HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(D) [However, no] NO part of the sum shall be distributed
to any fire department or station to be formed in the future
which has not been approved by the St. Mary's County Fire Board.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved April 9, 1985.

CHAPTER 61

(House Bill 449)

AN ACT concerning

St. Mary's County - Alcoholic Beverages Licensee - Penalty

FOR the purpose of authorizing the St. Mary's County Board of
License Commissioners to both revoke or suspend an alcoholic
beverages license and impose a fine on a licensee for any
violation of the alcoholic beverages law; and making
stylistic changes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 203(e)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

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

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

203.

(e) In St. Mary's County, (1) for any violation of the laws
as to licensing the sale of alcoholic beverages, the penalty upon
conviction shall be a fine not exceeding [five hundred dollars]
$500.

(2) For any violation of the laws as to hours or days
for the sale of alcoholic beverages, the violator shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon trial and conviction shall be
subjected to a fine of not less than [fifty dollars ($50.00)] $50
nor more than [two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00)] $250 or
may be confined in the county jail or the House of Correction for
not less than sixty days.