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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="9-1003" title_number="9" title_name="Allegany County" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Licenses for Specific Types of Organizations and Venues">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “video lottery facility” means a facility that holds a license under Title 9, Subtitle 1A of the State Government Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Class BWL–VLF (video lottery facility) beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue the license to an individual or entity that owns a video lottery facility that contains at least one food service facility, bar, or lounge.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may not require an applicant for the license to meet any location, voting, or residency requirement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The license authorizes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor by the drink and by the bottle on the premises of the video lottery facility for consumption:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>anywhere in the video lottery facility; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>on grounds controlled by the license holder, as defined in the license;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the playing of music and dancing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the sale and providing of beer, wine, and liquor throughout the video lottery facility and grounds controlled by the license holder during the days and hours that the video lottery facility is open for business.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Beer, wine, and liquor purchased under the license may be taken anywhere in the video lottery facility or on grounds controlled by the license holder, as defined in the license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The hours for the sale of alcoholic beverages under the license are the same as the hours of operation of a video lottery facility.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The annual license fee is $15,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The fee shall be paid to the Board on or before May 1.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
