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<subtitle article="gab" title_number="24" subtitle_number="2" title_name="Kent County" subtitle_name="Board of License Commissioners">
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="24-201" title_number="24" title_name="Kent County" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Board of License Commissioners">
    <text>There is a Board of License Commissioners for Kent County.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="24-202" future_version_removed="true" title_number="24" title_name="Kent County" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Board of License Commissioners">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The County Commissioners sit as the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Each member of the Board shall receive, in addition to a County Commissioner’s salary, $300 annually for services in acting as a member of the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="24-203" future_version_removed="true" title_number="24" title_name="Kent County" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Board of License Commissioners">
    <text>The Board may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>employ:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a secretary;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>inspectors, subject to § 24–204 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>clerical and other assistants as are necessary; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>set the compensation of the employees.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="24-204" title_number="24" title_name="Kent County" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Board of License Commissioners">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The Board:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>shall employ one full–time inspector; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>may employ one additional part–time or full–time inspector.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>An individual may not qualify or continue service as an inspector if the inspector or any member of the inspector’s immediate family has a personal or financial interest, directly or indirectly, in a license, license holder, or premises licensed under this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>An inspector shall:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>investigate all applicants for a license or transfer of license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>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 with the same power as a law enforcement officer of the State;</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="d">
      <text>An inspector shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <level label="1">
        <text>Each inspector is entitled to compensation and reimbursement for travel expenses.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The Board shall set the rate for reimbursement of travel expenses.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>The Board of County Commissioners shall:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>set the compensation; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>pay for the compensation and travel expenses.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="f">
      <level label="1">
        <text>An inspector may be removed only for cause involving dishonesty, incompetence, or immoral conduct while in the performance of duty.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Before an inspector may be removed, the Board, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, shall give the inspector:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>written notice of all pending charges; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>an opportunity to reply in a public hearing before the Board in person or by counsel.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="24-205" title_number="24" title_name="Kent County" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Board of License Commissioners">
    <text>Sections 24–201 through 24–203 of this subtitle apply in the county until the Board of County Commissioners passes the resolution for which provision is made by Chapter 236 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1991.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="24-206" title_number="24" title_name="Kent County" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Board of License Commissioners">
    <text>The Board may adopt regulations to carry out this article.</text>
  </section>
</subtitle>