Maryland SB 275: Frederick County - Alcoholic Beverages - Promoter's Permit

Bill Text

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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SENATE BILL 275
A2 9lr1768
CF HB 287
By: Senators Young and Hough
Introduced and read first time: January 28, 2019
Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Frederick County – Alcoholic Beverages – Promoter’s Permit 2

FOR the purpose of repealing in Frederick County a certain requirement for a promoter’s 3
permit, so that an event that a for–profit organization seeks to publicize, sell tickets 4
for, organize, produce, or stage need not be conducted in conjunction with a nonprofit 5
organization that holds a certain license; and generally relating to promoter’s 6
permits in Frederick County. 7

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8
Article – Alcoholic Beverages 9
Section 20–102 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2016 Volume and 2018 Supplement) 12

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 13
Article – Alcoholic Beverages 14
Section 20–1103 15
Annotated Code of Maryland 16
(2016 Volume and 2018 Supplement) 17

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19

Article – Alcoholic Beverages 20

20–102. 21

This title applies only in Frederick County. 22

20–1103. 23

2 SENATE BILL 275

(a) There is a promoter’s permit. 1

(b) A for–profit organization shall obtain the permit from the Board before the 2
organization may [help] publicize, sell tickets for, organize, operate, produce, or stage an 3
event[: 4

(1)] at which alcoholic beverages are sold or served[; and 5

(2) that is conducted in conjunction with an organization that holds a 6
license issued under Subtitle 13, Part III of this title]. 7

(c) The Board may adopt regulations establishing the requirements for 8
conducting an event described in subsection (b) of this section, including health and safety 9
standards to be met by a permit holder. 10

(d) The permit fee is: 11

(1) $250, if the promoter expects that fewer than 1,000 individuals will 12
attend; 13

(2) $600, if the promoter expects that from 1,001 to 3,000 individuals will 14
attend; and 15

(3) $1,000, if the promoter expects that more than 3,000 individuals will 16
attend. 17

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 18
1, 2019. 19