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Maryland Senate Bill SB1008

Maryland 2022 Regular Session

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77 SENATE BILL 1008
88 P1, E4 2lr3245
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1010 By: Senator Simonaire
1111 Introduced and read first time: February 25, 2022
1212 Assigned to: Rules
1313
1414 A BILL ENTITLED
1515
1616 AN ACT concerning 1
1717
1818 References to Armed Forces – Inclusion of the United States Space Force 2
1919
2020 FOR the purpose of amending certain provisions of law that mention the United States 3
2121 Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard to include the United States Space 4
2222 Force; and generally relating to references to the armed forces of the United States. 5
2323
2424 BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6
2525 Article – Alcoholic Beverages 7
2626 Section 3–505 and 4–506 8
2727 Annotated Code of Maryland 9
2828 (2016 Volume and 2021 Supplement) 10
2929
3030 BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
3131 Article – Business Regulation 12
3232 Section 19–501 13
3333 Annotated Code of Maryland 14
3434 (2015 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 15
3535
3636 BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 16
3737 Article – Family Law 17
3838 Section 9–108(a) 18
3939 Annotated Code of Maryland 19
4040 (2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 20
4141
4242 BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 21
4343 Article – Public Safety 22
4444 Section 13–510, 13–601(a), 13–704.1(a)(2)(i), 13–901(b), 13–902(a), 13–904, 23
4545 13A–101(k), and 13A–506(c) 24
4646 Annotated Code of Maryland 25
4747 (2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 26
4848 2 SENATE BILL 1008
4949
5050
5151 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 1
5252 That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 2
5353
5454 Article – Alcoholic Beverages 3
5555
5656 3–505. 4
5757
5858 (a) A license holder or an employee of the license holder may require an individual 5
5959 to sign a book that the license holder keeps if: 6
6060
6161 (1) the individual has shown documentary evidence that substantiates the 7
6262 individual’s age to allow the purchase of alcoholic beverages; and 8
6363
6464 (2) the age of the individual remains in question. 9
6565
6666 (b) (1) The book authorized under subsection (a) of this section shall contain 10
6767 copies of the following form: 11
6868
6969 Date............... 20.... 12
7070
7171 To Be Filled in by Seller 13
7272
7373 __________________________________________________________________________________ x 14
7474 __________________________________________________________________________________ x 15
7575
7676 IDENTIFICATION (CHECK ALL SHOWN) 16
7777
7878 __________________________________________________________________________________ x 17
7979 Driver’s License ....................................................................................................................... □18
8080 Army I.D. Card19
8181 ................................................................................................................................................. □ 20
8282 Birth Certificate □ Coast Guard I.D. Card ................................................................ □ 21
8383 Service Discharge .................................................................................................................... □22
8484 Marine I.D. Card23
8585 ................................................................................................................................................. □ 24
8686 Draft Card □ Navy I.D. Card ....................................................................................... □ 25
8787 Air Force I.D. Card .................................................................................................................. □ 26
8888 SPACE FORCE I.D. CARD ............................................................................................. □ 27
8989 Other (Specify) ........................................................................................................................ x 28
9090 __________________________________________________________________________________ x 29
9191 __________________________________________________________________________________ x 30
9292
9393 DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASER 31
9494
9595 __________________________________________________________________________________ x 32 SENATE BILL 1008 3
9696
9797
9898 Height ........................................................................................................................................ 1
9999 ................................................................................................................................................... 2
100100 Weight ...................................................................................................................................... x 3
101101 Color of Eyes .............................................................................................................................. 4
102102 Color of Hair ............................................................................................................................ x 5
103103 Outstanding Features ............................................................................................................. x 6
104104 ................................................................................................................................................. x 7
105105 ................................................................................................................................................. x 8
106106 ................................................................................................................................................. x 9
