Md. Code Ann., Alc. Bev. & Cannabis § 21-803
Class B beer and wine license
Effective Jul 1, 2017Added as Alcoholic Beverages § 21-802 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. Renumbered as Alcoholic Beverages § 21-803 by Acts 2017, c. 315, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017.State of Maryland
- (a) There is a Class B beer and wine license.
(b)
(1) The Board may issue the license for use in:
(i) a hotel, a motel, or an inn that:
- 1. provides services ordinarily found in a hotel, a motel, or an inn;
- 2. is equipped with at least 10 bedrooms for public accommodation; and
- 3. has a lobby with a registration and mail desk and seating facilities; or
(ii) a restaurant that:
- 1. has seating at tables, not including seats at bars or counters, for at least 20 individuals; and
- 2. can prepare and serve full-course meals for at least 20 individuals at one seating.
(2) The license authorizes the license holder to sell, at retail, at the place described in the license:
- (i) beer and wine for on-premises consumption; and
- (ii) beer for off-premises consumption.
(c)
- (1) The Board may issue the license with a catering option.
- (2) In addition to exercising the privileges stated in subsection (b)(2) of this section, a holder of a license with a catering option may sell beer and wine for consumption at events that the license holder caters off the licensed premises.
- (3) To exercise the catering option, the license holder shall provide food at the catered event.
- (4) The license holder may exercise the catering option only during the hours and days that are allowed under the license.
(d) The annual license fees are:
- (1) $350 for a 6-day license without a catering option;
- (2) $475 for a 6-day license with a catering option;
- (3) $410 for a 7-day license without a catering option; and
- (4) $535 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 as Alcoholic Beverages § 21-802 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. Renumbered as Alcoholic Beverages § 21-803 by Acts 2017, c. 315, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017.