WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                    Ch. 120

premises; providing that a manager, owner, operator, or
employee of these premises may not knowingly permit
consumption of alcoholic beverages during these hours; and
providing a penalty for violations of this Act.

BY adding to

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 86(1)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1986 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.

(L) (1) THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION
ARE NOT APPLICABLE IN FREDERICK COUNTY. IN FREDERICK COUNTY,
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2 A.M. AND 6 A.M. ON ANY DAY, A PERSON MAY
NOT CONSUME ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON ANY PREMISES OPEN TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC, ANY PLACE OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT, OR ANY PLACE
AT WHICH SETUPS OR OTHER COMPONENT PARTS OF MIXED ALCOHOLIC
DRINKS ARE SOLD UNDER ANY LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
ARTICLE 56, AND ANY OWNER, OPERATOR, EMPLOYEE, OR MANAGER OF SAID
PREMISES OR' PLACES MAY NOT KNOWINGLY PERMIT SUCH CONSUMPTION.

(2) UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED, ANY
PERSON VIOLATING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION IS SUBJECT TO
THE GENERAL PENALTY PROVISIONS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION.

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

Approved April 14, 1987.

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