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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="19-1002" title_number="19" title_name="Dorchester County" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Licenses for Specific Types of Organizations and Venues">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a venue beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue the license to a nonprofit or for–profit retail business that hosts weddings, banquets, parties, meetings, and similar events, whether private or open to the public, at a venue that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is at least 2,000 square feet in size;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>can accommodate at least 100 individuals for a single event, whether inside the venue or outside on the venue’s premises; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>has adequate bathroom facilities.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell or serve beer, wine, and liquor at retail, by the drink or by the bottle, for on–premises consumption:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>during an event hosted by the license holder at the license holder’s venue; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>only if food is also provided during the event.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A license holder may not allow an individual to carry beer, wine, and liquor onto or off the licensed premises.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The license may not be transferred to another location.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor during the hours and days as set out for a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license under § 19–2005 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The annual fee for the license is $1,500.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Board may adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
