Md. Code, Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis § 24-1310
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§24–1310.
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(a) This section applies only to volunteer fire companies.
(b) Alcoholic beverages may be stored on the licensed premises between individual licensed events if the alcoholic beverages:
(1) are in a specially identified locked and secured location; and
(2) are not sold or consumed except during licensed event hours for licensed event purposes.
(c) (1) A license holder shall keep complete and accurate records of all alcoholic beverages purchased and sold on the licensed premises.
(2) The records shall be:
(i) maintained on the licensed premises for 2 years; and
(ii) available for inspection by authorized personnel of the Comptroller, the Executive Director, and the Board.
(3) The records shall include a completed pre– and post–inventory of all alcoholic beverages for each individual event.
(d) Authorized personnel of the Comptroller, the Executive Director, and the Board may inspect the premises of a license holder as provided under § 6–202 of this article.
(e) A license holder who violates this section is subject to:
(1) for the first offense, a fine of $100; and
(2) for a subsequent offense, a fine not exceeding $500 and denial of future requests for a license for an individual event or a special multiple event license.
(b) Alcoholic beverages may be stored on the licensed premises between individual licensed events if the alcoholic beverages:
(1) are in a specially identified locked and secured location; and
(2) are not sold or consumed except during licensed event hours for licensed event purposes.
(c) (1) A license holder shall keep complete and accurate records of all alcoholic beverages purchased and sold on the licensed premises.
(2) The records shall be:
(i) maintained on the licensed premises for 2 years; and
(ii) available for inspection by authorized personnel of the Comptroller, the Executive Director, and the Board.
(3) The records shall include a completed pre– and post–inventory of all alcoholic beverages for each individual event.
(d) Authorized personnel of the Comptroller, the Executive Director, and the Board may inspect the premises of a license holder as provided under § 6–202 of this article.
(e) A license holder who violates this section is subject to:
(1) for the first offense, a fine of $100; and
(2) for a subsequent offense, a fine not exceeding $500 and denial of future requests for a license for an individual event or a special multiple event license.
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