Ch. 217                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 217
(House Bill 404)

AN ACT concerning

Garrett County - Alcoholic Beverages
(Employment of Minors)

FOR the purpose of altering the restriction under which persons in Garrett County who
are under a certain age may not handle alcoholic beverages; specifying an age below
which such persons may not handle alcoholic beverages for certain purposes; and
generally relating to alcoholic beverages in Garrett County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 12-302
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

12-302.

(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.

(3)     A person under age 21 may not be employed by any holder of a Class D
beer, wine and liquor license in the sale of alcoholic beverages.

(b)     In the following jurisdictions the specified exceptions to subsection (a) of this
section apply:

(1)     In Anne Arundel County a Class A (off-sale) licensee may employ a
person age 16 years or older to stock alcoholic beverages.

(2)     In Baltimore City a licensee may employ a person 18 years of age or
older to sell, serve, deliver, or otherwise deal with alcoholic beverages.

(3)     In Baltimore County a member of an alcoholic beverages licensee's
immediate family who is under 18 years old may not be employed to sell, deliver, or
otherwise deal with alcoholic beverages by the holder of an alcoholic beverages license.

(4)     In Carroll County the provisions of subsection (c) of this section apply.

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