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<title article="gab" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County">
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-101" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
    <level label="a">
      <text>In this title:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>the definitions in § 1–101 of this article apply without exception or variation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>“Board” means the Board of License Commissioners for Carroll County.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>“County” means Carroll County.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-102" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
    <text>This title applies only in Carroll County.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-103" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
    <text>A copy of any legislation concerning alcoholic beverages enacted by the County Commissioners under this title shall be sent to the Department of Legislative Services, 90 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland 21401.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-201" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Board of License Commissioners">
    <text>There is a Board of License Commissioners for Carroll County.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-202" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Board of License Commissioners">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The County Commissioners shall appoint three members to the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The term of a regular member is 3 years.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The terms of the regular members are staggered as required by the terms provided for members of the Board on July 1, 2016.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The County Commissioners may remove a member for misconduct in office, incompetence, or willful neglect of duty.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-203" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Board of License Commissioners">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The County Commissioners shall appoint one substitute member to the Board to serve if a regular member is absent or incapacitated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The County Commissioners shall provide a term of office for the substitute member.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-204" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Board of License Commissioners">
    <text>The County Commissioners shall designate a chair from among the regular members of the Board.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-205" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Board of License Commissioners">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The Board shall meet at least once a month.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The County Commissioners shall set:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>the annual salaries of the regular members of the Board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>the salary of the substitute member on a per diem basis.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The Board may:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>employ:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>a secretary;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>inspectors; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>clerical and other assistants as are necessary; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>set the compensation of the employees.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-206" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Board of License Commissioners">
    <text>The Board may adopt regulations to carry out this article.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-301" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Liquor Control">
    <text>There is no liquor control board or department of liquor control in the county.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-401" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Manufacturer's Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The following sections of Title 2, Subtitle 2 (“Manufacturer’s Licenses”) of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 2–201 (“Issuance by Comptroller”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 2–203 (“Class 9 limited distillery license”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§ 2–204 (“Class 2 rectifying license”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>§ 2–205 (“Class 3 winery license”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>§ 2–207 (“Class 5 brewery license”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="6">
        <text>§ 2–210 (“Class 8 farm brewery license”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="7">
        <text>§ 2–211 (“Residency requirement”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="8">
        <text>§ 2–212 (“Additional licenses”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="9">
        <text>§ 2–213 (“Additional fees”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="10">
        <text>§ 2–214 (“Sale or delivery restricted”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="11">
        <text>§ 2–216 (“Interaction between manufacturing entities and retailers”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="12">
        <text>§ 2–217 (“Distribution of alcoholic beverages — Prohibited practices”); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="13">
        <text>§ 2–218 (“Restrictive agreements between producers and retailers — Prohibited”).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Section 2–215 (“Beer sale on credit to retail dealer prohibited”) of Division I of this article does not apply in the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The following sections of Title 2, Subtitle 2 (“Manufacturer’s Licenses”) of Division I of this article apply in the county:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 2–202 (“Class 1 distillery license”), subject to § 16–406 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 2–206 (“Class 4 limited winery license”), subject to § 16–403 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§ 2–208 (“Class 6 pub–brewery license”), subject to § 16–404 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>§ 2–209 (“Class 7 micro–brewery license”), subject to § 16–405 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-402" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Manufacturer's Licenses">
    <text>A holder of a manufacturer’s license may sell or deliver alcoholic beverages to a holder of a retail license from 6 a.m. to midnight on every day except Sunday.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-403" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Manufacturer's Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>This section applies to a Class 4 limited winery license in the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A holder of a Class 4 limited winery license that applies for a Class A wine license under § 16–701 of this title is exempt from any license population quota limitation established under § 16–1601 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-404" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Manufacturer's Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>This section applies to a Class 6 pub–brewery license in the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Section 2–208(d) of this article does not apply in the county.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-405" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Manufacturer's Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>This section applies to a Class 7 micro–brewery license in the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>In this subsection, “protected building” means:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>an elementary school;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>a secondary school; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>a church or other place of worship.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Paragraph (3) of this subsection does not apply to a micro–brewery that was in existence on July 1, 1997.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <level label="i">
          <text>A micro–brewery may not be located within 300 feet of a protected building.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>The distance shall be measured from the nearest point of the building in which the micro–brewery is located to the nearest point of the property line on which the protected building is located.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of this subsection, if a micro–brewery was established at its licensed premises before a protected building was established within 300 feet of the micro–brewery, the Executive Director may renew the license of the micro–brewery.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-406" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Manufacturer's Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class 1 distillery on–site consumption permit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The permit may be issued to a holder of a Class 1 distillery license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The permit serves as the on–premises consumption permit required under § 2–202(e) and (i) of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The permit authorizes the holder to sell, prepare, and serve:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>food;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>nonalcoholic beverages; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>alcoholic beverages, including brandy, rum, whiskey, and neutral spirits that are distilled, rectified, blended, and bottled at the distillery for on– and off–premises consumption to the extent the permit holder is authorized under the Class 1 distillery license.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The authorization to sell, prepare, and serve food and nonalcoholic beverages under this subsection is subject to approval by the Carroll County Health Department.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The permit authorizes the holder to use the licensed premises for events.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Any on–premises consumption of alcoholic beverages at an event held in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection shall comply with subsection (d) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="f">
