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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 570

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 2 (c) (2)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting with amendments

Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages

Section 118(a-1) and (f)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 2(c) (2) and (3), respectively, of
Article — Alcoholic Beverages, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 2(c)(3) and (4),
respectively.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed, amended, or
enacted to read as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

2.

For the purposes of this article and unless otherwise
required by the context:

(C) (2) IN SOMERSET COUNTY LIGHT WINE MEANS ANY
FERMENTED BEVERAGE NOT IN EXCESS OF 22 PERCENT OF ALCOHOL BY
VOLUME.

118.

(a—1) A licensee under the provisions of this article,
or any of his employees, in Worcester County, may not sell
or furnish any alcoholic beverages other than beer or light
Wine OF 14 PERCENT ALCOHOL BY VOLUME at any time to a person
under 21 years of age, or beer and light wine to any person
under 18 years of age, either for his own use or for the use
of any other person, or to any person who at the time of the
sale, or delivery, is visibly under the influence of
alcoholic beverages. Any licensee or employee of a licensee
who is charged with a violation of this offense may be
proceeded against in Worcester County either upon a charging
document duly issued by the District Court for Worcester
County or by an indictment duly returned by the grand jury
of that county. Any person violating any of the provisions
of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction shall suffer the penalties provided by § 200 of
this article. However, any person charged with selling or
furnishing alcoholic beverages to an underaged person may