MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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sale of alcoholic beverages have been met. For the
purposes of this section the term "dining area" [shall be
defined as] MEANS the area occupied by patrons for the
purpose of the consumption of food, and may include
service in a room of a registered guest in a hotel if the
hotel meets the minimum requirements as set forth in § 19
[(o)] (AA) of this article, and may include also a
cocktail area where food need not be served provided
there is no separate outdoor entrance to the cocktail
area. A license issued under this subsection [shall
authorize J AUTHORIZES the holder [thereof] to keep for
sale and sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the
premises only, and [no] alcoholic beverages [shall] MAY
NOT be served to patrons or consumed at any bar, counter
without seats, or other room but in the dining area as
[above] defined, and provided further that the seats
provided in [such] THE cocktail area may not exceed 25
percent of the seats normally available for the general
public in the "dining area," including the cocktail area
portion [thereof], but excluding special banquet and
private party facilities. [No] ANY signs, visible from
the exterior of the building, advertising the sale of
alcoholic beverages [shall] MAY NOT be permitted in
connection with any restaurant or hotel holding a license
issued [hereunder] UNDER THIS ARTICLE except the display
of the menu then in use by the licensee. The annual
license fee for [such a] THIS license [shall be] IS
$2,000.

[(i)] (S) In Prince George's County, (1) the
annual fee for [such a] THIS license [shall be nine
hundred and forty ($940) dollars] IS $940 but the license
holder [shall] MAY not make any sale of alcoholic
beverages for consumption off the licensed premises
except from the main bar and within the main portion of
the dining room facilities; whenever the applicant for or
holder of a beer, wine and liquor license, Class B (on
sale) proposes to establish and conduct, or in fact
establishes and conducts, on the licensed premises, an
area or portion of [said] THESE licensed premises,
[wherein] WHERE there are maintained "off—sale" shelves
or counters not contained within and an integral part of
the main bar and in the main dining facilities where the
majority of the meals are served and consumed in the
licensed premises (whether enclosed or opened,
partitioned or otherwise partly separated from the main
bar or the usual serving area within [such] THESE
premises for the sale of alcoholic beverages for
consumption on the premises and not part of the premises
where the major portion of meals are served and consumed
in [such] THESE licensed premises) for the sale of
alcoholic beverages for consumption off the licensed
premises, the annual fee for [such a] THIS license [shall
be one thousand five hundred ($1,500) dollars] IS $1,500;
and a license holder under this subsection [shall] MAY
not sell alcoholic beverages for consumption off the
premises from any portion of [said] THESE premises other
than from the main bar, or the usual place maintained