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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="25-901" title_number="25" title_name="Montgomery County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Class A–TP beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall issue the license to a person who on June 30, 1997:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>held a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>operated a business for which a Class A license was issued on the licensed premises that is in the part of the City of Takoma Park that was formerly part of Prince George’s County.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Unless revoked or not renewed for good cause, the license shall continue and be renewed, subject to payment of the annual license fee.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The license is not transferable to any other location, but the license may be transferred to another person at any time, subject to the restrictions on similar transfers for other alcoholic licenses in the county.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The license 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="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 Board shall adopt regulations, including the hours of sale, to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The annual license fee is $910.</text>
  </level>
</section>
