HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Section 63(1)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

63.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
clerk shall remit all license fees collected by him, less a
fee of $2 for the issuance of each license, to the board of
county commissioners for the county, or to the Mayor and
City Council of Baltimore, as the case may be; and the board
of county commissioners or Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore shall use the portion of the receipts as may be
necessary to pay refunds as hereinafter provided, and devote
the balance to the general purposes of the county or city,
as the case may be.

(1) (1) In Garrett County one half of such license
fee shall be paid by the clerk of the Circuit Court to the
mayor and council of the incorporated town in which such
licensed premises may be located.

(2) Exclusive of the $800 annual license fee
which shall be distributed as provided for in paragraph (1)
of this subsection, the amount collected from special Class
D licenses as the 10% surcharge on the gross purchase price
of all liquor and wine purchased by a licensee as required
under § 21(f-2) of this article shall be collected by the
clerk of the Circuit Court and distributed to the Garrett
County liquor control board. THE CLERK SHALL COLLECT THIS
SURCHARGE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS NO LATER THAN 15 DAYS AFTER:
SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31, MARCH 31, AND THE DESIGNATED DATE
FOR RENEWAL OF THIS LICENSE; AND THE CLERK IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR KEEPING ALL RECORDS REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION AND
COLLECTION OF THIS SURCHARGE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved April 10, 1979.

CHAPTER 80
(House Bill 1480)
AN ACT concerning