Ch. 653 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 653
(House Bill 1146)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore County - Wine Festival License

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Baltimore County Board of License Commissioners
to issue a Wine Festival license; providing for the fee and the scope of this license;
requiring the applicant to be a holder of a certain license; providing for a certain
exception; authorizing requiring the Board to select approve the location and
dates for the Festival under certain circumstances; and requiring the Board to
adopt regulations for implementing this Act.

BY adding to

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 39J

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

39J.

(A) THE BALTIMORE COUNTY BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS
MAY ISSUE A SPECIAL WINE FESTIVAL (WF) LICENSE.

(B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION TO THE
CONTRARY, AN APPLICANT FOR A SPECIAL (WF) LICENSE SHALL BE A
HOLDER OF AN EXISTING STATE RETAIL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
LICENSE ISSUED IN THE STATE AND AUTHORIZED UNDER THE LICENSE
TO SELL WINE, STATE CLASS 3 WINERY LICENSE, OR STATE CLASS 4
WINERY LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.

(C) A SPECIAL (WF) LICENSEE SHALL ONLY DISPLAY AND SELL
WINE THAT IS PRODUCED AND OR AND PROCESSED IN MARYLAND.

(D) A SPECIAL (WF) LICENSE ENTITLES THE HOLDER TO DISPLAY
AND SELL AT RETAIL WINE FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR OFF THE
LICENSED PREMISES ON THE DAYS AND FOR THE HOURS DESIGNATED
FOR THE WINE FESTIVAL IN BALTIMORE COUNTY.

(E) THE LICENSE FEE IS $15.

(F) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION MAY NOT PROHIBIT THE
LICENSEE FROM HOLDING ANOTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES LICENSE

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