Md. Code, Business Regulation § 16-302
This is the official text of Md. Code, Business Regulation § 16-302, part of Maryland’s Code, Business Regulation — governs general business licensing and regulation.
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§16–302.
Official statutory text
(a) For each county license, an applicant shall:
(1) submit an application to the clerk; and
(2) pay to the clerk a license fee of $300.
(b) (1) From each license fee collected under subsection (a) of this section, the clerk shall distribute:
(i) $25 to the Executive Director;
(ii) in Montgomery County, $275 to the county to be used to enforce existing laws banning the sale or distribution of tobacco, tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices, as defined in § 16.7–101 of this article, to individuals under the age of 21 years; and
(iii) in all other counties, $275 to the Maryland Department of Health to be used by the Department or its designee to enforce existing laws prohibiting the sale or distribution of tobacco, tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices, as defined in § 16.7–101 of this article, to individuals under the age of 21 years.
(2) Funds distributed under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection may not be used to supplant existing funding for the enforcement of laws banning the sale or distribution of tobacco or tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21 years.
(1) submit an application to the clerk; and
(2) pay to the clerk a license fee of $300.
(b) (1) From each license fee collected under subsection (a) of this section, the clerk shall distribute:
(i) $25 to the Executive Director;
(ii) in Montgomery County, $275 to the county to be used to enforce existing laws banning the sale or distribution of tobacco, tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices, as defined in § 16.7–101 of this article, to individuals under the age of 21 years; and
(iii) in all other counties, $275 to the Maryland Department of Health to be used by the Department or its designee to enforce existing laws prohibiting the sale or distribution of tobacco, tobacco products, or electronic smoking devices, as defined in § 16.7–101 of this article, to individuals under the age of 21 years.
(2) Funds distributed under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection may not be used to supplant existing funding for the enforcement of laws banning the sale or distribution of tobacco or tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21 years.
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