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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="6-321" title_number="6" title_name="Forfeitures; Enforcement; Prohibited Acts; Penalties" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “public property” includes property that is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a structure, road, parking area, or grounds; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>located on land owned, leased, or operated by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a county;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a municipality;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the Montgomery County Revenue Authority; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, an individual may not consume an alcoholic beverage:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>on public property;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on the mall, adjacent parking area, or other outside area of a shopping center;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>on an adjacent parking area or other outside area of any other retail establishment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>in a parked vehicle located in an area described under item (i), (ii), or (iii) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An individual may consume an alcoholic beverage on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>public property if authorized by the governmental entity that has authority over the property; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>private property described under paragraph (1)(ii) through (iv) of this subsection if authorized by the owner of the property.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the owner or operator of a motor home or chartered bus has consented to the consumption of the alcoholic beverages, paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to passengers:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in the living quarters of a motor home equipped with a toilet and central heating; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>of a chartered bus in transit.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A violation of this section is a Code violation and a civil offense.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who violates this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall be issued a citation under § 10–119 of the Criminal Law Article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is subject to a fine not exceeding $100.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
