HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               957

FOR the purpose of prohibiting beyond a certain date the use
of tax-paid crowns or stamps for the payment of the
Garrett County tax on beer.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 137(a)

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

137.

(a) In addition to the Maryland tax on beer there
shall be levied and collected on all beer sold or delivered
into Garrett County a tax of 2 cents for each 12-ounce
container or less and 5 1/3 cents for each container in
excess of 12 ounces but not in excess of 32 ounces, and 6
cents per gallon or fraction for each container in excess of
32 ounces, which additional tax shall be paid to the liquor
control board of Garrett County for the general use of the
county before any beer shall be delivered into Garrett
County. [Until the end of June 30, 1981 the] THE payment of
[such] THIS tax shall be by a method other than the use of
tax-paid crowns or stamps to be approved by the liquor
control board of Garrett County. In order to sell draft
beer, any establishment regularly licensed to sell beer
shall obtain a special license from the liquor control board
of Garrett County and the fee for the license is $75.

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

Approved April 22, 1980.

CHAPTER 184

(House Bill 752)

AN ACT concerning

Prince George's County - Alcoholic Beverages
(Board of License Commissioners)
PG 309-80