CHAPTER 38
(Senate Bill 455)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore City - Board of License Commissioners - Deputy Executive

Secretary - Residency

FOR the purpose of clarifying that the provisions of Chapter 618 of the Laws of
Maryland of 1997 relating to the residency requirement for the deputy executive
secretary of the Baltimore City Board of License Commissioners were not
intended to apply in a retroactive manner; making this Act an emergency
measure; and generally relating to the Baltimore City Board of License
Commissioners.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article 2B — Alcoholic Beverages
Section 15-109(d)
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

15-109.

(d) In Baltimore City:

(1) The chairman of the Board shall receive an annual salary of $18,500,
and the other members of the Board shall receive an annual salary of $18,000.

(2) The Board shall appoint an executive secretary and a deputy
executive secretary whose salaries shall be fixed by the Board, subject to approval by
the State Comptroller.

(3) The executive secretary and the deputy executive secretary shall be
residents of Baltimore City and of high character and integrity.

(4) The executive secretary and the deputy executive secretary shall be
appointed upon the basis of their executive skill and ability and once appointed shall
hold office during good behavior regardless of changes in members constituting the
Board. They shall be removed only for incompetency or immorality upon charges
furnished in writing by the Board setting forth the grounds for dismissal and after
opportunity for hearing.

(5) Either the executive secretary or the deputy executive secretary shall
be a member of the Bar of this State.