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SENATE BILL 655
A2 4lr3083
By: Anne Arundel County Senators
Introduced and read first time: January 29, 2024
Assigned to: Finance
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Anne Arundel County – Alcoholic Beverages – Part–Time Deputy Chief 2
Inspector 3
FOR the purpose of increasing the annual salary of a part–time deputy chief inspector 4
employed by the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County; 5
establishing a workweek of a certain number of hours per week for the part–time 6
deputy chief inspector; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages and the Board 7
of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County. 8
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 9
Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 10
Section 11–102 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2016 Volume and 2023 Supplement) 13
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 14
Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 15
Section 11–206 16
Annotated Code of Maryland 17
(2016 Volume and 2023 Supplement) 18
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20
Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 21
11–102. 22
This title applies only in Anne Arundel County. 23
11–206. 24 2 SENATE BILL 655
(a) (1) The Board may employ: 1
(i) one part–time deputy chief inspector: 2
1. at an annual salary of [$9,000] $18,000; AND 3
2. WITH A WORKWEEK OF 10 HOURS PER WEEK ; and 4
(ii) 18 part–time inspectors at an annual salary of $7,000 each. 5
(2) Each inspector shall receive a monthly expense allowance of $300, 6
subject to the approval of the Executive Director. 7
(b) An inspector: 8
(1) has all the powers of a peace officer or sheriff in the State arising out of 9
or relating to the enforcement of this article; 10
(2) may serve a summons under § 11–2604 of this title; and 11
(3) may issue a civil citation under § 11–2605 of this title. 12
(c) An inspector shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland 13
Constitution. 14
(d) (1) An inspector shall provide a penalty bond of $2,000 to the Board and 15
the County Council jointly on the condition that the inspector faithfully perform the duties 16
of office. 17
(2) The county shall pay the cost of the bond. 18
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 19
1, 2024. 20