PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 366

guilty of a violation of this subsection, if the person establishes to the satisfaction of the
jury or the court sitting as a jury that the person used due caution to establish that the
person under 21 years of age was not, in fact, a person under 21 years of age if a
nonresident of the State.

(iii) If the person is a resident of the State of Maryland, the licensee or
employee of the licensee may accept, as proof of a person's age, the display of the
person's driver's license or identification card as provided for in the Maryland Vehicle
Law.

(iv) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, if any licensee
or employee of the licensee is found not guilty, or placed on probation without a verdict,
of any alleged violation of this subsection, this finding operates as a complete bar to any
proceeding by any alcoholic beverage law enforcement or licensing authorities against the
licensee on account of the alleged violation.

(f) (1) THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES IN THE FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONS:

(I)      DORCHESTER COUNTY; AND

(II)     [In] Howard County [the].

(2) THE granting of probation before judgment to a licensee or employee of
the licensee, for violating subsection (a) of this section does not bar the Board of License
Commissioners from proceeding administratively against the licensee for the violation.

15-105.

(a)     The respective Boards of County Commissioners shall ex officio constitute the
Boards of License Commissioners in Dorchester and Kent Counties. In Howard County,
the County Council shall ex officio constitute the Board of License Commissioners.

(b)     (1) In Dorchester County, the County Commissioners may appoint a
substitute member to the Board of License Commissioners.

(2)     The substitute member shall be from the same County Commissioner
district as the appointing County Commissioner.

(3)     The substitute member serves at the will of the appointing County
Commissioner and shall serve for as long as the appointing County Commissioner remains
in office as County Commissioner.

(4)     The substitute member has all the powers, authority, and duties of the
appointing commissioner when acting on the Board.

15-109.

(a) The salaries of the members of the boards of license commissioners are
specified in this section. Where no salary is specified for those boards which serve ex
officio, the members may not receive additional compensation under the provisions of
this section.

(k) In Dorchester County [the provisions of subsection (a) apply], THE ANNUAL
COMPENSATION FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS IS:

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