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<subtitle article="gab" title_number="26" subtitle_number="25" title_name="Prince George's County" subtitle_name="Unlicensed Establishments">
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="26-2501" title_number="26" title_name="Prince George's County" subtitle_number="25" subtitle_name="Unlicensed Establishments">
    <level label="a">
      <text>This section applies to an establishment:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>for which the Board has not issued a license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>that is subject to any other license issued by the State or county; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>that is:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>a restaurant, hotel, club, room, dance studio, or disco;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>a place of adult entertainment that allows any form of sexual display or attire prohibited under § 4–605 of this article; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>any other place open to the public.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>A person, including an owner or operator of an establishment may not:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>serve, keep, or allow to be consumed by a customer, alcoholic beverages:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>from supplies that the customer purchased, reserved, or otherwise brought to the establishment; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>from supplies purchased or otherwise brought to the establishment by the owner or operator of the establishment or an agent of the owner or operator; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <level label="i">
          <text>serve setups, including drinking containers and ice; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>serve, keep, or allow to be consumed other component parts of mixed alcoholic drinks.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The Board or an inspector of the Board may order that an establishment be closed immediately if the Board or the inspector determines that the public health, safety, or welfare requires emergency action.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>If an immediate closure is ordered, the Board or the inspector who ordered the closure shall give the owner or operator of the establishment:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>written notice of and the reasons for the closure; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>written notice of a hearing on the closure at which the owner or operator may be heard and present evidence.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>The Board shall hold the hearing within 3 business days after the closure.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <level label="i">
          <text>At the hearing, the Board shall determine whether the threat to the public health, safety, or welfare causing the closure continues to exist.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>Subject to subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, if the Board determines under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph that the threat continues, the Board may:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>order the permanent closure of the establishment; or</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>impose conditions under which the establishment may reopen.</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>The Board shall order the establishment to be permanently closed if:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>the closure under paragraph (1) of this subsection for which the hearing is being held is the third closure in a 2–year period; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>the previous two closures under paragraph (1) of this subsection were not overturned by the Board or on judicial review.</text>
          </level>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="5">
        <text>The Board shall issue a decision within 3 business days after a hearing is held under paragraph (4) of this subsection.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="6">
        <text>An owner or operator who is aggrieved by a decision of the Board may petition for judicial review to a circuit court.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The Board may impose a fine not exceeding $12,500 for each violation on a person who the Board finds has violated this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>In addition to any other penalty authorized by law, a person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $10,000 or both.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="26-2502" title_number="26" title_name="Prince George's County" subtitle_number="25" subtitle_name="Unlicensed Establishments">
    <level label="a">
      <text>From 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. on any day, an individual may not consume alcoholic beverages:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>in an establishment open to the public;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>in a place of public entertainment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>at an establishment occupied regularly by a private club or organization; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="4">
        <text>in a place at which setups or other component parts of mixed alcoholic drinks are sold directly or indirectly.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>An owner, a manager, or an employee of an establishment or a place specified in subsection (a) of this section may not knowingly allow consumption of alcoholic beverages between the hours specified in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>A person who violates subsection (a)(1) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>An owner, a manager, or an employee of a premises or place who violates subsection (a)(2) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>