WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                        S.B. 397

401B.

(A)     EXCEPT FOR A PERSON LICENSED AS AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
LICENSEE UNDER ARTICLE 2B OF THE CODE THAT POSSESSES A KEG IN THE COURSE
OF THAT PERSON'S BUSINESS, A PERSON MAY NOT KNOWINGLY:

(1)     POSSESS A KEG THAT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER OR DOES
NOT HAVE A REGISTRATION FORM AFFIXED TO IT AS REQUIRED BY ARTICLE 2B, §
147A OF THE CODE; OR

(2)      REMOVE, ALTER, OR OBLITERATE, OR ALLOW TO BE REMOVED,
ALTERED, OR OBLITERATED, A REGISTRATION FORM THAT IS AFFIXED TO A KEG.

(B)     A PERSON MAY NOT PERMIT AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE TO
CONSUME ANY OF THE CONTENTS OF A KEG PURCHASED BY THAT PERSON.

(C) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT
TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $250 FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE AND, FOR EACH
SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE, A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $500.

403B.

(a) For EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN § 401B(B) AND (C), FOR For purposes of this
section, a violation of the provisions of this subheading is deemed a Code violation and is
a civil offense.

(b) A law enforcement officer authorized to make arrests shall issue a citation to
a person if the officer has probable cause to believe that a person is committing or has
committed a Code violation.

(f) (1) If a person is found by the District Court to have committed a Code
violation, that person shall be required to pay a fine in an amount not to exceed $500.

(2) If the violation is a repeat offense, that person shall be required to pay
a fine in an amount not to exceed $1,000.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

May 26, 1994

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.

President of the Senate

State House

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, I have today
vetoed Senate Bill 397.

Senate Bill 397 would prohibit an agency of State government from electronically
reproducing a regulation from the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR), the

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