S.B. 525                                                  VETOES

(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.

(2)     THIS SUBSECTION ONLY APPLIES TO ON-PREMISES SALES BY
HOLDERS OF CLASS C SERVICE CLUB LICENSES AND, SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (4) OF
THIS SUBSECTION, HOLDERS OF CLASS B LICENSES.

(3)     SUNDAY SALES MAY BEGIN, WHERE PERMITTED, AT 1 P.M AND
CONTINUE UNTIL 10 P.M.

(4)     (I) THIS PARAGRAPH DOES NOT APPLY TO A HOLDER OF A CLASS
C SERVICE CLUB LICENSE.

(II) SUNDAY SALES MAY BE MADE ONLY WHEN THE CONSUMER
PLACES AN ORDER FOR A MEAL SIMULTANEOUSLY OR PRIOR TO PLACING AN
ORDER FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE OR THE CONSUMER IS OTHERWISE
ENTITLED TO A MEAL ON THE PREMISES AS PART OF A PREARRANGED EVENT, SUCH
AS A BANQUET, WHERE THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IS SERVED. BAR OR COUNTER
SALES MAY BE MADE AS LONG AS THE CONSUMER COMPLIES WITH THE
REQUIREMENT OF THIS PARAGRAPH

(5) IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL LICENSE FEE, THE HOLDER OF A
LICENSE WHO WANTS TO PROVIDE SUNDAY SALES AND WHO IS OTHERWISE
ELIGIBLE TO PROVIDE SUNDAY SALES UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL PAY AN
ADDITIONAL $250 FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SUNDAY SALES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That before this Act becomes
effective it shall first be submitted to a referendum of the legally qualified voters of each
election district in Garrett County at the general election to be held in November, 1996.
The Board of County Commissioners and the Board of Supervisors of Elections of
Garrett County shall do those things necessary and proper to provide for and hold the
referendum required by this section. If a majority of the votes cast in each an election
district on the question are "For the referred law" the provisions of this Act shall become

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