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§ 32-1001. Bed and breakfast license

West's Annotated Code of MarylandAlcoholic Beverages and CannabisEffective: July 1, 2023

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis (Refs & Annos)
Division II. Provisions Affecting Individual Jurisdictions [Titles 9-33] (Refs & Annos)
Title 32. Wicomico County (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 10. Licenses for Specific Types of Organizations and Venues (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2023
MD Code, Alcoholic Beverages, § 32-1001
§ 32-1001. Bed and breakfast license
Currentness
Established
(a) There is a Class B-BB (bed and breakfast) beer and wine license.
Authorized holder
(b) The Board may issue the license to a license holder who is approved by the appropriate local governmental unit to operate a bed and breakfast that:
(1) provides services ordinarily provided by a bed and breakfast;
(2) has at least one room but not more than 10 rooms, each with sleeping accommodations, excluding resident management quarters, that the public for consideration may use for a specified time; and
(3) has a kitchen facility that has been approved by the appropriate local governmental unit.
Scope of authorization in general
(c) The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer and wine to a guest if:
(1) the name and address of the guest appears on the registry that the bed and breakfast maintains; and
(2) the guest is an occupant of a sleeping room in the bed and breakfast.
Scope of authorization at a catered event
(d)(1) The license authorizes the license holder to sell beer and wine for on-premises consumption to a guest of a catered event at the bed and breakfast if:
(i) 1. the license holder is under contract to cater the event;
2. the license holder caters the event; and
3. food is served at the catered event; or
(ii) the license holder hosts an event for which tickets are sold in advance.
(2) The license authorizes the license holder to allow a guest of the bed and breakfast, whose name and address appear on the registry of the establishment, to bring personal alcoholic beverages onto the premises for on-premises consumption during the hours and days as set out under subsection (e) of this section.
Hours and days of sale
(e) The license holder may sell beer and wine for on-premises consumption on Monday through Sunday, from 7 a.m. to midnight.
Limitation of sale
(f) Except during catered events that meet the requirements under subsection (d) of this section or ticketed events hosted by the license holder, the license does not authorize the sale of beer and wine to an individual who:
(1) is not a guest of the bed and breakfast; or
(2) is registered as a guest at the bed and breakfast only to obtain beer and wine.
Purpose of bed and breakfast
(g)(1) A bed and breakfast may not be operated only to sell or provide beer and wine.
(2) If the bed and breakfast ends operations as a bed and breakfast:
(i) the license is void; and
(ii) the license holder shall return the license to the Board.
Construction
(h) This section may not be construed to apply to a permanent resident on the premises or to guests of the permanent resident.
Records
(i) The license holder shall:
(1) maintain records of all catered events where alcoholic beverages are served; and
(2) make the records required under item (1) of this subsection available on request to the Board, the Executive Director, or the Comptroller.
Fee
(j) The annual license fee is $300.

Credits

Added by Acts 2019, c. 588, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019; Acts 2019, c. 589, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019. Amended by Acts 2023, c. 450, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.
MD Code, Alcoholic Beverages, § 32-1001, MD AL BEV § 32-1001
Current with legislation effective through October 1, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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