Title 23. Howard County — Subtitle 27. Prohibited Acts

§ 6–305 (“Proof of age for sale of alcoholic beverages”);

§ 6–306 (“Defense to prosecution for sale to underage individual”);

§ 6–309 (“Allowing on–premises consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages by individual under the age of 21 years”);

§ 6–310 (“Providing free food”);

§ 6–311 (“Restrictions on purchases and sales by retail dealer”);

§ 6–312 (“Beverage misrepresentation”);

§ 6–313 (“Tampering with alcoholic beverage container”);

§ 6–314 (“Sale of alcoholic beverage container with detachable metal tab”);

§ 6–315 (“Alcoholic beverage in container without regular label presumed illicit”);

§ 6–316 (“Maximum alcohol content”);

§ 6–317 (“Multiple serving purchase required”);

§ 6–320 (“Disorderly intoxication”);

§ 6–321 (“Consumption of alcoholic beverages in public”);

§ 6–322 (“Possession of open container”);

§ 6–323 (“Possession or use of Alcohol Without Liquid machine”);

§ 6–326 (“Sale of alcoholic beverages in powder or crystalline form prohibited”);

§ 6–327 (“Unlicensed out–of–state sale of alcoholic beverages”);

§ 6–328 (“Tax evasion”);

§ 6–329 (“Destruction of evidence”); and

§ 6–330 (“Perjury”).

§ 6–304 (“Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to individual under the age of 21 years”), subject to § 23–2702 of this subtitle;

§ 6–307 (“Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to intoxicated individual”), subject to § 23–2703 of this subtitle; and

§§ 6–308 (“Allowing on–premises consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased from license holder”) and 6–319 (“On–premises consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased from license holder”), subject to § 23–2704 of this subtitle.

shall receive a summons to appear in court on a certain day to answer the charges placed against the license holder or employee; and

may not be required to post bail pending trial in any court in the State.

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

the individual was not a resident of the State.

shall receive a summons to appear in court on a certain day to answer the charges placed against the license holder or employee; and

may not be required to post bail pending trial in any court in the State.

The prohibitions in §§ 6–308 and 6–319 of this article concerning the on–premises consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased from a license holder do not apply to a social event, including a dance, wedding, or fundraiser, that is held in a hall rented from and located on the premises of a veterans organization that holds a license.

the beer, wine, or liquor is consumed with a meal in the dining room; and

the continuing care retirement community:

a member of the Board or Hearing Board;

an employee of the member of the Board or Hearing Board; or

an agent acting on behalf of a member of the Board or Hearing Board or employee assigned to the Board or Hearing Board.