Anne Arundel County - Board of License Commissioners and Part-Time Inspectors - Compensation, the official text

WES MOORE, Governor                              Ch. 853

Chapter 853

                   (House Bill 512)

AN ACT concerning

Anne Arundel County – Board of License Commissioners and Part–Time
                                   Inspectors – Compensation

FOR the purpose of increasing the annual salaries and providing for cost–of–living salary
         increases for the chair, certain part–time inspectors, and other members of the Board
         of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County; and generally relating to
         alcoholic beverages and the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel
         County.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
         Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis
         Section 11–101(a) and (b) and 11–102
         Annotated Code of Maryland
         (2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
         Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis
         Section 11–204(a) and 11–206(a)
         Annotated Code of Maryland
         (2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement)

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

11–101.                 Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis
         (a)  In this title:

                  (1) the definitions in § 1–101 of this article apply without exception or
variation; and

              (2) the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Board” means the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County.

11–102.

This title applies only in Anne Arundel County.

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11–204.

(a) (1) The chair of the Board shall receive:

         (I) an annual salary [of] THAT:

         1. IS not [more] LESS than [$18,000] $21,240; and

                                 2. INCLUDES ANY COST–OF–LIVING INCREASE
AVAILABLE TO NONREPRESENTED ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY NONREPRESENTED
EMPLOYEES; AND

         (II) reimbursement for expenses reasonably incurred.

         (2) Each other member of the Board shall receive:

         (I) an annual salary [of] THAT:

         1. IS not [more] LESS than [$15,000] $17,700; and

                                 2. INCLUDES ANY COST–OF–LIVING INCREASE
AVAILABLE TO NONREPRESENTED ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY NONREPRESENTED
EMPLOYEES; AND

         (II) reimbursement for expenses reasonably incurred.

11–206.

(a) (1) The Board may employ:

         (i) one part–time deputy chief inspector at an annual salary [of]

THAT:

         1. IS NOT LESS THAN $18,000; and

                                 2. INCLUDES ANY COST–OF–LIVING INCREASE
AVAILABLE TO NONREPRESENTED ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY NONREPRESENTED
EMPLOYEES; AND

         (ii) 18 part–time inspectors at an annual salary [of $7,000] THAT:

         1. IS NOT LESS THAN $8,260 each; AND

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                                 2. INCLUDES ANY COST–OF–LIVING INCREASE
AVAILABLE TO NONREPRESENTED ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY NONREPRESENTED
EMPLOYEES.

                  (2) Each inspector shall receive a monthly expense allowance of $300,
subject to the approval of the Executive Director.

         SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July
1, 2026.

Approved by the Governor, May 26, 2026.

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