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<subtitle article="gab" title_number="11" subtitle_number="26" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-2601" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="26" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The following sections of Title 6, Subtitle 2 (“Enforcement”) of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 6–202 (“Inspections”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 6–203 (“Use of equipment to measure quantity and quality of alcoholic beverages”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§ 6–205 (“Peace officers”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>§ 6–206 (“Charging document for unlawful sale of alcoholic beverage”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>§ 6–207 (“Display of alcoholic beverages as prima facie evidence of sale”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="6">
        <text>§ 6–208 (“Regulating possession or consumption of alcohol in public places”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="7">
        <text>§ 6–209 (“Adoption of standards for authorization of consumption”); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="8">
        <text>§ 6–211 (“Fines and forfeitures”).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Section 6–210 (“State preemption of local disorderly intoxication laws”) of Division I of this article does not apply in the county and is superseded by § 11–2602 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>Section 6–204 (“Power to summon witnesses”) of Division I of this article applies in the county, in addition to § 11–2604 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-2602" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="26" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
    <text>The county may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>adopt an ordinance or resolution supplementing the prohibition against disorderly intoxication under § 6–320 of this article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>regulate possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on public property, property used by the public, or a highway.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-2603" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="26" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The Board may subpoena records pertaining to a licensed establishment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The Board may petition the circuit court if a witness refuses to produce a subpoenaed record.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The court may proceed by attachment against the witness as if the refusal had been by a witness summoned to appear in a case pending before the court.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The Board shall charge fees for the production and service of a summons.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The fees may be assessed only against a license holder or party whom the Board has adjudicated responsible for a violation of a law concerning alcoholic beverages.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>The fees are:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>$20, for the production of a summons by the clerk to the Board;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>$5, for an address provided by the clerk to the Board and the service is by mail; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>$30, for each address if the service is by an investigator employed by the Board.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>In addition to other fines, penalties, or costs that may be imposed, the Board shall also impose costs of $100 against a license holder or party whom the Board has found to have violated a law concerning alcoholic beverages.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-2604" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="26" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
    <text>In addition to the sheriff who may serve a summons under § 6–204 of this article, an inspector that the Board employs and county police may serve a summons.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-2605" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="26" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
    <text>An inspector who investigates a license violation may issue a civil citation as provided in § 10–119 of the Criminal Law Article.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-2606" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="26" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
    <text>The Board may call on other county administrative departments and all prosecuting officers to provide information and assistance that the Board considers necessary to carry out this article.</text>
  </section>
</subtitle>