Md. Code, Alco. Bev. § 12-2802

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 12-2802 - [Effective Until 6/30/2025] Penalty imposed by Board
(a) For a violation that is cause for suspension of a license, the Board may:
(1) except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, for a first offense, impose a fine not exceeding $500 or suspend the license or both; or
(2) except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, for each subsequent offense, impose a fine not exceeding $20,000 or suspend the license or both.
(b) For a first offense of selling alcoholic beverages to an individual under the age of 21 years, the Board may impose a fine not exceeding $1,000 or suspend the license or both.
(c)
(1) For the offense of publicizing, selling tickets for, organizing, operating, producing, facilitating, or staging a pub crawl with the knowledge or a reason to know that a pub crawl promoter's permit required under § 12-1101.1 of this title has not been obtained, the Board shall impose a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $20,000 or suspend the license or both.
(2) A person who violates § 12-1101.1 of this title may not be granted a promoter's permit for at least 1 year.

Md. Code, AB § 12-2802

Amended by 2023 Md. Laws, Ch. 394, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by 2023 Md. Laws, Ch. 393, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 764, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 644, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
Added by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 41, Sec. 2, eff. 7/1/2016.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.