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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 158

(2) THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS shall employ
one full-time alcoholic beverages inspector and may also employ
one additional part-time alcoholic beverages inspector. The
employment of the alcoholic beverages inspectors shall be subject
to the provisions of the Cecil County Personnel Policy and
Procedure Manual. The salaries and travel expenses of the
alcoholic beverages inspectors shall be established by the County
Commissioners of Cecil County using county personnel department
rules, regulations, and guidelines.

[(2)] (3) The inspector shall investigate all
applicants for an alcoholic beverage license or transfer of
license in Cecil County, enforce all alcoholic beverage laws
therein, and investigate all violations of the alcoholic beverage
laws and report the same to the liquor control board. The
inspector shall have all the powers of a peace officer of the
State of Maryland in respect to the enforcement of the alcoholic
beverage laws of Cecil County and shall make an oath, as provided
in the Constitution of Maryland, to faithfully perform the duties
entrusted to him. The inspector shall visit and inspect at
unannounced times every licensed premise in Cecil County at least
every 90 days. The inspector shall make monthly reports in
writing to the liquor control board covering his activities,
setting forth any complaints, and listing any violations that may
have been observed by him or reported to him. No person shall
accept appointment or continue as an inspector if either he or
any member of his immediate family has any personal or financial
interest either directly or indirectly in any license or in any
licensed premises under the provisions of this article.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986 1987.

Approved April 29, 1986.

CHAPTER 158

(Senate Bill 704)

AN ACT concerning

Reciprocal Interstate Banking Acquisitions

FOR the purpose of altering the definition of Maryland Bank to
include a savings bank for the purposes of the interstate
banking acquisition law; permitting an acquired and a
successor bank to combine their years of existence and
continuous operation for the purpose of satisfying certain
acquisition approval requirements; and generally relating to
interstate acquisition of banks.