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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="17-205" title_number="17" title_name="Cecil County" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Board of License Commissioners">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may employ one full–time inspector and as many part–time inspectors as the Board considers necessary.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The employment of the inspectors is subject to the County Personnel Policy and Procedure Manual.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An individual may not accept appointment or continue as an inspector if the individual or a member of the individual’s immediate family has a personal or financial interest directly or indirectly in a license or in a premises licensed under this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An inspector:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>has all the powers of a peace officer or sheriff in the State arising out of or relating to the enforcement of this article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may serve a summons under § 17–2603 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An inspector shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>investigate all applicants for a license or transfer of a license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>visit and inspect at unannounced times every licensed premises in the county at least once every 90 days;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>enforce all alcoholic beverages laws;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>investigate all violations of the alcoholic beverages laws and report them to the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>submit monthly reports in writing to the Board of the inspector’s activities, setting forth complaints and listing violations that the inspector observed or were reported to the inspector.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An inspector shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The salaries and travel expenses of the inspectors shall be established by the County Commissioners using county personnel department regulations and guidelines.</text>
  </level>
</section>
