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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="22-1005.2" title_number="22" title_name="Harford County" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Licenses for Specific Types of Organizations and Venues">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “performing arts nonprofit organization” means a nonprofit organization that organizes the production of plays, acts, dramas, concerts, or similar events by individuals performing on a stage or the showing of films.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a performing arts nonprofit organization beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may issue the license to a performing arts nonprofit organization.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The license authorizes the holder to sell or serve beer, wine, and liquor at retail for on–premises consumption at up to three locations designated at the time of application.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The locations designated at the time of application must:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be suitable for the production of plays, acts, dramas, concerts, or similar events by individuals performing on a stage or the showing of films; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>meet any other requirements established by the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The license holder may alter the authorized locations each time the license is renewed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The license holder may sell or serve beer, wine, and liquor:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>1 hour before and after a performance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>during a performance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>during an intermission; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>during a reception within 1 hour before or after a performance.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The license may not be transferred to another location not identified on the application.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The license holder shall purchase beer, wine, and liquor from a retail license holder or an authorized and licensed wholesaler.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>A license holder may not sell or issue more than 750 tickets to any event or performance at which the holder will sell or serve beer, wine, or liquor.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>Issuance of a license under this section does not prohibit the Board from issuing a Class C per diem license to the performing arts nonprofit organization for an event outside the scope of the license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>The license holder shall serve or offer for sale snacks at all times when beer, wine, and liquor are sold.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The license holder shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>keep complete and accurate records of all alcoholic beverages sold, served, and purchased under this section;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on written request of the Board or the Executive Director, report on the form that the Board or the Executive Director requires information relating to the alcoholic beverages that are the subject of the records required to be kept; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>on request of the Board or the Executive Director, make the report under oath.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, each license holder shall keep records at the location designated in the license.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the license holder is allowed to have more than one location, the license holder may keep the records at the principal location.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The records shall:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>meet form and content requirements of the Board or the Executive Director;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>be preserved for at least 2 years in a manner that ensures permanency; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>be made available for audit or inspection during regular business hours by the Board, the Executive Director, or a designee of the Board or the Executive Director.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If a report required by this section or an investigation by the Board, a Board officer, the Executive Director, or any other person indicates that the license holder is violating this section, the Board may summon the license holder and conduct a hearing.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the charges at the hearing are sustained, the Board:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>may impose a fine of not less than $250 and not more than $2,000; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>may suspend or revoke the license holder’s license immediately.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <text>The annual license fee is $750.</text>
  </level>
</section>
