HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Approved May 29, 1979.

CHAPTER 526

(House Bill 233)

AN ACT concerning

Outdoor Musical Festivals

FOR the purpose of deleting the provisions for waiver or
reduction of the bond required from the promoter of an
outdoor musical festival; amending the provisions for
retention of the bond after termination of the
festival; requiring submission of claims within a
certain time; requiring; in a certain county, a title
search of property pledge in lieu of bond; clarifying
certain provisions; correcting certain references; and
generally relating to permits for outdoor musical
festivals.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 56 - Licenses
Section 159A and 159E(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1972 Replacement Volume and 1978 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 56 — Licenses

159A.

(a)    No promoter shall hold or conduct any outdoor
musical festival where spectators will be present without
first obtaining [permits] from the deputy State Health
Officer for the county and the Superintendent of [the] State
Police THE PERMITS REQUIRED IN THIS SECTION.

(b)    (1) [A] THE DEPUTY STATE HEALTH OFFICES MAY
NOT ISSUE A permit [shall not be issued] until the following
provisions are met:

[C)] (I) The promoters post cash bond in an
amount to be determined by the DEPUTY STATE health officer
not to exceed $50,000, but not to exceed $25,000 in
Washington and Frederick counties[,]; and