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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 758

licensee violating any of the provisions of this subsection is
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, suffers the
penalties provided by § 200 of this article. However, a licensee
charged with selling or furnishing any alcoholic beverages to a
person under 21, and in the case of beer and light wine to a
person not designated under § 2(t)(2) of this article may not be
found guilty of a violation of this subsection, if the person
establishes to the satisfaction of the jury or the court sitting
as a jury, that he used due caution to establish that the person
under 21, or a person not designated under § 2(t)(2) of this
article where beer or light wine is sold or furnished was not, in
fact, a person under 21 if a nonresident of the State or a person
not designated under § 2(t)(2) of this article where beer or
light wine is furnished. If, in either case, the person is a
resident of the State of Maryland, the licensee may accept, as
proof of a person's age, the display of the person's [age of
majority] DRIVER'S LICENSE OR identification card as provided for
in the Maryland Vehicle Law. If any licensee shall be found not
guilty, or placed on probation without a verdict, of any alleged
violation of this subsection, this finding operates as a complete
bar to any proceeding by any alcoholic beverage law-enforcement
or licensing authorities on account of the alleged violation,
provided that the person inducing the sale in question has been
found guilty by a court under one of the sections of Article 27
of the Annotated Code of Maryland numbered 400 to 403, both
inclusive.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all age of
majority cards issued prior to July 1, 1985 shall expire on June
30, 1987. A person may not commit any fraud or make any
misrepresentation in using an age of majority card.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 28, 1985.

CHAPTER 759

(House Bill 528)

AN ACT concerning

St. Mary's County - Civil Infractions

FOR the purpose of providing that the St. Mary's County
Metropolitan Commission may designate any violation of the
law relating to that Commission as a civil infraction;
providing procedures and penalties for those civil
infractions; altering the penalties for misdemeanor