Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 11-1001 - Airport concessionaire license(a) There is an airport concessionaire license.(b)(1) The Board may issue the license to a person who is a lessee, sublessee, or concessionaire at an airport.(2) The Board may not impose additional qualifications for the license as to the residence or voting status of the license holder.(c) The license authorizes:(1) the sale of beer, wine, and liquor every day from each location in an airport terminal; and(2) the playing of music and dancing.(d)(1)(i) This paragraph does not apply to duty free shops.(ii) A person who is a lessee, sublessee, or concessionaire at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport may hold one license for multiple locations within the terminal of Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, even if the person already holds another license that the Board issues.(2) On receipt of an application for the license, the Board shall:(i) give precedence to the application of a person under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection over all other license applications; and(ii) hold a hearing on the application at the Board meeting that immediately follows receipt of the application.(e) A holder of the license need not obtain a Sunday permit under § 11-1104 of this title to sell alcoholic beverages after 2 a.m. on Sunday.(f)(1)(i) The annual fee for the license and one location from which alcoholic beverages may be sold is $5,000.(ii) The annual fee for each additional location from which alcoholic beverages may be sold is $5,000.(2) Each fee shall be paid on or before May 1 to the Board.Added by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 41, Sec. 2, eff. 7/1/2016.