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

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
amendment.
Italics indicate opposite chamber/conference committee amendments.
*hb0512*

HOUSE BILL 512
A2 (6lr2169)
ENROLLED BILL
— Government, Labor, and Elections/Finance —
Introduced by Delegate Pruski

Read and Examined by Proofreaders:

_______________________________________________
Proofreader.
_______________________________________________
Proofreader.

Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this

_______ day of _______________ at _________________ _______ o’clock, ________M.

______________________________________________
Speaker.

CHAPTER ______

AN ACT concerning 1

Anne Arundel County – Board of License Commissioners and Part–Time 2
Inspectors – Compensation 3

FOR the purpose of increasing the annual salaries and providing for cost –of–living salary 4
increases for the chair, certain part–time inspectors, and other members of the Board 5
of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County; and generally relating to 6
alcoholic beverages and the Board of L icense Commissioners for Anne Arundel 7
County. 8

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 9
Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 10
Section 11–101(a) and (b) and 11–102 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 13

2 HOUSE BILL 512

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 1
Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 2
Section 11–204(a) and 11–206(a) 3
Annotated Code of Maryland 4
(2024 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 5

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 6
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 7

Article – Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis 8

11–101. 9

(a) In this title: 10

(1) the definitions in § 1 –101 of this article apply without exception or 11
variation; and 12

(2) the following words have the meanings indicated. 13

(b) “Board” means the Board of License Commissioners for Anne Arundel County. 14

11–102. 15

This title applies only in Anne Arundel County. 16

11–204. 17

(a) (1) The chair of the Board shall receive: 18

(I) an annual salary [of] THAT: 19

1. IS not [more] LESS than [$18,000] $21,240; and 20

2. INCLUDES ANY COST –OF–LIVING INCREASE 21
AVAILABLE TO NONREPRESENTED ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY NONREPRESENTED 22
EMPLOYEES; AND 23

(II) reimbursement for expenses reasonably incurred. 24

(2) Each other member of the Board shall receive: 25

(I) an annual salary [of] THAT: 26

1. IS not [more] LESS than [$15,000] $17,700; and 27

HOUSE BILL 512 3

2. INCLUDES ANY COST –OF–LIVING INCREASE 1
AVAILABLE TO NONREPRESENTED ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY NONREPRESENTED 2
EMPLOYEES; AND 3

(II) reimbursement for expenses reasonably incurred. 4

11–206. 5

(a) (1) The Board may employ: 6

(i) one part –time deputy chief inspector at an annual salary [of] 7
THAT: 8

1. IS NOT LESS THAN $18,000; and 9

2. INCLUDES ANY COST –OF–LIVING INCREASE 10
AVAILABLE TO NONREPRESENTED ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY NONREPRESENTED 11
EMPLOYEES; AND 12

(ii) 18 part–time inspectors at an annual salary [of $7,000] THAT: 13

1. IS NOT LESS THAN $8,260 each; AND 14

2. INCLUDES ANY COST –OF–LIVING INCREASE 15
AVAILABLE TO NONREPRESENTED ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY NONREPRESENTED 16
EMPLOYEES. 17

(2) Each inspector shall receive a monthly expense allowance of $300, 18
subject to the approval of the Executive Director. 19

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 20
1, 2026. 21