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<subtitle article="gab" title_number="30" subtitle_number="9" title_name="Talbot County" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="30-901" title_number="30" title_name="Talbot County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>The license may be issued only to a grocery store, a drugstore, an incorporated club, a restaurant, or a hotel that has been doing business in the county for more than 1 year before the date of the application for the license.</text>
    </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 deliver 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>The annual license fee is $1,000.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="30-902" title_number="30" title_name="Talbot County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The Board may issue the license for use in:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>a hotel that:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>has 25 or more bedrooms located under one roof; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>regularly serves meals; or</text>
          </level>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>a restaurant:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>that seats at least 50 individuals; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>for which at least 60% of the gross income is derived from the sale of food.</text>
          </level>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The license holder may not make a liquor sale that:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>exceeds 1 quart; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>is made at a bar or counter.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail, at the place described in the license, for on–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The annual license fee is $1,000.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="30-903" title_number="30" title_name="Talbot County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <level label="a">
      <text>There is a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The Board may issue the license for use by a club that:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>except as provided in item (ii) of this paragraph, has had at least 50 members paying dues of at least $10 per year per member for the 5 years immediately before the year for which the license is issued; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>if the club is composed exclusively of members who served in the armed forces of the United States and is affiliated with a national organization, has at least 50 members paying the dues that were required by the national organization in the year immediately before the year for which the license is issued.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor at a club at retail at the place described in the license, for on–premises consumption.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The annual license fee is $250.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
  <section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="30-904" title_number="30" title_name="Talbot County" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses">
    <text>A Class D beer, wine, and liquor license may not be issued in the county.</text>
  </section>
</subtitle>