Local bill would align Caroline County practice with statute on liquor inspector

A senator presented a local bill intended to bring state statute into alignment with current practice in Caroline County by clarifying who may serve as the county liquor inspector. Current statute, the presenter said, names the county codes administrator as the liquor inspector, but Caroline County actually uses a separate liquor inspector. The legislation would allow the codes administrator or the administrator’s designee to serve in that role.

The presenter described the measure as a "house cleaning" bill, said it had local approval and "no zero opposition," and urged the committee to give a favorable report. The committee closed the hearing on the bill in the provided segments.

Transcript note: the hearing transcript refers to the item with two different numbers: the chair initially introduced it as Senate Bill 974, while the presenter later referred to it as Senate Bill 794. The article reports the discrepancy rather than resolving the bill number, and follow-up with committee staff is needed to confirm the correct bill identifier.

Next steps: The hearing concluded and the committee moved to the voting list; no vote on this bill is recorded in the supplied transcript.