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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="18-901" title_number="18" title_name="Charles 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 holder to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail at the place described in the license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>serve beer, wine, and liquor for tasting and sampling if:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the tasting or sampling is held on the licensed premises; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the holder serves not more than 1 ounce from each serving of beer, wine, or liquor, in a container that holds not more than 4 ounces, to any one individual.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </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>A 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 $960.</text>
  </level>
</section>
