Md. Code Ann., Alc. Bev. & Cannabis § 21-602
Class B beer license
Effective Apr 11, 2017Added by Acts 2016, c. 41, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016. Amended by Acts 2016, c. 590, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2016, c. 591, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2017, c. 61, § 1, eff. April 11, 2017.State of Maryland
- (a) There is a Class B beer license.
(b) The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer for on- or off-premises consumption:
(1) at a hotel, a motel, or an inn that:
- (i) accommodates the public;
- (ii) provides services ordinarily found in hotels, motels, or inns;
- (iii) is equipped with at least 10 bedrooms for public accommodation; and
- (iv) has a lobby with a registration and mail desk, and seating; or
(2) a restaurant that:
- (i) has seating at tables, not including bars or counters, for at least 20 individuals; and
- (ii) can prepare and serve full-course meals for at least 20 individuals at one seating.
(c)
- (1) The Board may issue the license with or without a catering option.
- (2) A license holder with a catering option may sell beer for consumption at events that the holder caters off the licensed premises.
(3) To exercise the catering option, the license holder:
- (i) shall provide food if the holder provides beer at a catered event off the licensed premises; and
- (ii) may exercise the catering option only during the hours and days that are allowed under the license.
(d) The annual license fees are:
- (1) $150 for a 6-day license without a catering option;
- (2) $250 for a 6-day license with a catering option;
- (3) $175 for a 7-day license without a catering option; and
- (4) $275 for a 7-day license with a catering option.
- (e) The Board shall charge a one-time issuing fee for a new license in an amount equal to the annual license fee.
Added by Acts 2016, c. 41, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016. Amended by Acts 2016, c. 590, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2016, c. 591, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2017, c. 61, § 1, eff. April 11, 2017.