ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                           H.B. 332

Commissioners to issue a stadium on-sale license to a certain person;
authorizing the holder of a stadium license to sell beer and light wine during
events in a certain stadium under certain conditions; setting a license fee;
providing that a certain privilege is not part of a certain license; making this Act
an emergency measure; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages licenses in
Frederick County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 8-211.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

8-211.1.

(a)     The Frederick County Board of License Commissioners may issue a
stadium [beer] on-sale license to the owner of any professional baseball team
franchise, whether the franchise is a partnership, corporation, or limited liability
company.

(b)     The stadium [beer] on-sale license authorizes the holder to sell beer AND
LIGHT WINE at the stadium in which the baseball team plays its home games only
under the following circumstances:

(1)     In plastic, styrofoam, or paper containers on the stadium premises;

(2)     For consumption on the licensed premises;

(3)     To persons present at [a baseball game in which the licensee's team
is playing] ANY EVENT HELD IN THE STADIUM; and

(4)     From the time the stadium opens for the [game] EVENT until the
[game] EVENT ends.

(c)     The annual fee for the stadium [beer] on-sale license is [$500] $2,000.

(d)     Except for a manufacturer or distributor of beer who is conducting
business with the licensee for purposes of this section, the licensee may not permit
any person to:

(1)     Carry any alcoholic beverages onto the licensed premises; or

(2)     Carry any alcoholic beverages from the licensed premises.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the privilege to sell beer
and light wine at an event held in the stadium is not considered to be part of a
separate license and, if the privilege is granted, it shall be incorporated into a
stadium beer on-sale license existing before the effective date of this Act.

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