      <text>An application for a permit under this section shall include a diagram of the proposed area for consumption under the permit and show clear delineation from the manufacturing and processing facilities.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="g">
      <text>The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out this section and to set the annual permit fee.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-501" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Wholesaler's Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The following sections of Title 2, Subtitle 3 (“Wholesaler’s Licenses”) of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 2–301 (“Licenses issued by Comptroller”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 2–302 (“Class 1 beer, wine, and liquor wholesaler’s license”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§ 2–303 (“Class 2 wine and liquor wholesaler’s license”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>§ 2–304 (“Class 3 beer and wine wholesaler’s license”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>§ 2–305 (“Class 4 beer wholesaler’s license”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="6">
        <text>§ 2–306 (“Class 5 wine wholesaler’s license”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="7">
        <text>§ 2–307 (“Class 6 limited wine wholesaler’s license”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="8">
        <text>§ 2–308 (“Class 7 limited beer wholesaler’s license”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="9">
        <text>§ 2–309 (“Sale and delivery of beer or wine from wholesaler’s vehicle”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="10">
        <text>§ 2–310 (“Sale and delivery to retail license holder”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="11">
        <text>§ 2–311 (“Additional wholesaler’s licenses”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="12">
        <text>§ 2–312 (“Direct importation of alcoholic beverages”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="13">
        <text>§ 2–313 (“Sale or delivery restricted to holder of license or permit”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="14">
        <text>§ 2–315 (“Interaction between wholesaling entities and retailers”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="15">
        <text>§ 2–316 (“Distribution of alcoholic beverages — Prohibited practices”); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="16">
        <text>§ 2–317 (“Restrictive agreements between wholesalers and retailers — Prohibited”).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Section 2–314 (“Beer sale on credit to retail dealer prohibited”) of Division I of this article does not apply in the county.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-502" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Wholesaler's Licenses">
    <text>Except as provided in § 16–503 of this subtitle, a holder of a wholesaler’s license may sell or deliver alcoholic beverages to a holder of a retail license from 6 a.m. to midnight on every day except Sunday.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-503" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Wholesaler's Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>A holder of a wholesaler’s license may enter into an agreement with a holder of a per diem license issued under Subtitle 13 of this title to deliver beer on the effective date of the per diem license and accept returns on the same day.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section shall include the type of equipment, services, personnel, and supplies required to dispense draft beer.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-601" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Beer Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class A beer license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer at retail to consumers at the place described in the license.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The license holder shall sell the beer in a sealed package or container.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>The package or container may not be opened and its contents may not be consumed on the premises where the beer is sold.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The annual license fee is:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2017, $200; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>beginning on July 1, 2017, $250.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-602" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Beer Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class B beer license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer at retail at a hotel or restaurant at the place described in the license for on– and off–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The annual license fee is $130.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-603" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Beer Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class C beer license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer at retail to members of a club and their guests at the place described in the license for on–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The annual license fee is $50.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-604" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Beer Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class D beer license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the license authorizes the license holder to sell beer at retail:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>at the place described in the license for on–premises consumption; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>at the discretion of the board, for off–premises consumption.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A license may not be issued for a drugstore.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The annual license fee is $250.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-701" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Wine Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class A wine license in the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The license may be issued to a holder of a Class 4 limited winery license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell at retail at the place described in the license wine produced at the winery.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Wine shall be sold in a sealed package or container that may not be opened or its contents consumed on the licensed premises.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The annual license fee is $50.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-801" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Beer and Wine Licenses">
    <text>The wine that may be sold under a beer and wine license may not contain more than 22% of alcohol by volume.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-802" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Beer and Wine Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class A beer and wine license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer and wine, at retail, at the place described in the license.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The license holder shall sell the beer and wine in a sealed package or container.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>The package or container may not be opened and its contents may not be consumed on the premises where the beer or wine is sold.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The annual license fee is:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2017, $340; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>beginning on July 1, 2017, $500.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-803" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Beer and Wine Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>a Class B beer and wine 6–day license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>a Class B beer and wine 7–day license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer and wine at a hotel or restaurant, at retail, at the place described in the license, for on– and off–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The annual license fees are:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>$160 for a 6–day license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>$1,000 for a 7–day license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-804" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Beer and Wine Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class C beer and wine license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer and wine to a member of a club and a guest of the member, at retail, at the place described in the license, for on–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The annual license fee is $70.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-805" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Beer and Wine Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class D beer and wine license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer and wine, at retail, at the place described in the license:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>for on–premises consumption; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>for off–premises consumption at the discretion of the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license may not be issued for use by a drugstore.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The annual license fee is $250.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-901" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail at the place described in the license.