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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="18-1002.2" title_number="18" title_name="Charles County" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Licenses for Specific Types of Organizations and Venues">
  <level label="a">
    <text>“Entertainment facility” means a facility that holds a license under Title 9, Subtitle 1A of the State Government Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is an entertainment facility license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue the license for the use of an entertainment facility that contains one or more food service facilities, bars, or lounges that are part of the operation of the entertainment facility.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The license shall be issued to an individual or entity that owns an entertainment facility and holds a license under Title 9, Subtitle 1A of the State Government Article.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An applicant for the license need not meet any location, voting, or residency requirements.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The license authorizes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor in any location of the entertainment facility that is not covered by an entertainment concessionaire license for consumption anywhere on the licensed premises; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the playing of music and dancing on the licensed premises.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Beer, wine, and liquor purchased under the license may be taken and consumed anywhere on the licensed premises.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The hours for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages under the license are the same as the hours of operation for a video lottery facility established under § 9–1A–23 of the State Government Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The annual fee for the license is $15,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The fee shall be paid on or before May 1 of each year to the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
