Ch. 442

LAWS OF MARYLAND

the charges placed against him. The person charged may not be
required to post bail bond pending trial in any court of this
State.

(2) A licensee OR EMPLOYEE OF THE 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 OR EMPLOYEE OF THE
LICENSEE charged with selling or furnishing any alcoholic
beverages to a person under 21 YEARS OF AGE[, 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 YEARS OF AGE[, 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
YEARS OF AGE 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]. Iff, in either case,] the person is a
resident of the State of Maryland, the licensee OR EMPLOYEE OF
THE LICENSEE may accept, as proof of a person's age, the display
of the person's driver's license or identification card as
provided for in the Maryland Vehicle Law. If any licensee OR
EMPLOYEE OF THE 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 AGAINST THE LICENSEE 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.

200.

Any person violating the provisions of this article for
which no penalty, other than the suspension or revocation of a
license or permit, is provided, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a
fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or to
imprisonment for not more than two years in the House of
Correction, or jail, or both fined and imprisoned.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 17, 1988.

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