WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 5

FOR A violation of which provision REQUIRES OR PERMITS licenses [may or must] TO
be revoked or suspended, the [said] THE Board[,] may[, in lieu of ordering such
revocation or suspension of said license,] order and direct the licensee to exchange [his]
THAT license for a "lesser" or "more restricted" license INSTEAD OF ORDERING THE
REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE LICENSE. [(a "lesser" or "more restricted"
license shall be deemed to be a license under which the sale of alcoholic beverages of a
lower alcoholic content, or of a more limited kind, only may be sold, than were sold under
the license ordered transferred, or shall be deemed to be a license having fewer
privileges, or one containing more or greater restrictions, than were permitted to be
exercised under the license ordered transferred), and the said]

(4) THE Board [is hereby vested with full power and authority to] MAY
determine [within its own discretion,] if any license [shall] IS TO be suspended or
revoked for the violation of any of the provisions of [§ 69 of this article] THIS SECTION
or any other [provision thereof] PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, [for] the PENALTY
FOR A violation of which provision REQUIRES OR PERMITS licenses [must] TO be
suspended or revoked. [Provided, however, that this subsection shall apply to the first,
second, third, fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth districts of Anne Arundel County only.]

[(d-1)](D)In Garrett County, in addition to any other provisions of this article, the
license of any person may be suspended for a period of time to be determined by the
Board not to exceed 1 year, for any of the following grounds: (1) sale of alcoholic
beverages to a person under 21 years of age, (2) possession on the licensed premises by
any person of any liquor or wines not purchased from the Garrett County liquor
dispensaries, if the Garrett County Liquor Control Board maintains County liquor
dispensaries, or (3) sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. The decision of the Board in
these cases is conclusive.

(e) (1) (i) In Harford County the Liquor Control Board and general manager
shall make or have frequent inspections made of the premises of all licensees.

(ii) If it is found that any licensee or an agent or employee of the
licensee is violating any of the provisions of this article, or the regulations promulgated
under it, or is failing to observe in good faith the purposes of it, or is not maintaining the
premises in a clean, sanitary manner, the Board, after a public hearing, may impose the
penalties provided in this subsection.

(iii) The Board shall report its findings at the next regularly scheduled
meeting of the Board or within 14 calendar days of the hearing, whichever is earlier.

(iv) The Board shall report those cases to the State's Attorney and the
Sheriff [of Harford County]. The Sheriff and the State's Attorney shall prosecute the
licensee under the provisions of this article.

(v) The Board may impose the penalty provisions provided in this
subsection upon any licensee on whose premises any gambling devices are found, which
are illegal under the laws of the State of Maryland, or any illegal gambling of any
character found, or any alcoholic beverage found, in violation of the appropriate license,
or if the licensee has been convicted in federal or State court of a felony.

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