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alcoholic beverages laws; setting limits on the dollar
amount of the fines; and setting guidelines for the
Board to follow for certain offenses impose a certain
fine or suspend the license of a licensee for certain
violations of certain alcoholic beverage laws.

BY adding to

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 203(a-1)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1979 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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.

(A-1) (1) IN BALTIMORE CITY, THE BOARD OF LICENSE
COMMISSIONERS MAY EITHER SUSPEND OR IMPOSE A FINE ON ANY
LICENSEE WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.

(2) THE FINE FOR A FIRST OFFENSE IN VIOLATION OF
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE MAY NOT EXCEED $500.

(3) THE FINE FOR A SECOND OFFENSE IN VIOLATION
OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE MAY NOT EXCEED $200 WITH
NOT MORE THAN A 5-DAY SUSPENSION. THE LICENSEE MAY CHOOSE
THE 5-DAY PERIOD OF SUSPENSION WITHIN 15 DAYS OF THE
VIOLATION.

(4) IF THE LICENSEE VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS ARTICLE 5 OR MORE TIMES IN A 24-MONTH PERIOD, THE BOARD
MAY REVOKE THE LICENSE OR GIVE THE LICENSEE THE OPTION TO
SELL THE LICENSE WITHIN A 6-MONTH PERIOD COMMISSIONERS MAY
IMPOSE A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $500 OR SUSPEND THE LICENSE
OF A LICENSEE FOR ANY VIOLATION THAT IS CAUSE FOR SUSPENSION
UNDER THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LAWS AFFECTING BALTIMORE CITY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved May 6, 1980.

CHAPTER 338
(Senate Bill 771)
AN ACT concerning