107107 ................................................................................................................................................. x 10
108108 Seller’s Signature .................................................................................................................... x 11
109109 __________________________________________________________________________________ x 12
110110 __________________________________________________________________________________ x 13
111111
112112 To Be Filled in by Prospective Purchaser 14
113113
114114 I declare I am of legal age to purchase fermented malt beverages or intoxicating liquor, and 15
115115 that I am subject to arrest and prosecution for misrepresenting my age. 16
116116
117117 Print full name ........................................................................................................................ x 17
118118 Street address.......................................................................................................................... x 18
119119 City .......................................................................................................................................... x 19
120120 State ......................................................................................................................................... x 20
121121 Signature ................................................................................................................................. x 21
122122
123123 (2) The license holder or an employee of the license holder shall record all 22
124124 information required by each section of the form. 23
125125
126126 4–506. 24
127127
128128 (a) A license holder or an employee of the license holder may require an individual 25
129129 to sign a book that the license holder keeps if: 26
130130
131131 (1) the individual has shown documentary evidence that substantiates the 27
132132 individual’s age to allow the purchase of alcoholic beverages; and 28
133133
134134 (2) the age of the individual remains in question. 29
135135
136136 (b) (1) The book authorized under subsection (a) of this section shall contain 30
137137 copies of the following form: 31
138138
139139 Date............... 20.... 32
140140
141141 To Be Filled in by Seller 33
142142
143143 _______________________________________________________________________________ 34
144144 _______________________________________________________________________________ 35 4 SENATE BILL 1008
145145
146146
147147
148148 IDENTIFICATION (CHECK ALL SHOWN) 1
149149
150150 2
151151 3
152152 4
153153 5
154154 6
155155 7
156156 8
157157 9
158158 10
159159 DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASER 11
160160
161161 12
162162 13
163163 14
164164 15
165165 16
166166 17
167167 18
168168 19
169169 20
170170 21
171171 22
172172
173173 To Be Filled in by Prospective Purchaser 23
174174
175175 I declare I am of legal age to purchase fermented malt beverages or intoxicating liquor, and 24
176176 that I am subject to arrest and prosecution for misrepresenting my age. 25
177177
178178 26
179179 27
180180 28
181181 29
182182
183183 (2) The license holder or an employee of the license holder shall record all 30
184184 information required by each section of the form. 31
185185
186186 Article – Business Regulation 32
187187
188188 19–501. 33
189189
190190 In this subtitle, “soldier” means: 34
191191
192192 ___________________________________________________________________________
193193 Driver’s License ..................................... □ Army I.D. Card ...................................... □
194194 Birth Certificate .................................... □ Coast Guard I.D. Card .......................... □
195195 Service Discharge .................................. □ Marine I.D. Card ................................... □
196196 Draft Card ............................................. □ Navy I.D. Card…………………………... □
197197 Air Force I.D. Card ............................... □ SPACE FORCE I.D. CARD………… ...□
198198 Other (Specify) ..............................................................................................................
199199 ___________________________________________________________________________
200200 ___________________________________________________________________________
201201 ___________________________________________________________________________
202202 Height ...................................................... Weight ......................................................
203203 Color of Eyes ........................................... Color of Hair ............................................
204204 Outstanding Features ...................................................................................................
205205 .......................................................................................................................................
206206 .......................................................................................................................................
207207 .......................................................................................................................................
208208 .......................................................................................................................................
209209 Seller’s Signature ..........................................................................................................
210210 ___________________________________________________________________________
211211 ___________________________________________________________________________
212212 Print full name ..............................................................................................................
213213 Street address ...............................................................................................................
214214 City .......................................................... State .........................................................
