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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="12-1005" title_number="12" title_name="Baltimore City" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Licenses for Specific Types of Organizations and Venues">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “video lottery 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 a Class BWL–VLF (video lottery facility) beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue a Class BWL–VLF license to an individual or entity that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>owns a video lottery facility that contains at least one food service facility, bar, or lounge; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>holds a license under Title 9, Subtitle 1A of the State Government Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An applicant for a Class BWL–VLF license need not meet any voting or residency requirement.</text>
    </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 drink and by the bottle on the premises of the video lottery facility for consumption:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>anywhere in the video lottery facility; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>on grounds controlled by the license holder, as defined in the license;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the playing of music and dancing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the sale and providing of beer, wine, and liquor throughout the video lottery facility and grounds controlled by the license holder during those days and hours that the video lottery facility is open for business.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Beer, wine, and liquor purchased under the license may be taken anywhere in a video lottery facility or on grounds controlled by the license holder, as defined in the Class BWL–VLF license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The annual license fee is $17,500.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The annual license fee shall be paid to the Board on or before May 1.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
