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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="26-1009.1" title_number="26" title_name="Prince George's 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>“Concessionaire” means a lessee, a sublessee, or any other operator of an establishment that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>engages in the daily sale of beer, wine, and liquor on its premises for consumption anywhere in an entertainment facility; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>operates a concession adjacent to but independent of the entertainment facility.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Entertainment facility” means a facility that holds a license under Title 9, Subtitle 1A of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is an entertainment concessionaire license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue the license to a concessionaire operating in conjunction with an entertainment facility.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The license authorizes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor by the glass or by the bottle on the premises of the concessionaire for consumption anywhere in the entertainment facility, including a hotel; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the playing of music and dancing on the licensed premises.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Beer, wine, and liquor purchased under the license may be taken into and consumed anywhere in an entertainment facility, including a hotel.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The license authorizes the license holder to accept customer–earned credits for the service of food and alcoholic beverages in any location of the entertainment facility, including a hotel, that is not covered by an entertainment concessionaire license for consumption anywhere in the entertainment facility.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Beer, wine, and liquor served under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph may be taken and consumed anywhere in an entertainment facility, including a hotel.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The hours of sale for the license are the same as the hours of operation for a video lottery facility established under § 9–1A–23 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the license authorizes the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages under the license in a lounge that is no more than 2,000 square feet in which the holder of the license may serve and sell food.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A license holder is not required to obtain a Sunday sales license under this title to sell alcoholic beverages after 2 a.m. on Sunday.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The license may not be counted as a Class B or Class H license for purposes of § 26–1601 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A license holder that seeks to provide entertainment is not required to obtain a special entertainment permit under § 26–1103 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>A license holder that seeks to allow dancing is not required to obtain a local dance license issued by the county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The annual fee for the license is $5,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The fee shall be paid on or before May 1 of each year to the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>Any penalty or other sanction that is imposed for a violation of a regulation of the Board on the licensed premises of the holder of an entertainment facility license under § 26–1009.2 of this subtitle shall apply to the holder of a concessionaire’s license that the Board determines to be responsible for the violation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
