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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="15-1308" title_number="15" title_name="Caroline County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Instead of issuing individual event licenses, the Board may issue a multiple event license for a particular class of license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The number of days for which a multiple event license may be used by a single applicant may not exceed 40 per calendar year.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A multiple event license shall be issued:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for one premises only; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, to the same applicant for all events for which the license is issued.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>approve in writing a substitute applicant; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>before approving a substitute applicant, hold a hearing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A server who is certified as having completed an alcohol awareness program shall be on the premises for which a multiple event license is issued when alcoholic beverages are served.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The holder of a multiple event license under this section may store alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises between individual licensed events if the alcoholic beverages:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>are in a specially identified locked and secured location; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>are not sold or consumed except during licensed event hours for licensed event purposes.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The license holder shall keep complete and accurate records of all alcoholic beverages purchased and sold on the licensed premises.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The records shall be:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>maintained on the licensed premises for 2 years; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>available for inspection by authorized personnel of the Comptroller, the Executive Director, and the Board.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The records shall include a completed pre– and post–inventory of all alcoholic beverages for each individual event.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Authorized personnel of the Comptroller, the Executive Director, and the Board may inspect the premises of the license holder as provided under § 6–202 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A license holder who violates this subsection is subject to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for the first offense, a fine of $100; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for a subsequent offense, a fine not exceeding $500 and denial of future requests for a license for an individual event or a special multiple event license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The fee for a multiple event license is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$250 for not more than 10 events per year;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$500 for not more than 20 events per year;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>$750 for not more than 30 events per year; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>$1,000 for not more than 40 events per year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may not issue a refund if the license holder holds fewer events during the calendar year than the number of events that the license holder is entitled to hold.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
