Md. Code Ann., Alc. Bev. & Cannabis § 25-903
Class BD-BWL license
Effective Jul 1, 2025Added by Acts 2016, c. 41, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016. Amended by Acts 2016, c. 641, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2018, c. 12, § 1, eff. April 5, 2018; Acts 2018, c. 124, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2025, c. 837, § 1, eff. July 1, 2025.State of Maryland
- (a) There is a Class BD-BWL license.
(b) The license authorizes the license holder to sell:
- (1) beer and wine for on- or off-premises consumption; and
- (2) liquor for on-premises consumption.
- (c) As a prerequisite for the initial issuance of the license, the owner of the establishment shall attest in a sworn statement that food will be available for sale for on-premises consumption during the hours that alcoholic beverages are permitted to be served.
- (d) As a prerequisite for each renewal of the license, the owner of the establishment shall attest in a sworn statement that food will be available for sale for on-premises consumption during the hours that alcoholic beverages are permitted to be served.
- (e) The Board by regulation shall specify the type of food that is required to be available for sale for on-premises consumption during the hours that alcoholic beverages are permitted to be served.
(f) A holder of a Class BD-BWL license:
- (1) may also hold a Class 7 micro-brewery license issued for a location in the county; but
- (2) may not hold more than two Class BD-BWL licenses.
- (g) If a person holds two Class BD-BWL licenses under subsection (f)(2) of this section, the establishment for which the second Class BD-BWL license is issued shall have average daily receipts from the sale of food that exceed the average daily receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages.
- (h) The annual license fee is $3,500.
Added by Acts 2016, c. 41, § 2, eff. July 1, 2016. Amended by Acts 2016, c. 641, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2018, c. 12, § 1, eff. April 5, 2018; Acts 2018, c. 124, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2025, c. 837, § 1, eff. July 1, 2025.