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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="22-804" title_number="22" title_name="Harford County" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Beer and Wine Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a Class B–2 beer and wine 6–day license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a Class B–2 beer and wine 7–day license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue the license for use by a restaurant that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>was operating for 1 year before an application for the license was made; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is equipped and stocked for the continued regular sale of food to customers and guests, as determined by the Board.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The license holder need not meet the food sale requirements set forth in § 22–103 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the license authorizes the license holder to sell beer and wine at a restaurant, at retail, at the place described in the license, for on–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The holder of a license issued before July 1, 1984, may sell beer and wine for on– and off–premises consumption.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The license holder may sell wine in split bottles.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Beer sold in bottles or cans exceeding 12 ounces in weight or size for off–premises consumption may be sold in a quantity of less than six.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>If beer is sold in a containerized package, the package shall hold at least six bottles or containers.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The annual license fees are:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$500 for a 6–day license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$700 for a 7–day license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
