HARRY HUGHES, Governor

3003

CHAPTER 447

(House Bill 1626)

AN ACT concerning

St. Mary's County - Outdoor Musical Festivals

FOR the purpose of exempting promoters who own property in
St. Mary's County on which outdoor musical festivals
are held from cash bond requirements for permits for
outdoor music festivals.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article 56 - Licenses

Section 159A(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 56 - Licenses

Section 159A(b)(1)(i)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article 56 - Licenses

159A.

(a)  No promoter shall hold or conduct any outdoor
musical festival where spectators will be present without
first obtaining from the health officer for the county and
the Superintendent of State Police the permits required in
this section.

(b)  (1) The health officer may not issue a permit
until the following provisions are met:

(i) The promoters post cash bond in an
amount to be determined by the health officer not to exceed
$50,000, but not to exceed $25,000 in Washington and
Frederick counties. IN ST. MARY'S COUNTY, IF THE PROMOTER
OWNS THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE OUTDOOR MUSICAL FESTIVAL IS
HELD, THIS SUBPARAGRAPH DOES NOT APPLY;