Md. Code Ann., Alc. Bev. & Cannabis § 22-1001.1
Bed and breakfast beer, wine, and liquor license
Effective Jul 1, 2021Added as Alcoholic Beverages § 22-1001 by Acts 2016, c. 41, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016. Renumbered as Alcoholic Beverages § 22-1001.1 by Acts 2021 c. 537, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 538, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.State of Maryland
- (a) There is a Class B-BB (bed and breakfast) beer, wine, and liquor license.
(b) The Board may issue the license to a license holder who is approved by the appropriate local governmental unit to operate a bed and breakfast that:
- (1) provides services ordinarily provided by a bed and breakfast;
- (2) has at least one room but not more than 10 rooms, each with sleeping accommodations, excluding resident management quarters, that the public for consideration may use for a specified time; and
- (3) has a kitchen facility that has been approved by the appropriate local governmental unit.
(c) The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor to a guest if:
- (1) the name and address of the guest appears on the registry that the bed and breakfast maintains; and
- (2) the guest is an occupant of a sleeping room in the bed and breakfast.
(d) The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor for on-premises consumption to a guest of a catered event at the bed and breakfast if:
- (1) the license holder is under contract to cater the event;
- (2) the license holder caters the event; and
- (3) food is served at the catered event.
- (e) The license holder may sell beer, wine, and liquor for on-premises consumption during the hours and days as set out for a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license under § 22-2004 of this title.
(f) The license does not authorize the sale of beer, wine, and liquor to an individual who:
- (1) is not a guest of the bed and breakfast; or
- (2) is registered as a guest at the bed and breakfast only to obtain beer, wine, and liquor.
(g)
- (1) A bed and breakfast may not be operated only to sell or provide beer, wine, and liquor.
(2) If the bed and breakfast ends operations as a bed and breakfast:
- (i) the license is void; and
- (ii) the license holder shall return the license to the Board.
(h) The Board shall adopt regulations to:
- (1) carry out this section; and
- (2) ensure that the primary purpose of the license is to allow the license holder to operate a bed and breakfast.
- (i) The annual license fee is $1,000.
Added as Alcoholic Beverages § 22-1001 by Acts 2016, c. 41, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016. Renumbered as Alcoholic Beverages § 22-1001.1 by Acts 2021 c. 537, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 538, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.