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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="25-1013" title_number="25" title_name="Montgomery County" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Licenses for Specific Types of Organizations and Venues">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Movie theater” means a building designed or used primarily to exhibit motion pictures to the public.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Performing arts theater” means an area, a building, or a structure designed and used for plays, acts, dramas, or histrionics by actors or actresses performing on a stage.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Performing arts theater” does not include:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a place where motion pictures are exhibited or shown; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a building or amphitheater that is part of a sports complex regularly used by minors.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a theater license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may issue the license for use on the premises of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a performing arts theater; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a movie theater operated by a nonprofit organization.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer and wine at retail for on–premises consumption when snacks are served.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The license holder may sell beer and wine:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>1 hour before and after a performance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>during an intermission; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>during a cast party and reception before and after a performance.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The license may not be transferred to another location.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The annual license fee is $100.</text>
  </level>
</section>
