Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 11-2103 - Lesser license as alternative to suspension or revocation(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, instead of ordering the revocation or suspension of a license, the Board may order a license holder to exchange the license for a lesser license: (1) under which only alcoholic beverages of a lower alcoholic content or of a more limited kind than under the license ordered exchanged may be sold; and(2) that has fewer privileges or more or greater restrictions than the license ordered exchanged.(b) Subsection (a) of this section applies only if:(1) after a hearing, the Board finds that a license holder or the operation of a licensed premises has violated or is violating this article; and(2) the penalty for the violation requires or allows a license to be revoked or suspended.Added by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 41, Sec. 2, eff. 7/1/2016.