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<subtitle article="gab" title_number="12" subtitle_number="26" title_name="Baltimore City" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="12-2601" title_number="12" title_name="Baltimore City" 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 City 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preemption of local disorderly intoxication laws”) of Division I of this article does not apply in the City and is superseded by § 12–2602 of this subtitle.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 City, in addition to § 12–2603 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="12-2602" title_number="12" title_name="Baltimore City" subtitle_number="26" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
    <text>The City may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>adopt an ordinance or a 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="12-2603" title_number="12" title_name="Baltimore City" subtitle_number="26" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
    <text>The City Police Department or an inspector that the Board employs may serve a summons.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="12-2604" title_number="12" title_name="Baltimore City" 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 may charge fees for the production and service of a summons and hearing notice.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The fees are:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>$25, for the production of hearing notices or summonses requested by parties appearing before the Board;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>$5, for each address served if the address is provided to the Board and the service is by mail; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>$25, for each address served if the service is performed by an employee of the Board.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>In addition to any other fine, penalty, or cost, the Board may impose a $100 administrative hearing fee on a license holder:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>whom the Board charges with a violation of law concerning the sale of alcoholic beverages; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>who requests a transfer or expansion of the license or a new license.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="12-2605" title_number="12" title_name="Baltimore City" subtitle_number="26" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
    <level label="a">
      <text>In this section, “Unit” means the Neighborhood Services Unit within the Office of the Sheriff of Baltimore City, as established under § 2–316.1 of the Courts Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board shall work in partnership with the Unit to enforce this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The Board shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Unit that specifies:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>the respective roles and responsibilities of the parties in connection with the partnership described in subsection (b) of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>in accordance with § 12–209 of this title, the funding source for the Unit.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>