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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="13-201" title_number="13" title_name="Other Powers of Counties -- Regulatory" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Tourism and Entertainment">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only in:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Caroline County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Carroll County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Cecil County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Charles County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Frederick County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Howard County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Somerset County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Talbot County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Wicomico County; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Worcester County.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The governing body of a county may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>issue permits for the establishment, operation, or maintenance of a public dance hall, a boxing or wrestling arena, an amusement park, or a tourist camp with cabins for rent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>adopt rules and regulations for the issuance of permits under this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>revoke permits issued under this section for cause and after notice and a hearing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person shall obtain a permit from the governing body of a county before the person may establish, maintain, or operate a public dance hall, a boxing or wrestling arena, an amusement park, or a tourist camp with cabins for rent.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the County Commissioners of Charles County shall charge a permit fee of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$50 for issuing the initial permit; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$50 annually for renewal of the permit.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A permit holder is exempt from the fee if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the facility is established, maintained, or operated for purposes of a religious, educational, or fraternal organization; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>no other person shares the profits and gains from events held in the facility.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>In Worcester County, this section also applies to a tourist cabin, a motel, an apartment house, a rooming house, or any other structure or building to be rented to four or more persons at one time.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not less than $100 and not exceeding $500 for each offense.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The establishment or place in violation of this section is subject to abatement as a nuisance.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
