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Board updates penalty rules to reflect higher statutory fines, adopts revised penalty matrix

5376212 · July 11, 2025
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Summary

The Alcohol Beverage Board of St. Mary's County voted July 9 to update local rules to raise the maximum fine from $1,000 to $2,500 and to amend the board's penalty matrix to reflect the statutory change.

At its July 9 meeting the Alcohol Beverage Board of St. Mary's County voted unanimously to amend local rules to match recently enacted state law raising the maximum fine the board may impose for license violations. The board updated section 6.07(A) to change the prior $1,000 maximum to $2,500 and amended the board's penalty matrix to reflect the new maximum and hold‑in‑abeyance percentages used for mitigation.

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