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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="25-202" title_number="25" title_name="Montgomery County" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Board of License Commissioners">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The County Executive shall appoint five members to the Board, subject to confirmation by the County Council.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each member of the Board shall be a registered voter of the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Not more than three members of the Board may be members of the same political party.</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 manufactured or sold;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>have a direct or indirect interest in a business wholly or partly devoted to the manufacture or 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 manufactured or sold; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a business wholly or partly devoted to the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>hold any other public office, including federal, State, or local office; 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 manufacture or 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">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to the Montgomery County public ethics law and subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a member of the Board may be an employee of the federal, State, or local government.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A member of the Board may not be an employee of the County Alcohol Beverage Services.</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>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>A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>With the approval of the County Council, the County Executive may remove a member for misconduct in office, incompetence, or willful neglect of duty.</text>
  </level>
</section>
