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<subtitle article="gab" title_number="22" subtitle_number="12" title_name="Harford County" subtitle_name="Caterer's Licenses">
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="22-1201" title_number="22" title_name="Harford County" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Caterer's Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class H caterer’s beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The Board may issue the license to a person that owns, leases, or operates an establishment that has:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>one or more banquet rooms suitable for public events; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>food preparation facilities on the premises.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license authorizes a holder to:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>sell or provide all alcoholic beverages at retail for consumption on the premises of the catering establishment during an event; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <level label="i">
          <text>contract with a sponsor of a public or private event to provide food and alcoholic beverages; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>enter into an exclusive lease with a volunteer fire company for a banquet facility that the volunteer fire company owns.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The license holder may:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>contract with the sponsor or volunteer fire company under subsection (c)(2) of this section to allow patrons to bring their own alcoholic beverages onto the premises of the license holder for consumption at a catered event;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>contract to provide alcoholic beverages at a catered event held off the premises of the license holder if:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>the license holder also contracts to provide food for consumption at the event; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>the event is held in the county; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>once during a calendar year on a date that the holder selects, provide food and sell or provide alcoholic beverages for on–premises consumption at an event that the license holder sponsors.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>The annual license fee is $1,500.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="f">
      <text>A holder of a Class B hotel or restaurant beer, wine, and liquor license that provides catering services on or off the premises for which the license is issued:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>is not required to obtain a Class H license; but</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>is subject to subsection (d)(2) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>