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TOTAL COST OF A PARTICULAR PROJECT AND THE TOTAL OF ALL

FEDERAL GRANTS, FROM ANY SOURCE, WHICH ARE APPLIED TO SUCH
PROJECT.

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

Approved May 16, 1978.

CHAPTER 703

(House Bill 1456)

AN ACT concerning

Washington County — Alcoholic Beverages

FOR the purpose of permitting the Board of License
Commissioners of Washington County to either suspend or
impose a fine on the alcoholic beverage licensee;
placing these funds in the general funds of the County;
setting limits on the dollar amount of the fine;
setting guidelines for the Board to follow; and
permitting the Board to promulgate rules and
regulations.

BY adding to

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 203(h)

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

203.

(H) (1) THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS OF
WASHINGTON COUNTY MAY EITHER SUSPEND OR IMPOSE A FINE ON ANY
LICENSEE WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.

(2)    MONEY PAID IN LIEU OF SUSPENSION SHALL BE
PAID INTO THE GENERAL FUNDS OF THE COUNTY.

(3)    THE FINE MAY NOT EXCEED $2,500.

(4) IN REACHING A DECISION AS TO WHETHER TO
FINE OF SUSPEND A LICENSEE, THE BOARD SHALL CONSIDER THE
FOLLOWING POINTS: