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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved June 1, 1982.

CHAPTER 699

(House Bill 1328)

AN ACT concerning

Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages - Possession
of Open Containers
MC 278-82

FOR the purpose of placing certain restrictions on the
possession of alcoholic beverages in open containers by
any person on public property in Montgomery County;
including Montgomery County among those counties to

which the open alcoholic beverages container law

applies, and defining a certain term. providing that in
Montgomery County it is unlawful for a person to
possess in an open container any alcoholic beverage
while on certain premises; providing that in Montgomery
County a certain authorization is required in order to
possess any alcoholic beverage in an open container;
defining a certain term; and generally relating to
possession of open containers.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 214 and 216

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 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 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

214.

(A) IN THIS SECTION, WITH RESPECT TO MONTGOMERY
COUNTY, THE TERM "UNLESS AUTHORIZED" MEANS THE POSSESSION
AND PRESENTATION OF A WRITTEN CONSENT BY THE OWNER OF OR THE
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE PROPERTY.

(B) A person may not possess in an open container any
alcoholic beverage, as defined in this article, while: