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SENATE BILL 1008
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By: Senator Simonaire
Introduced and read first time: February 25, 2022
Assigned to: Rules
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
References to Armed Forces – Inclusion of the United States Space Force 2
FOR the purpose of amending certain provisions of law that mention the United States 3
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard to include the United States Space 4
Force; and generally relating to references to the armed forces of the United States. 5
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6
Article – Alcoholic Beverages 7
Section 3–505 and 4–506 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2016 Volume and 2021 Supplement) 10
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
Article – Business Regulation 12
Section 19–501 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2015 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 15
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 16
Article – Family Law 17
Section 9–108(a) 18
Annotated Code of Maryland 19
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 20
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 21
Article – Public Safety 22
Section 13–510, 13–601(a), 13–704.1(a)(2)(i), 13–901(b), 13–902(a), 13–904, 23
13A–101(k), and 13A–506(c) 24
Annotated Code of Maryland 25
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 26
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 1
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 2
Article – Alcoholic Beverages 3
3–505. 4
(a) A license holder or an employee of the license holder may require an individual 5
to sign a book that the license holder keeps if: 6
(1) the individual has shown documentary evidence that substantiates the 7
individual’s age to allow the purchase of alcoholic beverages; and 8
(2) the age of the individual remains in question. 9
(b) (1) The book authorized under subsection (a) of this section shall contain 10
copies of the following form: 11
Date............... 20.... 12
To Be Filled in by Seller 13
__________________________________________________________________________________ x 14
__________________________________________________________________________________ x 15
IDENTIFICATION (CHECK ALL SHOWN) 16
__________________________________________________________________________________ x 17
Driver’s License ....................................................................................................................... □18
Army I.D. Card19
................................................................................................................................................. □ 20
Birth Certificate □ Coast Guard I.D. Card ................................................................ □ 21
Service Discharge .................................................................................................................... □22
Marine I.D. Card23
................................................................................................................................................. □ 24
Draft Card □ Navy I.D. Card ....................................................................................... □ 25
Air Force I.D. Card .................................................................................................................. □ 26
SPACE FORCE I.D. CARD ............................................................................................. □ 27
Other (Specify) ........................................................................................................................ x 28
__________________________________________________________________________________ x 29
__________________________________________________________________________________ x 30
DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASER 31
__________________________________________________________________________________ x 32 SENATE BILL 1008 3
Height ........................................................................................................................................ 1
................................................................................................................................................... 2
Weight ...................................................................................................................................... x 3
Color of Eyes .............................................................................................................................. 4
Color of Hair ............................................................................................................................ x 5
Outstanding Features ............................................................................................................. x 6
................................................................................................................................................. x 7
................................................................................................................................................. x 8
................................................................................................................................................. x 9
................................................................................................................................................. x 10
Seller’s Signature .................................................................................................................... x 11
__________________________________________________________________________________ x 12
__________________________________________________________________________________ x 13
To Be Filled in by Prospective Purchaser 14
I declare I am of legal age to purchase fermented malt beverages or intoxicating liquor, and 15
that I am subject to arrest and prosecution for misrepresenting my age. 16
Print full name ........................................................................................................................ x 17
Street address.......................................................................................................................... x 18
City .......................................................................................................................................... x 19
State ......................................................................................................................................... x 20
Signature ................................................................................................................................. x 21
(2) The license holder or an employee of the license holder shall record all 22
information required by each section of the form. 23
4–506. 24
(a) A license holder or an employee of the license holder may require an individual 25
to sign a book that the license holder keeps if: 26
(1) the individual has shown documentary evidence that substantiates the 27
individual’s age to allow the purchase of alcoholic beverages; and 28
(2) the age of the individual remains in question. 29
(b) (1) The book authorized under subsection (a) of this section shall contain 30
copies of the following form: 31
Date............... 20.... 32
To Be Filled in by Seller 33
_______________________________________________________________________________ 34
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IDENTIFICATION (CHECK ALL SHOWN) 1
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DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASER 11
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To Be Filled in by Prospective Purchaser 23
I declare I am of legal age to purchase fermented malt beverages or intoxicating liquor, and 24
that I am subject to arrest and prosecution for misrepresenting my age. 25
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(2) The license holder or an employee of the license holder shall record all 30
information required by each section of the form. 31
Article – Business Regulation 32
19–501. 33
In this subtitle, “soldier” means: 34
___________________________________________________________________________
Driver’s License ..................................... □ Army I.D. Card ...................................... □
Birth Certificate .................................... □ Coast Guard I.D. Card .......................... □
Service Discharge .................................. □ Marine I.D. Card ................................... □
Draft Card ............................................. □ Navy I.D. Card…………………………... □
Air Force I.D. Card ............................... □ SPACE FORCE I.D. CARD………… ...□
Other (Specify) ..............................................................................................................
