Ch. 470                                    19% LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 11-403(b)(5) and 11-512
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

11-403.

(a)     (7) IN GARRETT COUNTY, SUNDAY SALES ARE GOVERNED BY § 11-512
OF HAS ARTICLE SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION. § 11-402 OF THIS SUBTITLE AND
§ 11-512 OF THIS TITLE

(b)     (5) (I) THIS PARAGRAPH APPLIES ONLY IN [In] Garrett County[,
however, Sunday sales when].

(II) WHEN New Year's Eve or New Year's Day fall on a Sunday, SALES
shall be governed by § 11-402(j) of this article SUBTITLE.

(III) PROVISIONS FOR SUNDAY SALES FOR CLASS B AND C
LICENSEES ARE GOVERNED BY § 11-512 OF THIS ARTICLE TITLE

11-512.

(A)     [ In] THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IN Garrett County [, notwithstanding].

(B)     (1) NOTWITHSTANDING any other provisions of this subtitle and except on
Sundays and New Year's Day, holders of any class of on- or off-sale licenses issued under
this article[, including a holder of a Class E steamboat license issued by the State
Comptroller's Office for use on all State waters located within Garrett County,] may sell
the alcoholic beverages authorized under their respective license from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. the
following day, but may not sell alcoholic beverages between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m.
on any day of the week or, UNLESS AUTHORIZED UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS
SECTION, at any time on Sunday after 2 a.m.

(2)     THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION APPLY TO A HOLDER OF A
CLASS E STEAMBOAT LICENSE ISSUED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE FOR
USE ON ALL STATE WATERS LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTY.

(3)     However, this section is subject to the provisions of § 11-402(j) of this
article TITLE regarding sales on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day regardless of the day
of the week on which December 31 and January 1 fall.

(C)     (1) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION APPLY ONLY IN THOSE
ELECTION DISTRICTS WHICH AUTHORIZE THEM IN WHICH THE VOTERS HAVE
APPROVED THOSE PROVISIONS IN THE REFERENDUM AUTHORIZED BY LAW.

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