1934

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 479

any of his employees who is charged with a violation of this
subsection shall receive a summons for his appearance in
court on a certain day to answer the charges placed against
him. The person charged may not be required to post bail
bond pending trial in any court of this State. Any person
violating any of the provisions of this subsection is guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, suffers the penalties
provided by § 200 of this article. However, any person
charged with selling or furnishing any alcoholic beverages
to a minor under 21, except that the age is 18 for beer and
light wine, may not be found guilty of a violation of this
subsection, if the person establishes to the satisfaction of
the jury or the court sitting as a jury, that he used due
caution to establish that the minor under 21, or 18 where
beer or light wine is sold or furnished, was not, in fact a
minor under 21 if a nonresident of the State, or 18 where
beer or light wine is sold or furnished, if a nonresident of
the State. If, in either case, the person is a resident of
the State of Maryland, the licensee may accept, as proof of
a person's age, the display of the person's age of majority
identification card as provided for in the Maryland Vehicle
Law. If any person shall be found not guilty, or placed on
probation without a verdict, of any alleged violation of
this subsection, this finding operates as a complete bar to
any proceeding by any alcoholic beverage law-enforcement or
licensing authorities on account of the alleged violation,
provided that the person inducing the sale in question has
been found guilty by a court under one of the sections of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland numbered 400 to
403, both inclusive.

(Q) IN CECIL COUNTY, IF ANY PERSON WHO OBTAINS ANY
SPIRITUOUS OR FERMENTED LIQUORS FROM ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
LICENSEE FOR CONSUMPTION BY ANY PERSON UNDER AGE 21, OR
UNDER AGE 18 IN THE CASE OF BEER OR LIGHT WINE, AND IF THAT
PERSON KNEW THAT THE CONSUMER WAS UNDER THE LAWFUL AGE FOR
THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, THE PERSON SHALL BE
FINED NOT MORE THAN $500.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 12, 1981.

CHAPTER 480
(House Bill 1774)
AN ACT concerning

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