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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="21-1201" title_number="21" title_name="Garrett County" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Caterer's Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a local caterer’s license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue the license to a person that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>has facilities to prepare and deliver food to the site of a catered event;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>obtains approval of the facilities from the county Department of Health; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>does not hold any other license that the Board issues.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A license holder is not required to have a banquet hall.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The license authorizes a holder to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>sell or provide off–sale alcoholic beverages during a catered event; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>exercise the privileges of the license only during the hours and on the days that are authorized for a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A license holder may serve alcoholic beverages at a catered event anywhere in the county to a person of legal drinking age on premises that either do not have a license or have a temporary license issued by the Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The license holder may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>hold a catered event that the license holder sponsors; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide only alcoholic beverages at a catered event.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The license holder shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>purchase all alcoholic beverages from a wholesaler or retail dealer licensed to sell alcoholic beverages in the county;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>contract for and provide food for consumption at the catered event;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>supply service personnel, including bartenders and wait staff;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>ensure that the service personnel are present at all times during the catered event;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>ensure that the sale of food represents at least 70% of the total cost of the catered event;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>during the catered event, ensure that at least one individual on the site is certified by an alcohol awareness program under § 4–505 of this article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>at the end of the catered event, return all containers of alcoholic beverages that are not empty to the license holder’s principal place of business.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The issuing fee that is charged for each new license is $500.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The annual license fee is $500.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