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Height ...................................................... Weight ......................................................
Color of Eyes ........................................... Color of Hair ............................................
Outstanding Features ...................................................................................................
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Seller’s Signature ..........................................................................................................
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Print full name ..............................................................................................................
Street address ...............................................................................................................
City .......................................................... State .........................................................
Signature ....................................................................................................................... SENATE BILL 1008 5
(1) an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States, 1
including the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, National Guard, Reserve 2
forces, SPACE FORCE, and any other standard United States military agency; or 3
(2) a federal active duty member of the State National Guard or Reserve 4
force. 5
Article – Family Law 6
9–108. 7
(a) In this section: 8
(1) “deployment” means compliance with military orders received by a 9
member of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National 10
Guard, SPACE FORCE, or any other Reserve component to report for combat operations or 11
other active service for which the member is required to report unaccompanied by any 12
family member or that is classified by the member’s branch as remote; and 13
(2) “deployment” does not include National Guard or Reserve annual 14
training, inactive duty days, or drill weekends. 15
Article – Public Safety 16
13–510. 17
(a) (1) The Governor shall appoint and commission each commissioned officer 18
or appoint each warrant officer of the organized militia on recommendation of the Adjutant 19
General. 20
(2) The appointments under paragraph (1) of this subsection do not require 21
confirmation by the Senate of Maryland. 22
(b) (1) Each individual commissioned or appointed as an officer or warrant 23
officer shall be: 24
(i) an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted individual of the National 25
Guard; 26
(ii) a retired or former officer or warrant officer of the United States 27
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, [or] Coast Guard, OR SPACE FORCE, or any 28
auxiliary thereof; 29
(iii) an individual with prior enlisted service in the United States 30
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, [or] Coast Guard, OR SPACE FORCE, or any 31
auxiliary thereof; 32
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(iv) a graduate of the United States Military Academy, Naval 1
Academy, Coast Guard Academy, Merchant Marine Academy, or Air Force Academy; 2
(v) a graduate of a school, college, university, or officers’ training 3
school who received military instruction under the supervision of an officer of the United 4
States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, [or] Coast Guard, OR SPACE FORCE who 5
certified the graduate’s fitness for appointment as a commissioned officer; or 6
(vi) an individual not otherwise identified in items (i) through (v) of 7
this paragraph who is specially qualified for service by achievement in any professional, 8
technical, or public service capacity or otherwise displays extraordinary qualifications for 9
commissioning as an officer of the Maryland Defense Force. 10
(2) Before taking office, each member of the National Guard shall take the 11
oath prescribed in § 13–407 of this title and each member of the Maryland Defense Force 12
shall take the oath prescribed in § 13–509 of this subtitle. 13
(c) When initially appointed, a general officer or colonel of the organized militia 14
must: 15
(1) be an officer in the National Guard of a grade of O–4 or higher; or 16
(2) have served in any component or auxiliary of the United States Army, 17
Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, [or] Coast Guard, OR SPACE FORCE or National Guard 18
with the grade of O–4 or higher. 19
(d) When initially appointed, a lieutenant–colonel or major of the line must have 20
had service as an officer for at least 2 years in any component or auxiliary of the United 21
States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, [or] Coast Guard, OR SPACE FORCE or 22
National Guard. 23
(e) Subsections (c) and (d) of this section do not apply in the case of: 24
