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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="10-125" title_number="10" title_name="Crimes Against Public Health, Conduct, and Sensibilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Crimes Against Public Health and Safety">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, an occupant of a motor vehicle may not possess an open container that contains any amount of an alcoholic beverage in a passenger area of a motor vehicle on a highway.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A driver of a motor vehicle may not be subject to prosecution for a violation of this subsection based solely on possession of an open container that contains any amount of an alcoholic beverage by another occupant of the motor vehicle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to the driver of a motor vehicle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, an occupant of a motor vehicle may not consume an alcoholic beverage in a passenger area of a motor vehicle on a highway.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An occupant of a motor vehicle may not smoke cannabis in a passenger area of a motor vehicle on a highway.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Subsections (a)(1) and (b)(2) of this section do not apply to an occupant, who is not the driver, in:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a motor vehicle designed, maintained, and used primarily for the transportation of a person for compensation, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a bus;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a taxicab; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a limousine; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the living quarters of a motor home, motor coach, or recreational vehicle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Notwithstanding § 6–320, § 6–321, or § 6–322 of the Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, or any other provision of law, the prohibitions contained in this section apply throughout the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A violation of this section is not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a moving violation for the purposes of § 16–402 of the Transportation Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a traffic violation for the purposes of the Maryland Vehicle Law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
