Ch. 3

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(IV) The fee for a transfer and for assignment of a license is the greater
of $50 or 25 percent of the annual fee of the license being transferred in addition to the
cost of publication, notice, and any hearing fees required.

[(2)] (3) [In Worcester County, the license commissioners] THE BOARD
may not transfer an off-sale alcoholic beverages license of any class for the use in a
business that is intended to be operated as a drive-through purchase facility where
alcoholic beverages are to be sold at retail and dispensed through a window or door to a
purchaser in or on a motor vehicle for [off-premise] OFF-PREMISES consumption.

[(3)] (4) In [Worcester County, in] addition to the restrictions provided in
subsection (a) of this section, before an owner of a business that is licensed under this
article may transfer or assign any pecuniary interest in that licensed business:

(i) The owner shall first notify the Board [of License Commissioners]
of the proposed transfer or assignment; and

(ii) The Board [of License Commissioners] shall approve the transfer
or assignment.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

This section is amended to clarify language and structure.
117.                            

(A)     UNLESS PROVISION IS MADE ELSEWHERE IN THIS SECTION, THE
FOLLOWING PROVISIONS APPLY STATEWIDE TO PERSONS WHO ARE EMPLOYED IN
LICENSED ESTABLISHMENTS: .                                                                 

(1)      A PERSON UNDER AGE 18 MAY NOT BE EMPLOYED IN THE SALE OF
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

(2)      EXCEPT FOR CLASS D BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR LICENSEES, A
PERSON BETWEEN AGES 18 AND 21 MAY BE EMPLOYED IN THE SALE OF BEER AND
LIGHT WINE.

[(b) (1)] (3) A person under AGE 21 [years of age,] may not be employed by
any holder of a Class D[,] beer, wine and liquor license in the sale of alcoholic
beverages[, and no person under the age of 18 shall be employed for the sale of alcoholic
beverages in any other licensed establishment. However, a person 18 to 21 years of age
may be employed for the sale of beer and light wine].

(B)     IN THE FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONS THE SPECIFIED EXCEPTIONS TO
SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION APPLY:

[(4)](1) [However, in] IN Anne Arundel County[,] a Class A (off-sale)
licensee may employ a person AGE 16 years [of age] or older to stock alcoholic
beverages.

[(e)] (2) [Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, in] IN Baltimore
City [and Cecil County] a licensee may employ a person 18 years of age or older to sell,
serve, [deliver] DELIVER, or otherwise deal with alcoholic beverages.

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