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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="23-2501" title_number="23" title_name="Howard County" subtitle_number="25" subtitle_name="Unlicensed Establishments">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle, “place of adult entertainment” means an establishment that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is not licensed by the Board but to which a customer brings alcoholic beverages that the customer has purchased elsewhere; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>allows at its location a form of sexual display or attire prohibited under § 4–605 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An individual who serves food, alcoholic beverages, or setups, including drinking containers and ice, in a place of adult entertainment or who supervises or manages a place of adult entertainment shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>receive alcohol awareness training as provided in § 4–508 of this article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>refuse to facilitate the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages by a customer who appears to be inebriated.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The hours and days during which a place of public entertainment may be open are Monday through Saturday, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. the following day.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 for each violation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each day of operation in violation of this section is a separate violation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
