Md. Code Ann., Alc. Bev. & Cannabis § 20-1008
Entertainment center license
Effective Jul 1, 2023Added as Alcoholic Beverages § 20-1009 by Acts 2016, c. 41, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016. Amended by Acts 2016, c. 634, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2016, c. 8, § 5; Acts 2019, c. 629, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019; Acts 2019, c. 630, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019. Renumbered as Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis § 20-1008 by Acts 2023, c. 82, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 84, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 450, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.State of Maryland
- (a) There is a Class EC (entertainment center) license.
(b) The Board may issue the license to a person for use in conjunction with:
- (1) a Class 7 micro-brewery license that the person then obtains from the Executive Director; or
- (2) a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license that the person has been issued by the Board.
(c)
(1) The Class EC license authorizes the license holder to sell, in an entertainment center for on-premises consumption:
- (i) malt beverages that are brewed in the license holder's micro-brewery, if the license holder also holds a Class 7 micro-brewery license; or
- (ii) beer, wine, and liquor, if the license holder also holds a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license.
(2) The entertainment center may:
(i) contain:
- 1. rides and games such as bowling lanes, billiard tables, and go-carts; and
- 2. one or more food service facilities, bars, or lounges; and
- (ii) allow the playing of music and dancing.
- (d) The Board may issue not more than 10 licenses to the same license holder.
- (e) The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor during the hours and days as set out for a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license under § 20-2005 of this title.
- (f) The annual Class EC license fee is $1,500.
Added as Alcoholic Beverages § 20-1009 by Acts 2016, c. 41, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016. Amended by Acts 2016, c. 634, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2016, c. 8, § 5; Acts 2019, c. 629, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019; Acts 2019, c. 630, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019. Renumbered as Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis § 20-1008 by Acts 2023, c. 82, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 84, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 450, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.