HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(g) (4) The protest shall:

(i) Be signed by not less than 10 residents or
real estate owners in the immediate vicinity in which the
licensed place of business is located; or

(ii) Be instituted by the board of [licensing]
LICENSE commissioners on its own initiative; or

(iii) Be instituted by the municipality in
which the licensed place of business is located subsequent to a
public hearing being held by that municipality concerning the
license renewal protest.

118.

(b) (2) Any licensee or employee of a licensee who is
charged with a violation of this offense may be proceeded against
in Worcester County either upon a charging document duly issued
by the District Court for Worcester County or by an indictment
duly returned by the grand jury of that county. Any licensee
violating any of the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction shall suffer the penalties
provided by § 200 of this article. However, a licensee charged
with selling or furnishing alcoholic beverages to an underaged
person may not be found guilty of a violation of this subsection
if the person establishes to the satisfaction of the jury or
court sitting as a jury that he used due caution to establish
that the person was not, in fact underaged. This subsection
applies solely to Worcester County and stands in place and stead
of subsection [118](a) of this section as the subsection applies
generally to the counties of this State.

148.

(d) In St. Mary's [County] COUNTY, the board of license
commissioners as it existed prior to June 1, [1963] 1963, is
abolished and a new board shall be appointed as of that date, as
provided in subsection (a) of this section which shall be styled
notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) OF THIS SECTION
"the alcoholic beverage board of St. Mary's County," but which
in all other respects shall be the same as a board appointed
under subsection (a) OF THIS SECTION. In addition to the board
members appointed under subsection (a) of this section, the
Governor shall appoint an alternate board member who shall serve
whenever any regular board member is absent from a meeting. The
term of office of the alternate board member shall run
concurrently with the terms of office of the regular members of
the board serving in office on July 1, 1983. The members of said
board shall organize by electing their own chairman. They shall
meet at least once during each calendar month, and as frequently
in addition thereto as in their discretion is required by the
duties of their office. All hearings held by the board shall be
open to the public. The board is authorized to appoint advisory