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<subtitle article="gab" title_number="11" subtitle_number="27" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts">
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-2701" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="27" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The following sections of Title 6, Subtitle 3 (“Prohibited Acts”) of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 6–305 (“Proof of age for sale of alcoholic beverages”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 6–306 (“Defense to prosecution for sale to underage individual”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§ 6–310 (“Providing free food”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>§ 6–311 (“Restrictions on purchases and sales by retail dealer”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>§ 6–312 (“Beverage misrepresentation”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="6">
        <text>§ 6–313 (“Tampering with alcoholic beverage container”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="7">
        <text>§ 6–314 (“Sale of alcoholic beverage container with detachable metal tab”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="8">
        <text>§ 6–315 (“Alcoholic beverage in container without regular label presumed illicit”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="9">
        <text>§ 6–316 (“Maximum alcohol content”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="10">
        <text>§ 6–317 (“Multiple serving purchase required”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="11">
        <text>§ 6–320 (“Disorderly intoxication”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="12">
        <text>§ 6–321 (“Consumption of alcoholic beverages in public”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="13">
        <text>§ 6–323 (“Possession or use of Alcohol Without Liquid machine”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="14">
        <text>§ 6–326 (“Sale of alcoholic beverages in powder or crystalline form prohibited”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="15">
        <text>§ 6–327 (“Unlicensed out–of–state sale of alcoholic beverages”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="16">
        <text>§ 6–328 (“Tax evasion”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="17">
        <text>§ 6–329 (“Destruction of evidence”); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="18">
        <text>§ 6–330 (“Perjury”).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The following sections of Title 6, Subtitle 3 (“Prohibited Acts”) of Division I of this article do not apply in the county:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 6–308 (“Allowing on–premises consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased from license holder”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 6–309 (“Allowing on–premises consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages by individual under the age of 21 years”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§ 6–319 (“On–premises consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased from license holder”); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>§ 6–322 (“Possession of open container”).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The following sections of Title 6, Subtitle 3 (“Prohibited Acts”) of Division I of this article apply in the county:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 6–304 (“Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to individual under the age of 21 years”), subject to § 11–2702 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 6–307 (“Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to intoxicated individual”), subject to § 11–2703 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-2702" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="27" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts">
    <level label="a">
      <text>A license holder or an employee of a license holder who is charged with a violation of § 6–304 of this article:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>shall receive a summons to appear in court on a certain day to answer the charges placed against the license holder or employee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>may not be required to post bail pending trial in any court in the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A license holder or an employee of a license holder may not be found guilty of a violation of § 6–304 of this article if:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>the license holder or employee establishes to the satisfaction of the finder of fact that the license holder or employee used due caution to establish that the individual was not under the age of 21 years; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>the individual is not a resident of the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The Board may not proceed against a license holder for a violation of § 6–304 of this article if the license holder or an employee of the license holder is found not guilty of, or granted probation before judgment for, the violation.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-2703" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="27" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts">
    <level label="a">
      <text>A license holder or an employee of a license holder who is charged with a violation of § 6–307 of this article:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>shall receive a summons to appear in court on a certain day to answer the charges placed against the license holder or employee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>may not be required to post bail pending trial in any court in the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may not proceed against a license holder for a violation of § 6–307 of this article if the license holder or an employee of the license holder is found not guilty of, or granted probation before judgment for, the violation.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-2704" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="27" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts">
    <level label="a">
      <text>In this section, “premises” includes a building, parking lot, picnic grounds, terrace, or grounds that form an integral part of the licensed premises.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>an individual may not consume, display, or possess on the licensed premises an alcoholic beverage not purchased from the license holder; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>a license holder may not allow an individual to consume, display, or possess on the licensed premises an alcoholic beverage that is not purchased from the license holder.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>A holder of a beach and amusement park license may grant written permission to a patron of the license holder’s beach or park to bring and consume on the licensed premises an alcoholic beverage not purchased from the license holder.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>