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The license holder shall deliver the beer, wine, or liquor in a sealed package or container that may not be opened or its contents consumed on the licensed premises.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license may not be issued for a drugstore unless the applicant:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>has been doing business at the location applied for in the license for at least 1 year before the date of the application for the license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>is the assignee of a business established for at least 1 year before the date of the application for the license at the location applied for; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>has been engaged in the retail drug business for at least 3 years.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The annual license fee is:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2017, $850; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>beginning on July 1, 2017, $1,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-902" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue the license for use by:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>a hotel that:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>accommodates the public by providing service ordinarily found in hotels;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>has:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>at least 25 rooms;</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>a lobby with registration and mail desk; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="3">
            <text>a dining room that serves full–course meals at least twice daily and that has regular seating at tables, including not more than 15 seats at bars or counters, for at least 50 individuals; and</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>is operated in facilities that are valued for State and local assessment and taxation at not less than $50,000; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>a restaurant that:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>is open for business at least 5 days a week and serves at least:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>two full–course meals each day it is open from Monday to Friday; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>one full–course meal each day it is open on Saturday and Sunday;</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>has regular seating at tables, including not more than 15 seats at bars or counters, for at least 50 individuals; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>is operated in facilities that are valued for State and local assessment and taxation at not less than $50,000.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>In this subsection, “premises” means an area:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>inside the restaurant where meals are prepared and served; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>outside the restaurant that is approved in writing by the Board.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>beer, wine, and liquor for on–premises consumption;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>beer for off–premises consumption 7 days a week; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>wine for off–premises consumption 7 days a week if:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>the area used to prepare and consume food and beverages occupies at least 90% of the square footage of the licensed premises; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>the license holder does not sell more than six bottles of wine to an individual at one time.</text>
          </level>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <level label="1">
        <text>If a license application is made for a new or improved building, on request by the Board the supervisor of assessments shall assess the building and advise the Board of the valuation of the building for assessment and taxation.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The valuation of the building for assessment and taxation does not affect the renewal or transfer of a Class B license issued before May 1, 1979.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>The annual license fee is $1,500.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-903" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class BC beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue a Class BC license to an applicant that has:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>a hotel or restaurant that meets the licensing requirements in § 16–902(c) of this subtitle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>a Class B hotel or restaurant (on– and off–sale) beer, wine, and liquor license, if the applicant surrenders the Class B license to the Board before being issued the Class BC license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>beer, wine, and liquor 7 days a week at a restaurant or hotel for on–premises consumption;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>beer 7 days a week at a restaurant or hotel for off–premises consumption; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>beer, wine, and liquor 7 days a week at a catered event held off the restaurant or hotel premises for consumption on the premises of the event.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Either the license holder or the event sponsor shall provide food for consumption at the catered event.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor during the hours and on the days as set out for a Class B license under § 16–2005 of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>The annual license fee is $250 greater than the fee for a Class B hotel or restaurant (on– and off–sale) beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-904" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class BR beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue the license for use by a restaurant that:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>serves at least one full–course evening dinner meal at least 5 days a week;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>is only open during the time meals are served;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>has regular seating at tables, including not more than 15 seats at bars and counters, for at least 50 individuals; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>is operated in facilities valued for State and local assessment and taxation at not less than $50,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>In this subsection, “premises” means an area:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>inside the restaurant where meals are prepared and served; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>outside the restaurant that is approved in writing by the Board.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor 7 days a week at a restaurant for consumption:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>with meals on the licensed premises; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>on the licensed premises in accordance with regulations that the Board adopts.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>If a license application is made for a new or improved building, on request of the Board the supervisor of assessments shall assess the building and advise the Board of the valuation of the building for assessment and taxation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor 7 days a week at a catered event held off the licensed premises for consumption on the premises of the catered event if the license holder:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>provides food for consumption at the catered event; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>pays an annual fee of $250 in addition to the annual license fee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="f">
      <text>The annual license fee is $2,000.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-905" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The Board may issue the license for use by a club that:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>has a dining room;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>has a regular seating capacity at tables, including not more than 15 seats at bars or counters, for at least 50 individuals; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>operates in a facility with an assessed real property valuation of at least $20,000.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at a club, at the place described in the license, for on–premises consumption.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The annual license fee:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>for a club that is a local chapter of a nationally organized nonprofit fraternal or veterans’ organization is $1,200; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>for any other club is $1,500.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-906" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <text>A Class D beer, wine, and liquor license may not be issued in the county.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1001" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Licenses for Specific Types of Organizations and Venues">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class C (golf course) beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue the license for the use of a golf course or organization that:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>is open to the public;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>is operated for profit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>owns real estate in the county; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>has a golf course with a minimum of nine holes.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor for consumption only on the land and in the buildings that are part of the golf course.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A patron need not be seated to be served.