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SENATE BILL 481
A2 EMERGENCY BILL 2lr2745
CF HB 493
By: Senators Cassilly, Jennings, and Gallion
Introduced and read first time: January 27, 2022
Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Committee Report: Favorable
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: March 1, 2022
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Harford County – Alcoholic Beverages – Service Under Stadium License 2
FOR the purpose of repealing the requirement that an individual serve beer, wine, and 3
liquor under a Harford County stadium beer, wine, and liquor license only in certain 4
containers and authorizing an individual to serve beer, wine, and liquor under the 5
license by the drink and by the bottle, from one or more outlets, for on–premises 6
consumption; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages in Harford County. 7
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8
Article – Alcoholic Beverages 9
Section 22–102 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2016 Volume and 2021 Supplement) 12
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 13
Article – Alcoholic Beverages 14
Section 22–1006 15
Annotated Code of Maryland 16
(2016 Volume and 2021 Supplement) 17
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GE NERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19
Article – Alcoholic Beverages 20
2 SENATE BILL 481
22–102. 1
This title applies only in Harford County. 2
22–1006. 3
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. 4
(2) “Concession manager” means a person that provides and supervises 5
under contract the comprehensive management of all food and beverage concession sales 6
on the licensed premises. 7
(3) “Licensed premises” includes the stadium facility and stadium parking 8
lots. 9
(b) There is a stadium beer, wine, and liquor license. 10
(c) The Board may issue the license for a stadium to the owner, lessee, or 11
concession manager of a professional baseball stadium. 12
(d) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the license authorizes the 13
license holder to sell beer, wine, and liquor for on–premises consumption. 14
(2) The license holder may sell, serve, or allow the consumption of beer, 15
wine, and liquor on the stadium parking lots only with the prior written approval of the 16
Board. 17
(e) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the license holder may sell 18
beer, wine, and liquor on Monday through Sunday, from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. the following day. 19
(2) During a baseball game, a holder of a stadium license may not sell beer, 20
wine, or liquor: 21
(i) after the beginning of the eighth inning; or 22
(ii) during a doubleheader game, after the beginning of the sixth 23
inning of the second game. 24
(f) (1) An individual who serves beer, wine, and liquor on the licensed 25
premises shall hold a certificate from an alcohol awareness program that the Board 26
approves. 27
(2) (i) [Except as provided in] SUBJECT TO subparagraph (ii) of this 28
paragraph, an individual may serve beer, wine, and liquor during a baseball game [only in 29
a plastic, Styrofoam, or paper container] BY THE DRINK AND BY THE BOTTLE, FROM ONE 30
OR MORE OUTLETS , FOR ON–PREMISES CONSUMPTION . 31
SENATE BILL 481 3
(ii) An individual may serve beer, wine, and liquor in a glass 1
container ONLY on the club level or in a dining area where patrons are seated. 2
(3) (i) This paragraph does not apply to wine and liquor served on the 3
club level or in a dining area where patrons are seated. 4
(ii) An individual may dispense wine and liquor during a baseball 5
game only from a stationary structure that is in the stadium and equipped with a motor 6
vehicle driver’s license scanner. 7
(4) A license holder may not allow a roving vendor to dispense wine and 8
liquor. 9
(5) A license holder may not allow a person to carry beer, wine, and liquor 10
onto or off of the licensed premises. 11
(g) The annual license fee is $10,000. 12
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency 13
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety, has 14
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three–fifths of all the members elected to 15
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is 16
enacted. 17
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.