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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="16-216" title_number="16" title_name="Cigarettes" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Cigarette Business Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Executive Director shall pay into the General Fund of the State all license fees collected under this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The General Assembly intends that these license fees be used to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>administer this title; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>enforce the Maryland Cigarette Sales Below Cost Act.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City shall remit 50% of all licensure authorization request fees collected under § 16–302.1 of this title to the Comptroller.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Comptroller shall distribute the fees to the Family League of Baltimore City, Inc. in a manner that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>consistent with the process established by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City under § 16–302.1 of this title; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>proportional to the number of licensees operating in each legislative district.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