215215 Signature ....................................................................................................................... SENATE BILL 1008 5
216216
217217
218218 (1) an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States, 1
219219 including the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, National Guard, Reserve 2
220220 forces, SPACE FORCE, and any other standard United States military agency; or 3
221221
222222 (2) a federal active duty member of the State National Guard or Reserve 4
223223 force. 5
224224
225225 Article – Family Law 6
226226
227227 9–108. 7
228228
229229 (a) In this section: 8
230230
231231 (1) “deployment” means compliance with military orders received by a 9
232232 member of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National 10
233233 Guard, SPACE FORCE, or any other Reserve component to report for combat operations or 11
234234 other active service for which the member is required to report unaccompanied by any 12
235235 family member or that is classified by the member’s branch as remote; and 13
236236
237237 (2) “deployment” does not include National Guard or Reserve annual 14
238238 training, inactive duty days, or drill weekends. 15
239239
240240 Article – Public Safety 16
241241
242242 13–510. 17
243243
244244 (a) (1) The Governor shall appoint and commission each commissioned officer 18
245245 or appoint each warrant officer of the organized militia on recommendation of the Adjutant 19
246246 General. 20
247247
248248 (2) The appointments under paragraph (1) of this subsection do not require 21
249249 confirmation by the Senate of Maryland. 22
250250
251251 (b) (1) Each individual commissioned or appointed as an officer or warrant 23
252252 officer shall be: 24
253253
254254 (i) an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted individual of the National 25
255255 Guard; 26
256256
257257 (ii) a retired or former officer or warrant officer of the United States 27
258258 Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, [or] Coast Guard, OR SPACE FORCE, or any 28
259259 auxiliary thereof; 29
260260
261261 (iii) an individual with prior enlisted service in the United States 30
262262 Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, [or] Coast Guard, OR SPACE FORCE, or any 31
263263 auxiliary thereof; 32
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265265
266266
267267 (iv) a graduate of the United States Military Academy, Naval 1
268268 Academy, Coast Guard Academy, Merchant Marine Academy, or Air Force Academy; 2
269269
270270 (v) a graduate of a school, college, university, or officers’ training 3
271271 school who received military instruction under the supervision of an officer of the United 4
272272 States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, [or] Coast Guard, OR SPACE FORCE who 5
273273 certified the graduate’s fitness for appointment as a commissioned officer; or 6
274274
275275 (vi) an individual not otherwise identified in items (i) through (v) of 7
276276 this paragraph who is specially qualified for service by achievement in any professional, 8
277277 technical, or public service capacity or otherwise displays extraordinary qualifications for 9
278278 commissioning as an officer of the Maryland Defense Force. 10
279279
280280 (2) Before taking office, each member of the National Guard shall take the 11
281281 oath prescribed in § 13–407 of this title and each member of the Maryland Defense Force 12
282282 shall take the oath prescribed in § 13–509 of this subtitle. 13
283283
284284 (c) When initially appointed, a general officer or colonel of the organized militia 14
285285 must: 15
286286
287287 (1) be an officer in the National Guard of a grade of O–4 or higher; or 16
288288
289289 (2) have served in any component or auxiliary of the United States Army, 17
290290 Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, [or] Coast Guard, OR SPACE FORCE or National Guard 18
291291 with the grade of O–4 or higher. 19
292292
293293 (d) When initially appointed, a lieutenant–colonel or major of the line must have 20
294294 had service as an officer for at least 2 years in any component or auxiliary of the United 21
295295 States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, [or] Coast Guard, OR SPACE FORCE or 22
296296 National Guard. 23
297297
298298 (e) Subsections (c) and (d) of this section do not apply in the case of: 24
299299
300300 (1) officers promoted to the grade of major or above from within the 25
301301 Maryland Defense Force; or 26
302302
303303 (2) officers qualified under subsection (b)(1)(vi) of this section. 27
304304
305305 13–601. 28
306306
307307 (a) (1) On the recommendation of the Adjutant General, the Governor may 29
308308 grant to an officer of the organized militia a brevet commission of the next higher grade 30
309309 than the regular commission held by the officer. 31
310310
311311 (2) The Governor may grant a brevet commission to an officer of the 32
312312 organized militia of a grade equal to the highest grade in which the officer previously served 33 SENATE BILL 1008 7
