# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 16. Cigarettes

### Subtitle 3. License to Sell Cigarettes at Retail in Counties

#### Section 16-302

(a) For each county license, an applicant shall:

  (1) submit an application to the clerk; and

  (2) pay to the clerk a license fee of $300.

(b)

  (1) From each license fee collected under subsection (a) of this section, the clerk shall distribute:

    (i) $25 to the Executive Director;

    (ii) in Montgomery County, $275 to the county to be used to enforce existing laws banning the sale or distribution of tobacco, tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices, as defined in Sec. 16.7-101 of this article, to individuals under the age of 21 years; and

    (iii) in all other counties, $275 to the Maryland Department of Health to be used by the Department or its designee to enforce existing laws prohibiting the sale or distribution of tobacco, tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices, as defined in Sec. 16.7-101 of this article, to individuals under the age of 21 years.

  (2) Funds distributed under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection may not be used to supplant existing funding for the enforcement of laws banning the sale or distribution of tobacco or tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21 years.

(c) In Baltimore City, in addition to the requirements under subsection (a) of this section, an applicant for an initial or renewal county license shall provide to the clerk a licensure authorization issued under Sec. 16-302.1 of this subtitle.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)