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor during the hours and days as set out for a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license under § 16–2005 of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>The annual license fee is $1,500.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1101" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Additional License Privileges">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 11 (“Additional License Privileges”) of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 4–1102 (“Corkage — Consuming wine not purchased from license holder on licensed premises”); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 4–1103 (“Removal of partially consumed bottle of wine from licensed premises”).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Section 4–1105 (“Refillable container permit — Wine”) of Division I of this article does not apply in the county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 11 (“Additional License Privileges”) of Division I of this article apply in the county:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 4–1104 (“Refillable container permit — Draft beer”), subject to § 16–1102 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 4–1106 (“Nonrefillable container permit –– Draft beer”), subject to § 16–1103 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1102" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Additional License Privileges">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The Board may issue a refillable container permit for draft beer to a holder of a Class A license, a Class B license, or a Class D license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>An applicant for the permit shall complete the form that the Board provides.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The hours of sale for the permit:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>begin at the same time as those for the underlying license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>end at midnight.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The annual permit fees are:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>$50 for an applicant whose license has an off–sale privilege; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>$500 for an applicant whose license does not have an off–sale privilege.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1103" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Additional License Privileges">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The Board may issue a nonrefillable container permit for draft beer to a holder of a Class A license, a Class B license, or a Class D license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>An applicant for the permit shall complete the form that the Board provides.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The hours of sale for the permit:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>begin at the same time as those for the underlying license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>end at midnight.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <level label="1">
        <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the annual permit fees are:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>$50 for an applicant whose license has an off–sale privilege; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>$500 for an applicant whose license does not have an off–sale privilege.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>An applicant who has a refillable container permit may not be charged a fee for a nonrefillable container permit.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1201" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Caterer's Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class H caterer’s beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue the license to the owner or operator of a catering establishment that has:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>one or more banquet rooms suitable for public gatherings; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>food preparation facilities on the premises.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license authorizes a holder to:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>contract with a sponsor of a public or private event to:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>provide food and alcoholic beverages; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>provide food and allow patrons to bring personal alcoholic beverages onto the premises of the license holder for consumption at a catered event; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>sell alcoholic beverages at retail at the premises described in the license for on–premises consumption.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The annual license fee is equal to the fee for a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license as provided in § 16–902 of this title.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The Board may not issue the license before payment of the fee is received by the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>A hotel or restaurant that holds a Class B restaurant or hotel beer, wine, and liquor license is not required to obtain a Class H caterer’s license if catering is or has been a part of the services provided by the holder of the Class B license.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1202" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Caterer's Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class HC caterer’s (on–sale and limited off–sale) beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue the license to the holder of a Class H caterer’s beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license authorizes a holder to:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>sell beer, wine, and liquor 7 days a week at a catered event for consumption:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>on the licensed premises; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>on the premises where the catered event is held; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>exercise the privileges of the license only during the hours and on the days authorized for a Class B hotel or restaurant (on– and off–sale) beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The license holder shall provide food for consumption at the catered event.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <level label="1">
        <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, in a calendar year the license holder may hold not more than eight events that the license holder sponsors.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>An event that the license holder sponsors may be held only at a location and on a date that the Board approves in accordance with regulations that the Board adopts.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="f">
      <text>The annual license fee is $250 greater than the annual fee for a Class B hotel or restaurant (on– and off–sale) beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1301" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 12 (“Temporary Licenses”) of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 4–1202 (“Per diem licenses”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 4–1203 (“Class C per diem beer and Class C per diem beer and wine licenses”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§ 4–1204 (“Class C per diem beer, wine, and liquor license”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>§ 4–1206 (“License to dispose of stock”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>§ 4–1207 (“Temporary move of licensed premises”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="6">
        <text>§ 4–1208 (“Hours and days of sale”); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="7">
        <text>§ 4–1209 (“Wine permit for fund–raising event”).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Section 4–1205 (“License fees”) of Division I of this article does not apply in the county and is superseded by § 16–1311 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1304" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a beer festival license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue the license to a holder of a retail license, Class 5 brewery license, Class 7 micro–brewery license, or Class 8 farm brewery license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license authorizes the holder to display and sell beer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>A license holder shall display and sell beer:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>at retail for on– and off–premises consumption; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>during the hours and days designated for the beer festival.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>The Board shall:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>choose 1 weekend for the beer festival that does not fall on the dates chosen for the Anne Arundel Beer and Wine Festival, the Cumberland and Shenandoah Valley Wine Festival in Washington County, or the Maryland Wine Festival in Carroll County;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>choose a location that is not already licensed; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>ensure that the primary focus of the beer festival is the promotion of Maryland beer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="f">
      <text>The license holder may hold another license of a different class or nature.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="g">
      <text>The license fee is $50 for a 1–day or 2–day festival.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="h">
