Ch. 10

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

ON THE PREMISES IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND ON CONVICTION MAY BE
FINED UP TO $5,000 FOR EACH VIOLATION.

(III) EACH DAY OF OPERATION IN VIOLATION OF THIS SUBSECTION
IS A SEPARATE VIOLATION.

(K) RESERVED. (DORCHESTER COUNTY)

(1) (1) (I) [The provisions of subsection (a) of this section are not
applicable] THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES ONLY in Frederick County.

(II) [In Frederick County, between the hours of] BETWEEN 2 a.m.
and 6 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, or any place at
which setups or other component parts of mixed alcoholic drinks are sold under any
license issued under the provisions of the Business Regulation Article, and any owner,
operator, employee, or manager of [said] THOSE premises or places may not knowingly
permit such consumption.

(2) Unless otherwise specifically provided, any person violating the
provisions of this subsection is subject to the general penalty provisions provided for in
this section.

[(m) (1) (i) In Baltimore, Charles, Howard, and Prince George's Counties,
alcoholic beverages may not be brought onto any premises and consumed or transferred
if the premises constitute a place of public entertainment and the entertainment is of the
type listed under § 10-405(c) through (f) of this article.

(ii) In Howard County, a person operating a place of public
entertainment also violates the provisions of this subsection if a female entertainer
exhibits her breasts below the top of the areola or exhibits the cleft of her buttocks.

(2)     Any person operating a place of public entertainment who knowingly
permits any violation of this subsection on the premises is guilty of a misdemeanor and on
conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 for each violation.

(3)     Each day of operation in violation of this subsection is a separate
violation.]

(M) RESERVED. (GARRETT COUNTY)

[(j)] (N) (1) (I) [In] THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES ONLY IN Harford County[, if
the premises constitute].

(II) 1. IN THIS SUBSECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

2.       "PREMISES" MEANS a restaurant, tavern, hotel, club, dance
studio, disco, or place of public entertainment[, a person].

3.       "PERSON" MEANS A PERSON, club, organization, or place of
public entertainment.

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