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the owner or operator to keep for sale and sell all
alcoholic beverages at retail for consumption on the
premises; providing that the annual license fee shall
be a certain amount; defining caterer; providing that a
caterer licensed under this Act may contract to permit
patrons to bring personal alcoholic beverages onto the
premises under certain conditions; providing that a
hotel or restaurant which presently holds a Class B
beer, wine and liquor license need not obtain a Class H
beer, wine and liquor license; and providing procedures
whereby a caterer presently holding a Class B beer,
wine and liquor license should surrender it and receive
a Class H beer, wine and liquor license without charge.

BY adding to

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 24A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

24A.

(A)  FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, A CATERER IS
DEFINED AS AN ESTABLISHMENT CONTAINING ONE OR MORE BANQUET
ROOMS SUITABLE FOR PUBLIC GATHERINGS, WITH FOOD PREPARATION
FACILITIES ON THE PREMISES, WHICH CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE FOOD
AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO SPONSORS OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE
EVENTS.

(B) (1) IN CARROLL COUNTY, A CLASS H BEER, WINE AND
LIQUOR LICENSE SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF
THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE PLACE OF BUSINESS IS LOCATED, AND
SHALL AUTHORIZE THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A CATERING
ESTABLISHMENT TO KEEP FOR SALE AND SELL ALL ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES AT RETAIL AT THE PREMISES DESCRIBED THEREIN FOR
CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES. THE ANNUAL FEE FOR THE LICENSE
SHALL BE THE AMOUNT ESTABLISHED FOR A CLASS B BEER, WINE AND
LIQUOR LICENSE IN SECTION 19 OF THIS ARTICLE AND SHALL BE
PAYABLE TO THE CLERK BEFORE ANY LICENSE IS ISSUED, WHICH FEE
SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED AS PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE.

(2) A CATERER LICENSED UNDER THIS SECTION ALSO
MAY CONTRACT WITH PATRONS TO PERMIT THEM TO BRING PERSONAL
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ONTO THE PREMISES OF THE CATERER FOR
CONSUMPTION AT CATERED EVENTS.

(C)  THIS SECTION SHALL NOT REQUIRE A HOTEL OR
RESTAURANT WHICH PRESENTLY HOLDS A CLASS B BEER, WINE AND
LIQUOR LICENSE TO OBTAIN A CLASS H LICENSE IF CATERING IS,