§ 20-107. Howard County

   (a) Applicability. -- This section applies only in Howard County.

(b) Definitions. --

   (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

   (2) "Place of public entertainment" means a business establishment that:

      (i) Does not have a license to sell alcoholic beverages but to which patrons bring alcoholic beverages the patrons have purchased elsewhere; and

      (ii) Allows on its premises any activity prohibited under § 10-405 of this article.

   (3) "Setups" includes drinking containers and ice.

(c) Duties of persons dispensing or serving food, beverages or set-ups. -- Any person who dispenses or serves food, beverages, or setups in a place of public entertainment or any person who is responsible for the supervision or management of a place of public entertainment shall:

   (1) Receive alcohol awareness training as specified by § 13-101 of this article; and

   (2) Refuse to facilitate in any way the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages by any patron who appears to be inebriated.

(d) Days and hours of operation. -- The hours and days during which a place of public entertainment may be open for business are:

   (1) Except as provided in item (2) of this subsection, 6 days per week Monday through Saturday; and

   (2) From 11:30 a.m. each day until 1:30 a.m. the next day.

(e) Penalties. --

   (1) A person who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $ 5,000 for each violation.

   (2) Each day of operation in violation of this section is a separate offense.

HISTORY: 1989, ch. 5, § 15; 1994, ch. 724; 1997, ch. 14, § 1; ch. 661, § 1; 1998, ch. 427, § 1; 2000, ch. 476, § 1; 2012, ch. 697.