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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-1005" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Licenses for Specific Types of Organizations and Venues">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “entertainment facility” means a facility that holds a license under Title 9, Subtitle 1A of the State Government Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is an entertainment facility license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue the license for the use of an entertainment facility that contains one or more food service facilities, bars, or lounges that are part of the operation of the entertainment facility.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The license shall be issued to an individual or entity that owns an entertainment facility and holds a license under Title 9, Subtitle 1A of the State Government Article.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An applicant for the license need not meet any location, voting, or residency requirements.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The license authorizes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor by the glass or by the bottle in any location of the entertainment facility that is not covered by an entertainment concessionaire license for consumption anywhere in the entertainment facility; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>subject to § 4–605 of this article, the playing of music, dancing, plays, live performances, comedy shows, and other artistic shows in the licensed premises.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>By administrative action, the Board may allow the sale of alcoholic beverages for a promotional event in an area adjacent to the entertainment facility that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is controlled by the license holder;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has controlled access; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>is a parking lot, picnic ground, building, or terrace.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Beer, wine, and liquor purchased under the license may be taken and consumed anywhere in an entertainment facility.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The hours for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages under the license are the same as the hours of operation for a video lottery facility established under § 9–1A–23 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A holder of the license need not obtain a Sunday permit under § 11–2004 of this title to sell alcoholic beverages after 2 a.m. on Sunday.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The license may not be counted as a Class B or Class H license for purposes of § 11–1609 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The annual fee for the license is $15,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The fee shall be paid on or before May 1 to the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
