# Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (GAB)

## Title 11. Anne Arundel County

### Subtitle 10. Licenses for Specific Types of Organizations and Venues

#### Section 11-1001

(a) There is an airport concessionaire license.

(b)

  (1) The Board may issue the license to a person who is a lessee, sublessee, or concessionaire at an airport.

  (2) The Board may not impose additional qualifications for the license as to the residence or voting status of the license holder.

(c) The license authorizes:

  (1) the sale of beer, wine, and liquor every day from each location in an airport terminal; and

  (2) the playing of music and dancing.

(d)

  (1)

    (i) This paragraph does not apply to duty free shops.

    (ii) A person who is a lessee, sublessee, or concessionaire at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport may hold one license for multiple locations within the terminal of Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, even if the person already holds another license that the Board issues.

  (2) On receipt of an application for the license, the Board shall:

    (i) give precedence to the application of a person under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection over all other license applications; and

    (ii) hold a hearing on the application at the Board meeting that immediately follows receipt of the application.

(e) A holder of the license need not obtain a Sunday permit under Sec. 11-1104 of this title to sell alcoholic beverages after 2 a.m. on Sunday.

(f)

  (1)

    (i) The annual fee for the license and one location from which alcoholic beverages may be sold is $5,000.

    (ii) The annual fee for each additional location from which alcoholic beverages may be sold is $5,000.

  (2) Each fee shall be paid on or before May 1 to the Board.

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Md. Code Ann., Alco. Bev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)