PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 10

(III) A PERSON may not knowingly allow the consumption, possession,
or transfer of alcoholic beverages ON ITS PREMISES except in a manner specifically
permitted or provided for by this article if: -

[(i)] 1. The person[, club, organization, or place of public
entertainment] is in possession or control of the place OR PREMISES as owner, lessee,
or user;

[(ii)]2. The place OR PREMISES is open to the general public or in
any way licensed by [the] THIS State [of Maryland] or by [Harford] THE County; and

[(iii)] 3. The place OR PREMISES is not the room of a registered guest
in a hotel, motel, or hospice or the property of a volunteer fire company, bona fide
catering establishment, community or civic association, swim club, or bona fide social,
civic, nonprofit, charitable, fraternal, patriotic, educational, or public service
organization, or bona fide religious institution WHICH HAS BEEN in existence for a
minimum of 3 years.

(2)     The Liquor Control Board [of Harford County] may exempt FROM
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION places similar to those listed in [subparagraph
(iii)] SUB-SUBPARAGRAPH 3 OF SUBPARAGRAPH (III) of paragraph (1) of this
subsection on a case-by-case basis [from the provisions of this subsection].

(3)     The Liquor Control Board [of Harford County] shall adopt uniform
rules for the administration of exceptions specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection.

(4)     Any owner, operator, manager, or employee of premises or places
subject to the prohibitions of this subsection who [shall] knowingly [permit such]
PERMITS THE PROHIBITED consumption in violation of this subsection [shall be] IS
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction [thereof shall] MAY be fined not more
than $1,000.

(O) (1) THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES ONLY IN HOWARD COUNTY.

(2) (I) 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)     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.

(III)   ANY PERSON WHO OPERATES A PLACE OF PUBLIC
ENTERTAINMENT WHO KNOWINGLY PERMITS ANY VIOLATION OF THIS SUBSECTION
ON THE PREMISES IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND ON CONVICTION MAY BE
FINED UP TO $5,000 FOR EACH VIOLATION.

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

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