PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                               Ch. 67

or employee of a holder of any alcoholic beverages license may not sell any alcoholic
beverage or permit any alcoholic beverage to be consumed on the licensed premises
between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., except as provided in subsection [(b)] (C)
OF THIS SECTION. Holders of any "on-sale" retail alcoholic beverage license, their
agents, servants, or employees may sell beer and light wine on Sunday, except between
the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. A holder of any Class B restaurant license, with or
without a Sunday permit, may sell beer, wine and liquor on Sunday when it falls on
Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve, except between the hours of 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. [No]
A holder of a Class A beer, wine and liquor license or any agent, servant or employee of
a holder of a Class A beer, wine and liquor license [shall be permitted to] MAY NOT
make any sale between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. or on Sunday after 2:00 a.m.
except when December 24 and 31 fall on a Sunday.

[(b)](C) [In Prince George's County, notwithstanding] NOTWITHSTANDING
any other provisions of this article, if a Class B on-sale licensee has live entertainment
within the licensed premises on Friday, or Saturday nights, the licensee may sell or serve
alcoholic beverages, in accordance with his license, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and
3:00 a.m. of the following day.

[(c)](D) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 11-304 of this article, [in
Prince George's County] between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any day, a
person may not consume any alcoholic beverages on any premises open to the general
public, any place of public entertainment, any premises occupied regularly by a private
club or organization, or any place at which setups or other component parts of mixed
alcoholic drinks are sold directly or indirectly, except as provided in subsection [(b)](C)
OF THIS SECTION.

(2) (I) Any person found consuming any alcoholic beverage within these
premises or in any place during the hours specified is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction fined not more than $50 and not less than $5.

(II) The owner, operator, manager, waiter, server or employee of any
of these premises or places may not knowingly permit this consumption on those premises
or in that place during the hours specified [; and any]. ANY owner, operator, manager,
waiter, server or employee of any of these premises or places who [shall] knowingly
[permit] PERMITS this consumption during the hours specified is guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction is subject to the penalties provided in § 16-503 of this
article.

[(d)](E) [In Prince George's County the] THE holder of a Class A (off-sale)
license who offers for sale in his licensed premises commodities other than alcoholic
beverages and is open on Sundays for the sale of such commodities shall keep all alcoholic
beverages upon the premises in a separate beverage department securely closed and
locked in a compartment, compartments or enclosure between the hours of 2:00
[o'clock] a.m. on Sunday and 6:00 a.m. the following Monday, subject to [rules and]
regulations of the Board of License Commissioners not inconsistent with the provisions
hereof. The provisions of this subsection [shall] DO not apply to alcoholic beverages in
storage areas which are not open to the public.

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