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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="27-205" title_number="27" title_name="Queen Anne's County" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Board of License Commissioners">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board shall appoint an inspector at not less than $3,000 annually and with a mileage allowance that the County Commissioners determine.</text>
  </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 a license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>inspect at unannounced times every licensed premises in the county at least once every 180 days;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of this section, 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;</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 that were reported to the inspector; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>conduct compliance checks relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages to an individual under the age of 21 years in violation of § 6–304 of this article for every licensed premises in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Office of the Sheriff shall enforce violations of § 6–304 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An inspector has no power of arrest.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>An inspector shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.</text>
  </level>
</section>
