Section 25-1201 - Local caterer's license(a)(1) There is a local caterer's license.(2) The license is a separate alcoholic beverages license.(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board may issue the license to a person that: (i) does not already hold a license issued by the Board;(ii) has facilities to prepare and deliver food to the site of a catered event; and(iii) meets all other requirements of this article.(2) Before the Board issues or renews the license, the county health department shall approve the food preparation facilities for a catered event.(3) An applicant for or holder of the license is not required to have a banquet hall.(c) The license authorizes a holder to: (1) provide alcoholic beverages at an event that is held off the premises of the food preparation facilities; and(2) exercise the privileges of the license only during the hours and on the days authorized for a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license.(d) The license holder may not: (1) hold an event that the license holder sponsors; or(2) provide only alcoholic beverages at an event.(e) The license holder shall: (1) contract for and provide food for consumption at a catered event;(2) meet the same ratio of gross receipts between food and alcoholic beverage sales as a holder of a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license; and(3) purchase all alcoholic beverages from the Alcohol Beverage Services.(f) The annual license fee is $1,250.Amended by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 673, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2019.Added by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 41, Sec. 2, eff. 7/1/2016.