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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="12-1804.2" title_number="12" title_name="Baltimore City" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Renewal of Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only to a holder of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a Class A–2 beer, wine, and liquor license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a Class A–7 beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A license holder shall maintain and operate a digital surveillance system on the licensed premises in accordance with this section and regulations adopted by the Board under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The digital surveillance system shall be equipped with high–definition cameras that provide continuous, 24–hour video monitoring without audio recording capacity placed inside and outside the licensed premises.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The cameras must be placed in such a way that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the exterior of each entryway into the licensed premises is monitored;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the interior of each entryway into the licensed premises is monitored; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the cash register or till is monitored.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The video recorded from the surveillance system shall be retained for not less than 14 days.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A license holder must post appropriate signage notifying individuals on the premises they are being recorded.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before December 31, 2020, the Board shall adopt regulations relating to digital surveillance in consultation with the Baltimore Police Department.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The regulations adopted in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>require that licensed establishments retain video recordings from the surveillance system for not less than 14 days but not more than 30 days;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>require that a notice be placed in a conspicuous location on the interior and exterior of the premises location notifying the public that the licensed establishment is subject to 24–hour video surveillance monitoring;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>include details regarding the specifications for what types of video surveillance systems are acceptable;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>require that the Baltimore Police Department may request video footage only in connection with a criminal investigation and that video footage obtained in violation of this section is inadmissible in a criminal proceeding;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>include details on how and when the Board will verify that an acceptable video surveillance system has been installed as well as penalties for failure to comply with this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>provide for the issuance of temporary waivers to license holders who purchased and installed noncompliant surveillance systems prior to October 1, 2020.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Beginning January 1, 2021, a license holder applying for a license renewal shall file with the license renewal application an affidavit verifying compliance with subsection (b) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
