BUDGET,
PLUS A MILEAGE ALLOWANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARD
TRAVEL REGULATIONS WHEN SERVING ON OFFICIAL BOARD BUSINESS.
HOWEVER, EACH MEMBER MAY NOT RECEIVE MORE THAN $1,000 OF PER
DIEM COMPENSATION PEE YEAR. THE BOARD SHALL APPOINT A
SECRETARY WHO SHALL RECEIVE $25 PER DIEM COMPENSATION FOR
EACH DAY SPENT ON OFFICIAL BOARD BUSINESS AS PROVIDED IN THE
STATE BUDGET, PLUS A MILEAGE ALLOWANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE STANDARD TRAVEL REGULATIONS WHEN SERVING AS THE BOARD'S
SECRETARY.