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<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>
