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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="2-505" title_number="2" title_name="State-Issued Permits and Licenses" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="State Caterer's Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The annual fee for a general statewide caterer’s license is $2,000.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The annual fees for a limited statewide caterer’s license are:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for designated jurisdictions that have a total population of not more than 300,000, $750;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for designated jurisdictions that have a total population of more than 300,000 but less than 600,000, $1,000; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>for designated jurisdictions that have a total population of at least 600,000, $1,500.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The fee for a limited statewide caterer’s license is based on the most recent population records of the designated jurisdictions in which the applicant or limited statewide caterer’s license holder provides catering services, as compiled by the Maryland Department of Health.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, an applicant for a general statewide or limited statewide caterer’s license that holds a retail license that may be annually renewed and a special catering license or that is required to pay an additional fee to provide catering services in the applicant’s jurisdiction is entitled to a credit against the license fee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The credit may be granted if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the credit does not exceed the additional catering fee required to be paid in the jurisdiction; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>after the credit is applied against the license fee, at least a $250 fee remains to be paid.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
