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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="33-307" title_number="33" title_name="Worcester County" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Department of Liquor Control">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department may establish and maintain stores known as “dispensaries”.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A dispensary:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may sell any alcoholic beverage except beer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>shall sell alcoholic beverages in a sealed package or container.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department may establish and maintain dispensaries only in:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Berlin;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Ocean City;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Pocomoke City;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Snow Hill;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a rural area approved by the Department and the County Commissioners; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a housing development that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>has a population of at least 10,000 individuals;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is overseen by a homeowners association; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has a special police force commissioned under Title 3, Subtitle 3 of the Public Safety Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department may sell or deliver liquor to a retail license holder from 6 a.m. to midnight Monday through Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A person may not open or consume the contents of a sealed package or container containing alcoholic beverages on the premises of the dispensary where sold.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Title 4, Subtitle 2 of this article does not apply to this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
