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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="22-901" title_number="22" title_name="Harford County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a Class A–1 off–sale beer, wine, and liquor 7–day license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a Class A–2 off–sale beer, wine, and liquor 6–day license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A license under this section authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail at the place described in the license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The license holder:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall sell the beer, wine, or liquor in a sealed package or container that may not be opened or its contents consumed on the licensed premises; but</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may sell wine in split bottles and beer in individual bottles and cans.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the majority of the retail sales on the licensed premises are for items other than beer, wine, and liquor, the license holder shall provide a separate outside entrance for the use of beer, wine, and liquor customers.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If the business of the licensed premises consists predominantly of selling other types of retail items, such as drugs or groceries:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the beer, wine, and liquor shall be displayed and purchased in an area separate and distinct from that for the other retail items; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Board may require a partition to separate the beer, wine, and liquor from the other types of retail items.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A license holder shall continually maintain a minimum stock of $8,000 wholesale value in beer, wine, and liquor.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A license under this section may not be issued for a drugstore unless the applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>has been doing business at the location applied for in the license for at least 1 year before the date of the application for the license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is the assignee of a business established for at least 1 year before the date of the application for the license at the location applied for; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>has been engaged in the retail drug business for at least 3 years.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The annual license fees are:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$1,470 for a 7–day Class A–1 license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$980 for a 6–day Class A–2 license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