      <text>The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1305" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Maryland Wine Festival (MWF) license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue the license to a holder of a retail license, Class 3 winery license, or Class 4 limited winery license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license authorizes the holder to display and sell wine that is produced and processed in the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>A license holder shall display and sell wine:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>at retail for on– and off–premises consumption; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>during the hours and days designated for the Maryland Wine Festival in Carroll County.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>The County Commissioners:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>may choose 1 weekend each year during the month of July, August, or September for the Maryland Wine Festival; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>shall choose a location that is not already licensed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="f">
      <text>The license holder may hold another license of a different class or nature.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="g">
      <text>The license fee is $200.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="h">
      <text>The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1306" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a beer tasting (BT) license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue the license to a holder of a beer and wine (BW) license or a beer, wine, and liquor (BWL) license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license authorizes the holder to allow the consumption of beer for tasting if:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>the license holder is authorized to sell the beer; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>the consumer is not charged for the beer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The Board shall regulate:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>the quantity of beer served to each individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>the number of bottles or other containers of beer from which this quantity is served; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>the size of the bottles or other containers.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>In addition to the cost of a BW license or BWL license, the annual license fee is $100.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1307" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a wine tasting (WT) license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue the license to a holder of a beer and wine (BW) license or beer, wine, and liquor (BWL) license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license authorizes the holder to allow the consumption of wine for tasting if:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>the license holder is authorized to sell the wine; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>the consumer is not charged for the wine.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The Board shall regulate:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>the quantity of wine served to each individual; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>the number of bottles of wine from which this quantity is served.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>In addition to the cost of a BW license or BWL license, the annual license fee is $100.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1308" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a liquor tasting license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue the license to a holder of a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license authorizes the holder to allow the consumption of liquor for tasting if:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>the license holder is authorized to sell the liquor; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>the consumer is not charged for the liquor.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>An individual may consume liquor at a liquor tasting in a quantity of not more than:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>one–half ounce from each offering of liquor; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>five offerings in 1 day.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>A license is valid for not more than 52 days a year and may be used on consecutive or nonconsecutive days.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="f">
      <text>The annual license fee is $100.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1308.1" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a beer, wine, and liquor (BWL) tasting license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue the license to a holder of a beer, wine, and liquor (BWL) license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder and the holder of a solicitor’s permit to allow the consumption of beer, wine, and liquor for tasting by a customer or an employee of the license holder if:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>the license holder is authorized to sell the beer, wine, and liquor; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>the customer or the employee is not charged for the beer, wine, and liquor.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The Board shall regulate:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>the quantity of beer served to each individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>the number of bottles or other containers of beer from which the quantity is served;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>the size of the beer bottles or other containers;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>the quantity of wine served to each individual; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>the number of bottles of wine from which the quantity is served.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>An individual may consume liquor at a liquor tasting in a quantity of not more than:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>one–half ounce from each offering of liquor; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>five offerings in 1 day.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="f">
      <text>A license is valid during business hours.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="g">
      <text>In addition to the cost of a BWL license, the annual license fee is $150.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1311" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
    <text>The fee for a Class C per diem beer license, a Class C per diem beer and wine license, or a Class C per diem beer, wine, and liquor license is $50 per day.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1312" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The Board may issue a Class C multiple event beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder to exercise any privilege conferred by a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license at an entertainment event held by a county fire department or an arts center on West Main Street in Westminster.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The license shall be in the form that the Board requires.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The applicant shall sign the license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>A fire department or an arts center on West Main Street in Westminster may not be issued a multiple event license more than one time in a calendar year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>The annual fee for the license is:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>$125, for not more than 10 events per year;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>$250, for not more than 20 events per year;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>$375, for not more than 30 events per year;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>$500, for not more than 40 events per year; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>$2,000 for 41 or more events per year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="f">
      <text>A fire company or an arts center on West Main Street in Westminster that holds a Class C multiple event license is not precluded from obtaining a Class C per diem license under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1401" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Applications for Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 1 (“Applications for Local Licenses”) of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 4–102 (“Applications to be filed with local licensing board”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 4–106 (“Payment of notice expenses”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§ 4–108 (“Application form required by Comptroller”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>§ 4–111 (“Payment of license fees”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>§ 4–113 (“Refund of license fees”); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="6">
        <text>§ 4–114 (“Fees for licenses issued for less than 1 year”).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 1 (“Applications for Local Licenses”) of Division I of this article apply in the county:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 4–103 (“Application on behalf of partnership”), subject to § 16–1405 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 4–104 (“Application on behalf of corporation or club”), subject to § 16–1405 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§ 4–105 (“Application on behalf of limited liability company”), subject to § 16–1405 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>§ 4–107 (“Criminal history records check”), subject to §§ 16–1403 and 16–1404 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>§ 4–109 (“Required information on application –– In general”), subject to § 16–1405 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="6">
        <text>§ 4–110 (“Required information on application –– Petition of support”), subject to § 16–1405.1 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="7">
        <text>§ 4–112 (“Disposition of license fees”), subject to § 16–1406 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1402" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Applications for Licenses">
    <text>The Board may charge an administrative fee not exceeding $500 for processing an application for a new license. </text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1403" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Applications for Licenses">
