(a) For each county license, an applicant shall: (1) submit an application to the clerk; and (2) pay to the clerk a license fee of: (i) $25 in a county other than Cecil County or Montgomery County; (ii) $50 in Cecil County; or (iii) $125 in Montgomery County. (b) (1) From each license fee collected under subsection (a) of this section, the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County shall distribute: (i) $25 to the Executive Director; and (ii) $100 to Montgomery County to be used to enforce existing laws banning the sale or distribution of tobacco or tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21 years. (2) Funds distributed under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection may not be used to supplant existing funding for the enforcement of laws banning the sale or distribution of tobacco or tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21 years.
Maryland Legal Code