Ch. 271

LAWS OF MARYLAND

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

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

166.

(b) (1) In Montgomery County, an employee of the department
of liquor control for Montgomery County, a member of the
Montgomery County Council, or the Montgomery County Executive may
not have any financial interest, directly or indirectly, in the
sale, manufacture, blending, brewing, distilling, rectifying or
wholesaling of any alcoholic beverage purchased or sold under the
provisions of this article. An employee of the department of
liquor control may not have any interest in any license issued
under the provisions of this article. An employee of the
department of liquor control may not solicit or receive directly
or indirectly, any fee, commission, gratuity, emolument,
remuneration, reward, present or sample of any alcoholic
beverage, from any person, partnership, firm or corporation,
agents, servants or employees, engaged in the sale, manufacture,
blending, brewing, distilling, rectifying, wholesaling or
distribution of alcoholic beverages, or any licensee licensed
under the provisions of this article, or to derive any profit or
remuneration from the purchase or sale of any such beverage other
than the salary or wages payable by the county for the discharge
of the duties as herein prescribed or authorized.

(2)  In Montgomery County, a person, firm, association
or corporation, engaged in the manufacture, sale, blending,
brewing, distilling, rectifying, wholesaling or distribution of
alcoholic beverages (or any agent, servant, or employee thereof),
and a licensee (or employee thereof) licensed under the
provisions of this article, may not directly or indirectly offer,
pay or give any fee, emolument, remuneration, reward, present,
commission, gratuity, or sample of any alcoholic beverages or
make any gift of any value whatever to any employee of the
department of liquor control for Montgomery County, or any member
of the Montgomery County Council, or the Montgomery County
Executive.

(3)  This subsection does not prevent any
manufacturer, brewer, wholesaler or dealer in alcoholic beverages
now selling or in the future attempting to sell or selling
alcoholic beverages to the department of liquor control from
giving and delivering samples of alcoholic beverages to the
department. Any person, firm or corporation delivering samples
of alcoholic beverages to the department shall obtain an official
receipt, signed by the director of the department of liquor
control, stating in detail the amount and description of the
sample, which samples, when so received, shall be inventoried and
sold as are other beverages purchased by the department.

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