no further action required by the General Assembly, Section 2 of this Act shall be
abrogated and of no further force and effect.

SECTION 2. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 1 of this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1999.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
has been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from
the date it is enacted.

Approved April. 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 287
(House Bill 1079)

AN ACT concerning

Garrett County - Alcoholic Beverages - Service by Minors

FOR the purpose of authorizing a person under a certain age to serve or sell alcoholic
beverages in a restaurant in connection with the serving of a meal; and
generally, relating to alcoholic beverages in Garrett County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages:
Section 12-302(b)(8)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1998 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

12-302.

(b) In the following jurisdictions the specified exceptions to subsection (a) of
this section apply:

(8) (I) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH APPLY ONLY IN
GARRETT COUNTY.

(II) [In Garrett County, except to serve alcoholic beverages from a
service bar to a seated customer] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF
THIS PARAGRAPH, a licensee may not employ[:

(i) A] A person under THE age OF 21 years to sell or deliver
alcoholic beverages[; or