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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="18-202" title_number="18" title_name="Charles County" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Board of License Commissioners">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The County Commissioners shall appoint five members to the Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Of the members of the Board:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>at least one shall be from each of the County Commissioner districts; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>one shall be at large.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each member of the Board shall be a registered voter of the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Preferably, at least one member of the Board before being appointed shall have some familiarity or experience with the alcoholic beverages industry.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “direct or indirect interest” means an interest that is proprietary or obtained by a loan, mortgage, or lien or in any other manner.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A member of the Board may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>have a direct or indirect interest in or on a premises where alcoholic beverages are sold;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>have a direct or indirect interest in a business wholly or partly devoted to the sale of alcoholic beverages;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>own stock in:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a corporation that has a direct or indirect interest in a premises where alcoholic beverages are sold; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a business wholly or partially devoted to the sale of alcoholic beverages;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>hold any other public office or employment; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>solicit or receive, directly or indirectly, a commission, remuneration, or gift from:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a person engaged in the sale of alcoholic beverages or an agent or employee of the person; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a license holder.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A person engaged in the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages, an agent or employee of the person, or a license holder may not directly or indirectly offer a commission, remuneration, or gift to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a member of the Board; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>someone on behalf of a member of the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of a member is 4 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A member may not serve more than two consecutive terms.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The terms of the members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Board on July 1, 2016.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The County Commissioners may remove a member for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a violation of subsection (c) of this section or other misconduct in office;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>incompetence; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>willful neglect of duty.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
