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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="23-901" title_number="23" title_name="Howard County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There are:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a Class A–1 beer, wine, and liquor 7–day license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a Class A–2 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 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.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <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="d">
    <text>The annual license fees are:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$900 for a Class A–1, 7–day license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$700 for a Class A–2, 6–day license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