    <text>The Board shall obtain criminal history record information of each applicant for a license from the Central Repository.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1404" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Applications for Licenses">
    <text>The Board shall destroy the criminal history record information obtained under § 4–107 of this article on completion of the application process.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1405" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Applications for Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>An individual who is a resident of the State at the time an application for a license is filed meets the residency requirements under §§ 4–103, 4–104, and 4–105 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The license remains valid only for as long as at least one of the applicants remains a resident of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1405.1" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Applications for Licenses">
    <text>An application for a license shall include a petition of support signed by at least 10 residents who are owners of real estate and registered voters of the precinct in which the business is to be conducted stating:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the length of time each of the residents has been acquainted with the applicant or, if the applicant is a corporation, acquainted with the individuals making the application; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>that they have examined the application, have good reason to believe that the statements contained in the application are true, and in their judgment the applicant is a suitable person to obtain the license.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1406" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Applications for Licenses">
    <text>The County Commissioners shall pay 25% of the license fees collected under this title to the municipality where the licensed premises is located.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1501" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 2 (“Issuance or Denial of Local Licenses”) of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§�4–202�(“Authority of local licensing boards”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§�4–204�(“Prohibition against issuing multiple licenses for same premises”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§�4–205�(“Chain store, supermarket, or discount house”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>§�4–206�(“Limitations on retail sales floor space”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>§�4–207�(“Licenses issued to minors”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="6">
        <text>§�4–208�(“Notice of license application required”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="7">
        <text>§�4–210�(“Approval or denial of license application”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="8">
        <text>§�4–211�(“License forms; effective date; expiration”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="9">
        <text>§�4–212�(“License not property”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="10">
        <text>§�4–213�(“Replacement licenses”); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="11">
        <text>§�4–214�(“Waiting periods after denial of license applications”).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 2 (“Issuance or Denial of Local Licenses”) of Division I of this article apply in the county:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 4–203 (“Prohibition against issuing multiple licenses to individual or for use of entity”), subject to Subtitle 13, Part III of this title; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 4–209�(“Hearing”), subject to § 16–1502 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1502" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Issuance or Denial of Licenses">
    <text>The Board is not required to hold a hearing before issuing a special or temporary license if the application is only for a special or temporary license.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1601" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Licensing Conditions; Multiple Licensing Plans">
    <level label="a">
      <level label="1">
        <level label="i">
          <text>The aggregate number of all Class A beer licenses, beer and wine licenses, and beer, wine, and liquor licenses in each election district may not be more than one for every 5,000 individuals.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>The Board shall determine the population of each election district by using the most recent published population report of the County Planning Commission.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Board may not issue a new Class A license if, in the election district in which the license would be located:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>the ratio already exceeds one Class A license for every 5,000 individuals; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>the issuance of the license would cause the ratio to exceed one Class A license for every 5,000 individuals.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>a winery that applies for a Class A wine license under § 16–1701 of this title; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>the renewal or transfer of a license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1701" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Transfer of Licenses; Substitution of Names on License">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 3 (“Transfer of Local Licenses; Substitution of Names on License”) of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§�4–303�(“Chain store, supermarket, or discount house”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§�4–304�(“Compliance with Bulk Transfers Act required”); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§�4–306�(“Substitution of names of officers on license”).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 3 (“Transfer of Local Licenses; Substitution of Names on License”) of Division I of this article apply in the county:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§�4–302�(“Transfer of place of business; transfer of license and inventory”), subject to § 16–1702 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§�4–305�(“Filing fee and endorsement”), subject to § 16–1703 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1702" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Transfer of Licenses; Substitution of Names on License">
    <text>The Board may not allow the transfer of a license unless the Board is satisfied that all State or local real or personal property taxes owed by the transferor are paid.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1703" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Transfer of Licenses; Substitution of Names on License">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The fee for a transfer of a license is $350, in addition to the costs of publication and notice.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The fee is not refundable.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1801" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Renewal of Licenses">
    <text>Title 4, Subtitle 4 (“Renewal of Local Licenses”) of Division I of this article applies in the county without exception or variation.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1802" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Renewal of Licenses">
    <text>The Board may impose a late fee of $50 for each day the application is late, up to a maximum amount of $500.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1803" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Renewal of Licenses">
    <text>The requirement for a criminal history records check under § 4–107 of this article does not apply to applicants for license renewal.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1901" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="19" subtitle_name="Conduct of License Holders">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 5 (“Conduct of Local License Holders”) of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 4–502 (“Storage of alcoholic beverages”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 4–503 (“Solicitations and sales outside of licensed premises”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§ 4–506 (“Evidence of purchaser’s age”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>§ 4–507 (“Retail delivery of alcoholic beverages”); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>§ 4–508 (“Display of license”).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 5 (“Conduct of Local License Holders”) of Division I of this article apply in the county:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 4–504 (“Employment of underage individuals”), subject to § 16–1902 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 4–505 (“Alcohol awareness program”), subject to § 16–1904 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1902" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="19" subtitle_name="Conduct of License Holders">
    <level label="a">
      <text>A holder of a Class B license may employ an individual at least 15 years old to perform a task other than one involving selling, serving, or delivering alcoholic beverages.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>An individual at least 18 years old may sell, serve, or deliver alcoholic beverages in a restaurant.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A holder of a Class A license may employ an individual at least 18 years old to stock alcoholic beverages and to operate a lottery ticket terminal.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>An individual under the age of 21 years may not act as a bartender or in any solely bar–related capacity.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1903" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="19" subtitle_name="Conduct of License Holders">