313313
314314
315315 in the organized militia or in the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, [or] 1
316316 Coast Guard, OR SPACE FORCE. 2
317317
318318 13–704.1. 3
319319
320320 (a) (2) “Military service” means: 4
321321
322322 (i) in the case of a service member who is a member or reserve 5
323323 member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, [or] Coast Guard, OR SPACE FORCE, 6
324324 full–time duty in the active military service of the United States, including: 7
325325
326326 1. full–time training duty; 8
327327
328328 2. annual training duty; and 9
329329
330330 3. attendance while at a school designated as a service school 10
331331 by federal law or by the secretary of the military department concerned; 11
332332
333333 13–901. 12
334334
335335 (b) Without authority under the laws of the United States or this State, a person 13
336336 may not wear a uniform or distinctive part of a uniform or an item similar to a uniform or 14
337337 a distinctive part of a uniform of: 15
338338
339339 (1) the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, [or] Coast 16
340340 Guard, OR SPACE FORCE; [or] 17
341341
342342 (2) the National Guard of this State, another state, or the United States; 18
343343
344344 (3) the Maryland Defense Force; or 19
345345
346346 (4) an auxiliary of any of the military units listed in this subsection. 20
347347
348348 13–902. 21
349349
350350 (a) This section does not apply to a member of the United States Army, Navy, Air 22
351351 Force, Marines, [or] Coast Guard, OR SPACE FORCE, the organized militia of this State 23
352352 or another state, an officer of the Maryland Defense Force, or a member of associations 24
353353 wholly composed of soldiers honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United 25
354354 States. 26
355355
356356 13–904. 27
357357
358358 (a) A person who is the owner or who is an agent of the owner of a place of 28
359359 amusement or recreation open to the public may not refuse admission to an officer or 29
360360 enlisted individual of the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, [or] Air 30 8 SENATE BILL 1008
361361
362362
363363 Force, OR SPACE FORCE or the organized militia of this State or of another state because 1
364364 the officer or enlisted individual is in uniform. 2
365365
366366 (b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction 3
367367 is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both. 4
368368
369369 13A–101. 5
370370
371371 (k) “Judge advocate” means a commissioned officer of the organized state military 6
372372 forces who is a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a state: 7
373373
374374 (1) (i) certified or designated as a judge advocate in the Judge Advocate 8
375375 General’s Corps of the Army, Air Force, Navy, [or] the Marine Corps, OR SPACE FORCE 9
376376 or designated as a law specialist as an officer of the Coast Guard, or a reserve component 10
377377 of one of these; or 11
378378
379379 (ii) certified as a non–federally recognized judge advocate, under 12
380380 regulations adopted pursuant to this provision, by the senior judge advocate of the 13
381381 commander of the force in the state military forces of which the accused is a member, as 14
382382 competent to perform such military justice duties required by this code; or 15
383383
384384 (2) if no judge advocate certified under item (1) of this subsection is 16
385385 available, certified by a senior judge advocate of the commander of another force in the 17
386386 state military forces, as the convening authority directs. 18
387387
388388 13A–506. 19
389389
390390 (c) In the instance when a defense counsel is not a member of the bar of the 20
391391 highest court of the State, the defense counsel shall be deemed admitted pro hac vice, 21
392392 subject to filing a certificate with the military judge setting forth the qualifications that 22
393393 counsel is: 23
394394
395395 (1) (i) a commissioned officer of the armed forces of the United States 24
396396 or a component thereof; 25
397397
398398 (ii) a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a 26
399399 state; and 27
400400
401401 (iii) certified as a judge advocate in the Judge Advocate General’s 28
402402 Corps of the Army, Air Force, Navy, [or] Marine Corps, OR SPACE FORCE; or 29
403403
404404 (2) a judge advocate as defined in § 13A–101 of this title. 30
405405
406406 SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the publisher of the 31
407407 Annotated Code of Maryland, in consultation with and subject to the approval of the 32
408408 Department of Legislative Services, shall correct, with no further action required by the 33
409409 General Assembly, cross–references and terminology rendered incorrect by this Act. The 34 SENATE BILL 1008 9
410410
411411
412412 publisher shall adequately describe any correction that is made in an editor’s note following 1
413413 the section affected. 2
414414
415415 SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 3
416416 1, 2022. 4