Ch. 170

2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

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

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

10-204.

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the local collecting agent
shall remit all license fees collected under this article to the board of county
commissioners or county fiscal officer for the county, or to the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore, as the case may be.

(2)     The board of county commissioners or Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore shall use the portion of the receipts as may be necessary to pay refunds as
provided in this section, and devote the balance to the general purposes of the county
or city, as the case may be.

(3)     The Comptroller's office may retain from the license and permit fees
collected by the office for the use of the State of Maryland sums necessary to pay
refunds on licenses issued by the office and the expenses incurred by the office in the
discharge of the duties imposed by this article.

(n) (1) The provisions of this subsection apply only in Harford County.

(2)     The net proceeds of all funds received by the Board from the sale of
licenses under the provisions of this article, outside of the corporate limits of the
municipalities of Aberdeen, Bel Air and Havre de Grace, shall be paid to the
Treasurer and credited to the general funds of the county.

(3)     The net proceeds of the funds derived from the sale of licenses within
the corporate limits of the municipalities of Aberdeen, Bel Air and Havre de Grace,
after the deduction of a proportionate part of the expenses incident to the proper
administration and enforcement of this article, shall be paid by the Board to the
treasurers of the respective towns, to be applied to the payment of the interest and
the redemption of the principal of any bonded indebtedness.

(4)     All expenses incident to the proper administration and enforcement
of this article, including [one half] the salaries of the members of the Board, and the
proper proportion of the salaries of any employees of the Board, whose duties include
the handling of licenses, including the salaries of officers, inspectors, etc., shall be
deducted proportionately from the shares of the license fees payable as set forth in
this subsection, to the general funds of the county and the governing bodies of the
three municipalities.

(5)     (i) Prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, the Board [of License
Commissioners] shall submit an annual budget to the Council and County Executive
for review.

(ii) Except as provided under § 15-205(i)(3) of this article, the
budget is not subject to approval by the County Council or County Executive.

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