    <text>A license holder may not sell, offer to sell, or dispense alcoholic beverages from a walk–up or drive–through window.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1904" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="19" subtitle_name="Conduct of License Holders">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The holder of a Class B or Class D license or an individual designated by the license holder who is employed in a supervisory capacity shall be:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>certified by an approved alcohol awareness program; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>present on the licensed premises during the hours in which alcoholic beverages may be sold.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A license holder who violates this section is subject to:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>for the first offense, a $100 fine; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>for each subsequent offense, a fine not exceeding $500 or a suspension or revocation of the license or both.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>At least one individual who is listed on the license as a license holder shall maintain a current certificate reflecting the completion of an alcohol awareness program while the individual is listed on the license.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2001" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="20" subtitle_name="Hours and Days for Consumption and Sale">
    <level label="a">
      <level label="1">
        <text>Unless otherwise provided in this title, from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. on any day, an individual may not consume alcoholic beverages in a premises licensed under this title.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>An owner, operator, or manager of a premises licensed under this title may not knowingly allow consumption prohibited under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2002" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="20" subtitle_name="Hours and Days for Consumption and Sale">
    <level label="a">
      <text>A holder of a Class A beer license may sell or provide beer on Monday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A holder of a Class B beer license may sell or provide beer on Monday through Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. the following day.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>A holder of a Class C beer license may sell or provide beer on Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. the following day.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>A holder of a Class D beer license may sell or provide beer on Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. the following day.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2003" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="20" subtitle_name="Hours and Days for Consumption and Sale">
    <text>A holder of a Class A wine license may sell wine on Sunday.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2004" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="20" subtitle_name="Hours and Days for Consumption and Sale">
    <level label="a">
      <text>A holder of a Class A beer and wine license may sell or provide beer and wine on Monday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>A holder of a 6–day Class B beer and wine license may sell or provide beer and wine for on–premises consumption on Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. the following day.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A holder of a 7–day Class B beer and wine license may sell or provide beer and wine for on–premises consumption:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>on Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. the following day; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>on Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. the following day.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>A holder of a 7–day Class B beer and wine license may sell beer and wine for off–premises consumption on Monday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>A holder of a Class C beer and wine license may sell or provide beer and wine on Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. the following day.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <level label="1">
        <text>A holder of a 6–day or 7–day Class D beer and wine license may sell or provide beer and wine on Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. the following day.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A holder of a 7–day Class D beer and wine license may sell or provide beer and wine on Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. the following day.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2005" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="20" subtitle_name="Hours and Days for Consumption and Sale">
    <level label="a">
      <text>A holder of a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license may sell or provide beer, wine, and liquor on Monday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A holder of a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license may sell or provide beer, wine, and liquor:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>on Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. the following day; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>on Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. the following day.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>A holder of a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license may sell or provide beer, wine, and liquor:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>on Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. the following day; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>on Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. the following day.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>Reserved.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>A holder of a Class H beer, wine, and liquor license may sell or provide beer, wine, and liquor:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>on Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. the following day; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>on Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. the following day.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2006" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="20" subtitle_name="Hours and Days for Consumption and Sale">
    <text>This article does not restrict on January 1:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the sale of alcoholic beverages by a holder of a Class B, Class C, Class H, or per diem license from midnight to 3 a.m.; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a person from consuming alcoholic beverages from midnight to 3 a.m. on the premises of a holder of a Class B, Class C, Class H, or per diem license.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2007" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="20" subtitle_name="Hours and Days for Consumption and Sale">
    <text>A license holder may not allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises later than 15 minutes after the closing time.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2101" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="21" subtitle_name="Revocation and Suspension of Licenses">
    <text>Title 4, Subtitle 6 (“Revocation and Suspension of Local Licenses”) of Division I of this article applies in the county without exception or variation.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2201" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="22" subtitle_name="Expiration of Licenses">
    <text>Title 4, Subtitle 7 (“Expiration of Local Licenses”) of Division I of this article applies in the county without exception or variation.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2301" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="23" subtitle_name="Death of License Holder">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The following sections of Title 4, Subtitle 8 (“Death of License Holder”) of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 4–802 (“Expiration of license on death of license holder”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 4–804 (“Transfer or reinstatement of license”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§ 4–805 (“Rights of protest, revocation, suspension, and restriction”); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>§ 4–806 (“Refund”).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Section 4–803 (“Certificate of permission or renewal license for continuation of business”) of Division I of this article applies in the county, subject to § 16–2302 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2302" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="23" subtitle_name="Death of License Holder">
    <level label="a">
      <text>An application for the continuation of the business of a deceased license holder shall be made within 60 days after the death of the license holder.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>If the personal representative or special administrator of the estate shows to the satisfaction of the Board that the estate cannot be settled within the 18–month extension period because of litigation, the Board may grant to the personal representative or special administrator additional time for the continuation of the business.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2401" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="24" subtitle_name="Judicial Review">
    <text>Title 4, Subtitle 9 (“Judicial Review”) of Division I of this article applies in the county without exception or variation.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2402" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="24" subtitle_name="Judicial Review">
    <level label="a">