(1) officers promoted to the grade of major or above from within the 25
Maryland Defense Force; or 26
(2) officers qualified under subsection (b)(1)(vi) of this section. 27
13–601. 28
(a) (1) On the recommendation of the Adjutant General, the Governor may 29
grant to an officer of the organized militia a brevet commission of the next higher grade 30
than the regular commission held by the officer. 31
(2) The Governor may grant a brevet commission to an officer of the 32
organized militia of a grade equal to the highest grade in which the officer previously served 33 SENATE BILL 1008 7
in the organized militia or in the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, [or] 1
Coast Guard, OR SPACE FORCE. 2
13–704.1. 3
(a) (2) “Military service” means: 4
(i) in the case of a service member who is a member or reserve 5
member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, [or] Coast Guard, OR SPACE FORCE, 6
full–time duty in the active military service of the United States, including: 7
1. full–time training duty; 8
2. annual training duty; and 9
3. attendance while at a school designated as a service school 10
by federal law or by the secretary of the military department concerned; 11
13–901. 12
(b) Without authority under the laws of the United States or this State, a person 13
may not wear a uniform or distinctive part of a uniform or an item similar to a uniform or 14
a distinctive part of a uniform of: 15
(1) the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, [or] Coast 16
Guard, OR SPACE FORCE; [or] 17
(2) the National Guard of this State, another state, or the United States; 18
(3) the Maryland Defense Force; or 19
(4) an auxiliary of any of the military units listed in this subsection. 20
13–902. 21
(a) This section does not apply to a member of the United States Army, Navy, Air 22
Force, Marines, [or] Coast Guard, OR SPACE FORCE, the organized militia of this State 23
or another state, an officer of the Maryland Defense Force, or a member of associations 24
wholly composed of soldiers honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United 25
States. 26
13–904. 27
(a) A person who is the owner or who is an agent of the owner of a place of 28
amusement or recreation open to the public may not refuse admission to an officer or 29
enlisted individual of the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, [or] Air 30 8 SENATE BILL 1008
Force, OR SPACE FORCE or the organized militia of this State or of another state because 1
the officer or enlisted individual is in uniform. 2
(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction 3
is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both. 4
13A–101. 5
(k) “Judge advocate” means a commissioned officer of the organized state military 6
forces who is a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a state: 7
(1) (i) certified or designated as a judge advocate in the Judge Advocate 8
General’s Corps of the Army, Air Force, Navy, [or] the Marine Corps, OR SPACE FORCE 9
or designated as a law specialist as an officer of the Coast Guard, or a reserve component 10
of one of these; or 11
(ii) certified as a non–federally recognized judge advocate, under 12
regulations adopted pursuant to this provision, by the senior judge advocate of the 13
commander of the force in the state military forces of which the accused is a member, as 14
competent to perform such military justice duties required by this code; or 15
(2) if no judge advocate certified under item (1) of this subsection is 16
available, certified by a senior judge advocate of the commander of another force in the 17
state military forces, as the convening authority directs. 18
13A–506. 19
(c) In the instance when a defense counsel is not a member of the bar of the 20
highest court of the State, the defense counsel shall be deemed admitted pro hac vice, 21
subject to filing a certificate with the military judge setting forth the qualifications that 22
counsel is: 23
(1) (i) a commissioned officer of the armed forces of the United States 24
or a component thereof; 25
(ii) a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a 26
state; and 27
(iii) certified as a judge advocate in the Judge Advocate General’s 28
Corps of the Army, Air Force, Navy, [or] Marine Corps, OR SPACE FORCE; or 29
(2) a judge advocate as defined in § 13A–101 of this title. 30
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the publisher of the 31
Annotated Code of Maryland, in consultation with and subject to the approval of the 32
Department of Legislative Services, shall correct, with no further action required by the 33
General Assembly, cross–references and terminology rendered incorrect by this Act. The 34 SENATE BILL 1008 9
publisher shall adequately describe any correction that is made in an editor’s note following 1
the section affected. 2
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 3
1, 2022. 4