WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 5

[(b)](C) (1) [In Carroll County, a] A Class H beer, wine and liquor license
shall be issued by the Board [of License Commissioners, and shall authorize] WHICH
AUTHORIZES the owner or operator of a catering establishment to keep for sale and sell
all alcoholic beverages at retail at the premises described [therein] IN THE LICENSE for
consumption on the premises.

(2)     The annual LICENSE fee [for the license shall be] IS the amount
[established] SET for a Class B beer, wine and liquor license in Section 19 of this article.

(3)      THE FEE [and] shall be [payable] PAID to the Board [of License
Commissioners] before any license is issued[, which]. THE fee shall be distributed as
provided in this article.

[(2)](D) 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)](E) [This section shall not require a] A hotel or restaurant which
[presently] holds a Class B beer, wine and liquor license [to] NEED NOT obtain a Class
H license if catering is, or has been, a part of the service provided by the hotel or
restaurant. Any caterer [presently] holding a Class B beer, wine and liquor license shall
automatically be issued a Class H liquor license [upon the effective date hereof], without
any additional charge to the caterer for the license so issued, and the Class B license
[now] held by the caterer [should] SHALL be surrendered upon receipt of the Class H
license.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

This section is revised for clarity of language and structure. Additionally in
subsection (e) words such as "presently", "upon the effective date thereof", and "now"
have been deleted after consultation with Charles W. Thompson, Jr., County Attorney.

25.

(a)     (1) The clerk of the court for the county or the city, upon approval of the
board of license commissioners for [said county or city] THAT JURISDICTION, if any,
[and the Comptroller in the case of application for statewide license,] upon proper
application, on forms [as may be] prescribed by the Comptroller, signed and sworn to,
[shall have authority to] MAY grant the [following] types of special licenses for the
periods and at the [following] fees SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION[:].

(2) FOR AN APPLICATION FOR A STATEWIDE LICENSE, THE
COMPTROLLER MAY GRANT THE LICENSE.

(b)     (1) (I) [Special] A SPECIAL CLASS C beer license [, Class C,] or a special
CLASS C beer and wine license [, Class C, which] entitles the holder to exercise any of the
privileges conferred by the respective classes of licenses for the use of any person holding
any bona fide entertainment conducted by any club, society or association at the place
described IN THE LICENSE, for a period not exceeding seven consecutive days from the
effective date thereof[, upon the payment of a fee of $5 per day].

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