      <text>Before docketing an action for judicial review under Title 4, Subtitle 9 of this article, the clerk of the circuit court for the county shall:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>collect all court costs from the petitioner; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>receive a statement from the clerk of the Board that the costs for getting records and transcripts of proceedings of the hearing before the Board have been paid.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The costs described in subsection (a)(1) of this section may not be assessed against the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2403" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="24" subtitle_name="Judicial Review">
    <text>In addition to the other powers of the circuit court for the county provided in Title 4, Subtitle 9 of this article, the court may remand the proceedings to the Board.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2501" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="25" subtitle_name="Unlicensed Establishments">
    <level label="a">
      <text>From 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. on any day, an individual may not consume alcoholic beverages in:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>an establishment open to the public;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>a place of public entertainment; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>a place at which setups or other component parts of mixed alcoholic beverages are sold under a license issued under the Business Regulation Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>An owner or a manager of an establishment or a place specified in subsection (a) of this section may not knowingly allow consumption of alcoholic beverages between the hours specified in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2601" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="26" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The following sections of Title 6, Subtitle 2 (“Enforcement”) of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 6–202 (“Inspections”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 6–203 (“Use of equipment to measure quantity and quality of alcoholic beverages”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§ 6–204 (“Power to summon witnesses”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>§ 6–205 (“Peace officers”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>§ 6–206 (“Charging document for unlawful sale of alcoholic beverage”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="6">
        <text>§ 6–207 (“Display of alcoholic beverages as prima facie evidence of sale”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="7">
        <text>§ 6–208 (“Regulating possession or consumption of alcohol in public places”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="8">
        <text>§ 6–209 (“Adoption of standards for authorization of consumption”); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="9">
        <text>§ 6–210 (“State preemption of local disorderly intoxication laws”).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>Section 6–211 (“Fines and forfeitures”) of Division I of this article applies in the county, subject to § 16–2603 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2602" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="26" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The Board may subpoena records pertaining to a licensed establishment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The Board may petition the circuit court if a witness refuses to produce a subpoenaed record.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The court may proceed by attachment against the witness as if the refusal had been by a witness summoned to appear in a case pending before the court.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2603" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="26" subtitle_name="Enforcement">
    <text>One–half of each fine imposed in the county shall be distributed as provided under § 7–507 of the Courts Article.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2701" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="27" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts">
    <level label="a">
      <text>The following sections of Title 6, Subtitle 3 (“Prohibited Acts”) of Division I of this article apply in the county without exception or variation:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 6–304 (“Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to individual under the age of 21 years”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 6–305 (“Proof of age for sale of alcoholic beverages”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§ 6–306 (“Defense to prosecution for sale to underage individual”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>§ 6–307 (“Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to intoxicated individual”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>§ 6–309 (“Allowing on–premises consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages by individual under the age of 21 years”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="6">
        <text>§ 6–310 (“Providing free food”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="7">
        <text>§ 6–311 (“Restrictions on purchases and sales by retail dealer”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="8">
        <text>§ 6–312 (“Beverage misrepresentation”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="9">
        <text>§ 6–313 (“Tampering with alcoholic beverage container”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="10">
        <text>§ 6–314 (“Sale of alcoholic beverage container with detachable metal tab”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="11">
        <text>§ 6–315 (“Alcoholic beverage in container without regular label presumed illicit”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="12">
        <text>§ 6–316 (“Maximum alcohol content”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="13">
        <text>§ 6–317 (“Multiple serving purchase required”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="14">
        <text>§ 6–320 (“Disorderly intoxication”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="15">
        <text>§ 6–321 (“Consumption of alcoholic beverages in public”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="16">
        <text>§ 6–323 (“Possession or use of Alcohol Without Liquid machine”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="17">
        <text>§ 6–326 (“Sale of alcoholic beverages in powder or crystalline form prohibited”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="18">
        <text>§ 6–327 (“Unlicensed out–of–state sale of alcoholic beverages”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="19">
        <text>§ 6–328 (“Tax evasion”);</text>
      </level>
      <level label="20">
        <text>§ 6–329 (“Destruction of evidence”); and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="21">
        <text>§ 6–330 (“Perjury”).</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The following sections of Title 6, Subtitle 3 (“Prohibited Acts”) of Division I of this article apply in the county:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>§ 6–308 (“Allowing on–premises consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased from license holder”), subject to § 16–2702 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>§ 6–319 (“On–premises consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased from license holder”), subject to § 16–2702 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>§ 6–322 (“Possession of open container”), subject to § 16–2703 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2702" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="27" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts">
    <text>Sections 6–308 and 6–319 of this article do not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a holder of a temporary license; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an individual consuming alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises of a holder of a temporary license.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2703" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="27" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts">
    <level label="a">
      <text>An individual may possess an alcoholic beverage in an open container on private property described under § 6–322(a)(1) of this article only if the individual possesses and presents the written consent of the owner of the property.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>In addition to the prohibitions listed in § 6–321 of this article, an individual may not possess in an open container an alcoholic beverage while on a motorcycle located in the places listed in § 6–321 of this article, unless the individual possesses and presents the written consent of the owner of the property.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2704" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="27" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts">
    <level label="a">
      <text>In this section, “knowingly” means the knowledge a reasonable individual would have under ordinary circumstances based on the habits, appearance, or personal reputation of an individual.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A license holder or an employee of a license holder may not knowingly sell or provide an alcoholic beverage to a habitual drunkard.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>A license holder who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>for a first offense, a fine not exceeding $50; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>for each subsequent offense, imprisonment not exceeding 30 days or a fine not exceeding $100 or both.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2801" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="28" subtitle_name="Penalties">
    <text>Section 6–402 (“General penalty”) of Division I of this article applies in the county.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-2802" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="28" subtitle_name="Penalties">
    <text>The Board may impose a fine not exceeding $2,000 or suspend a license or both for a violation that is a cause for license suspension.</text>
  </section>
</title>