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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 266

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1983 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Real Property

Section ll-105(e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

86.

(j) (1) In Harford County, if the premises constitute a
restaurant, tavern, hotel, club, dance studio, disco, or place of
public entertainment, a person, club, organization, or place of
public entertainment may not knowingly allow the consumption,
possession, or transfer of alcoholic beverages except in a manner
specifically permitted or provided for by this article if:

(i) The person, club, organization, or place of
public entertainment is in possession or control of the place as
owner, lessee, or user;

(ii) The place is open to the general public or
in any way licensed by the State of Maryland or by Harford
County; and

(iii) The place is not the room of a registered
guest in a hotel, motel, or hospice or the property of a
volunteer fire company, bona fide catering establishment,
community or civic association, swim club, or bona fide social,
civic, nonprofit, charitable, fraternal, patriotic, educational,
or public service organization, or bona fide religious
institution in existence for a minimum of 3 years.

(2)  The liquor control board of Harford County may
exempt places similar to those listed in subparagraph (iii) of
paragraph (1) of this subsection on a case-by-case basis from the
provisions of this subsection.

(3)  The liquor control board of Harford County shall
adopt uniform rules for the administration of exceptions
specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection.

(4)  Any owner, operator, manager, or employee of
premises or places subject to the prohibitions of this subsection
who shall knowingly permit such consumption in violation of this
subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not more than $1,000.