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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="21-905" title_number="21" title_name="Garrett County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a Class D (75% on–sale) beer, wine, and liquor license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a Class D (75% off–sale) beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may not issue a license under this section to a grocery store whose primary business is to sell food at retail to the public for off–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board shall issue the license for on–premises consumption for use by an establishment whose total beer, wine, and liquor sales are at least 75% on–premises consumption and not more than 25% off–premises consumption.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board shall issue the license for off–sale consumption for use by an establishment whose total beer, wine, and liquor sales are at least 75% off–premises consumption and not more than 25% on–premises consumption.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A holder of the license with a catering option may sell beer, wine, and liquor for consumption at events that the holder caters off the licensed premises during the hours and days that the Board allows.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The license holder shall provide food if the license holder provides alcoholic beverages at a catered event 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>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="e">
    <text>The annual license fees are:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$1,500 for a 6–day (on–sale) license without a catering option;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$2,000 for a 6–day (on–sale) license with a catering option;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>$3,000 for a 6–day (off–sale) license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>$1,750 for a 7–day (on–sale) license without a catering option;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>$2,250 for a 7–day (on–sale) license with a catering option; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>$3,500 for a 7–day (off–sale) license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <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>
