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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="21-803" title_number="21" title_name="Garrett County" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Beer and Wine Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Class B beer and wine license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue the license for use in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a hotel, a motel, or an inn that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>provides services ordinarily found in a hotel, a motel, or an inn;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is equipped with at least 10 bedrooms for public accommodation; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>has a lobby with a registration and mail desk and seating facilities; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a restaurant that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>has seating at tables, not including seats at bars or counters, for at least 20 individuals; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>can prepare and serve full–course meals for at least 20 individuals at one seating.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell, at retail, at the place described in the license:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>beer and wine for on–premises consumption; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>beer for off–premises consumption.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue the license with a catering option.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In addition to exercising the privileges stated in subsection (b)(2) of this section, a holder of a license with a catering option may sell beer and wine for consumption at events that the license holder caters off the licensed premises 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="3">
      <text>To exercise the catering option, the license holder shall provide food at the catered event.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The license holder may exercise the catering option only during the hours and days that are allowed under the license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>At each catered event where alcoholic beverages are served, the holder of the catering option shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>supply service personnel, including bartenders and wait staff;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>ensure that the service personnel are present at all times during the catered event; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>have at least one person at the catered event who is certified by an alcohol awareness program under § 4–505 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The annual license fees are:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$350 for a 6–day license without a catering option;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$475 for a 6–day license with a catering option;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>$410 for a 7–day license without a catering option; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>$535 for a 7–day license with a catering option.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board shall charge a one–time issuing fee for a new license in an amount equal to the annual license fee.</text>
  </level>
</section>
