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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="33-901" title_number="33" title_name="Worcester 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">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue the license to an individual for use at:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a store previously operated by the Department of Liquor Control;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, an establishment outside a 10–block radius of a store previously operated by the Department of Liquor Control that is in Ocean City; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, an establishment outside a 1–mile radius of a store previously operated by the Department of Liquor Control that is not in Ocean City.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A distance restriction described in paragraph (1)(ii) or (iii) of this subsection on issuing licenses to establishments expires on the earlier of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>July 1, 2017; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the date a license is issued for use by a store previously operated by the Department of Liquor Control to which the distance restriction applies.</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, and liquor in a sealed package or container.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The package or container may not be opened and its contents may not be consumed on the premises where the beer, wine, or liquor is sold.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The annual license fee is $4,500.</text>
  </level>
</section>
