Ch. 3                                       1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

establishment designating "restaurant" or food and beverages sold, and not advertising
any other business. In this establishment the average gross monthly receipts from the sale
of foods cooked or prepared and served on the premises where the license is exercised,
and other foods, commodities and items defined by the Liquor Control Board, [must]
SHALL exceed 50 percent of the average monthly receipts from the sale of beer and wine,
except that a restaurant serving food and beverages' [in Harford County] whose gross
monthly receipts from the sale of food averages $1,500 or more may not be required to
sell food and food commodities in excess of 50 percent of the average monthly receipts
from the sale of beer and wine.

[(4)](IV) The requirements of this section relating to average daily receipts
are not applicable to any licenses issued in Cecil County.                               

[(i)] (22) "Retail dealer" means a person who deals in or sells any. alcoholic
beverage to any person other than a license holder, and includes a county dispensary.

[(e)] (23) [The words "sparkling] "SPARKLING wine" [shall mean] MEANS
champagne or any artificially carbonated wine.

(24) "THIS ARTICLE" INCLUDES PROVISIONS IN THE TAX - GENERAL
ARTICLE DERIVED FROM THIS ARTICLE.

[(h)](25) "Wholesaler" means a person who purchases or imports any alcoholic
beverage for sale to wholesale or retail dealers only, and includes a county liquor control
board [,] and a county wholesale dispensary.

[(d)](26) "Wine" means any fermented beverage, including light wines, and wines
the alcoholic content of which has been fortified by the addition of alcohol, spirits or
other ingredients.

(B) (1) IN THIS ARTICLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED WITHIN THE SPECIFIED SUBDIVISIONS.

[(v)] (2) In Prince George's and St. Mary's Counties "taxpayer" means a resident
who pays either real estate tax, income tax, or both.

[(w)] (3) In Wicomico County, "bowling alley" means an establishment in which
the primary business activity is to provide bowling lanes and bowling activities for the
public, and which may be equipped with a dining room or snack bar area for the sale of
food and beverages.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

This section is amended to place all defined terms in alphabetical order.
Where a term applies only to one jurisdiction, the term has been placed in
subsection (b) so as to signify its restricted definition. The only other changes
are to clarify language and structure.

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