HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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

Article 56 - Licenses

159.

(a)  "Outdoor musical festival" means any group or group of
persons participating in musical entertainment in open spaces and
not in a permanent structure and not on publicly owned property.

(b)  "Promoter" means the organizer, operator, producer, or
the person or persons, or corporation staging the outdoor musical
festival; and the owner, tenant, or lessee of the land upon which
the outdoor musical festival is performed. The term shall not
include the State or any political subdivision.

(c)  "Spectator" means a member of a gathering of 1,000 or
more persons who are in attendance for the purpose of viewing
and/or hearing the outdoor musical festival. In Washington,
Frederick, [and] Carroll, AND KENT counties, "spectator" means a
member of a gathering of 500 or more persons who are in
attendance for the purpose of viewing and hearing the outdoor
musical festival.

159A.

(d)  However, nothing in this subtitle applies to:

(1)  [any] ANY outdoor musical festival in Carroll
County held or conducted by any college or public school; OR

(2)  ANY OUTDOOR MUSICAL FESTIVAL IN KENT COUNTY HELD
OR CONDUCTED BY ANY NONPROFIT FRATERNAL, RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE,
CIVIC, WAR VETERANS', SOCIAL WELFARE, OR AGRICULTURAL
ORGANIZATION OPERATING IN KENT COUNTY.

159B.

(a) For the purposes of this ' section, "outdoor musical
festival promoter" means every person engaged in the business of
organizing, producing or staging musical entertainment in open
spaces and not in a permanent structure for a gathering of one
thousand (1,000) or more persons who pay a consideration or
admission charge to view and hear such musical entertainment. For
purposes of this section, in Washington, Frederick, [and]
Carroll, AND KENT counties "outdoor musical festival promoter"
means every person engaged in the business of organizing,
producing or staging musical entertainment in open spaces and not
in a permanent structure for a gathering of 500 or more persons
who pay a consideration or admission charge to view and hear such
musical entertainment.