(a) Alcohol Awareness Program means a program that: is approved and certified by the State Comptroller; has been issued an alcohol awareness program permit by the State Comptroller; includes instruction on how alcohol affects a person's body and behavior; provides education on the dangers of drinking and driving; defines effective methods for serving customers to minimize the chance of intoxication, includes instruction on ceasing service before customers become intoxicated; and instruction on determining if a customer is under 21 years of age.
Article 2B Section 13-101(a)
(b) Alcoholic Beverages means a liquid, or compound, by whatever name called, that contains one-half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume, and is fit for beverage purposes.
Article 2B, Section 1-102(a)(2)
(c) Attorney means any attorney at law admitted to the Bar of the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
(d) Beer means any brewed alcoholic beverage and includes beer, ale, porter and stout.
Article 2B, Section 1-102(a)(3)
(e) Board means the Board of License Commissioners of Montgomery County.
(f) Country Club means any country club that has 100 or more bona fide members of whatever class; whose members pay an annual total amount of dues which averages at least $50 for each member; and which maintains at the time of the application for the license a regular or championship golf course of nine holes or more and as further described in Article 2B Section 6-301(q)(2).
(g) Club means an association, corporation, or other entity, organized and operated exclusively for educational, social, fraternal, patriotic, political, or athletic purposes, and not for profit. Article 2B Section 1-102(a)(4)(I). This definition does not apply to those clubs applying for a beer, wine, and liquor license under Article 2B, Section 6-301.
(h) Comptroller means the Comptroller of the Treasury of the State of Maryland.
Article 2B, Section 1-102(a)(5)
(i) County means Montgomery County, Maryland.
(j) Happy Hour means any time of the day specifically set aside by a licensee to offer patrons reduced prices on alcoholic beverages or a second alcoholic beverage free or at a reduced price after the patron's purchase of a regularly priced alcoholic beverage.
(k) Hotel means an establishment for the accommodation of the public, equipped with not less than ten (10) bedrooms and a dining room with facilities for preparing and serving regular meals, in which the gross receipts from the sale of food equals or exceeds the gross receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Article 2B, Section 1-102(a)(10)
(l) Identification. For purposes of purchasing alcoholic beverages, the following five forms of signed and valid identification are acceptable: a State driver's license with a picture, a military identification, a passport, an immigration card, and an identification card issued by a State Motor Vehicle Administration.
(m) Intoxicated means to be affected by the consumption of alcohol to a sufficient degree that a person’s mental and physical functioning are substantially impaired, and the impairment is evident from noticeable signs such as, but not limited to, uncoordinated physical action or physical and or mental dysfunction that should have been obvious to a reasonable person.
(n) Keg means a container of beer with a capacity of at least 4 gallons, which is designed to dispense beer directly from the container.
(o) Licensed Premises means those premises that are specifically identified in the license issued by the Board, and may also include an approved outdoor cafe area.
(p) License Holder or Licensee means the holder of any license or permit issued under the provisions of Article 2B or any other law of the State of Maryland. The license holder may be either the entity on behalf of whom the alcoholic beverage license has been issued and/or the individuals whose names appear on the alcoholic beverage license.
Article 2B, Section 1-102(a)(15)
(q) Light Wine means any naturally fermented or fortified wine not in excess of 22 percent of alcohol by volume.
Article 2B, Section 4-101(q)
(r) Mixed Drink means a drink that includes as an ingredient one or more alcoholic beverages combined together or with non-alcoholic beverages and/or food stuffs.
(s) Pecuniary Interest means a legal or equitable interest in the licensed business entitling the owner thereof to receive a percentage of the profits derived from the sale of alcoholic beverages of the business. It does not include payments made to any employee, manager, mortgagor, landlord, creditor, or other individual who does not otherwise own an interest in the licensed business. The ownership of stock in a publicly traded corporation is not considered a pecuniary interest for the purpose of these Rules and Regulations provided that the owner of such stock does not have any substantial degree of control or management of the corporation.
Article 2B, Section 10-103(10)b
(t) Person means a natural person, an association, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, or any other legal entity.
(u) Renewal means the reissuance of an existing license for the exact premises, licensee(s), and type of license as was previously issued.
(v) Restaurant means any lunchroom, cafe, or other establishment located in a permanent building for the accommodation of the public, equipped with a kitchen with complete facilities and utensils for preparing and serving hot and/or cold meals to the public, and further equipped with a public dining room with tables and at least thirty (30) seats, utensils, and glassware to serve meals prepared in the kitchen. A restaurant must maintain a menu advertising the serving of a variety of hot and/or cold meals, and there must be sufficient food on the premises at all times to fill orders from the menu. The requirement that a restaurant must have at least 40 seats does not apply to licenses in existence before September 19, 1989. (This subsection revised October 1, 2009)
Article 2B, Section 1-102(a)(22)(I)
(w) Retail Dealer means a person who deals in or sells any alcoholic beverage to any person other than a license holder.
(x) State means the State of Maryland.
(y) Wine means any fermented beverage, including light wines, and wines the alcoholic content of which has been fortified by the addition of alcohol, spirits, or other ingredients.
(z) Youth Center means any facility sponsored or conducted by a governmental agency for the use of minors.