Ch. 686 LAWS OF MARYLAND
39J.

(A) THE HARFORD COUNTY LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD MAY ISSUE
A SPECIAL WINE FESTIVAL (HWF) (WF) LICENSE.

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

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

(D) A SPECIAL (HWF) (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 HARFORD COUNTY.

(E) THE LICENSE FEE IS $15.

(F) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION MAY NOT PROHIBIT THE
LICENSEE FROM HOLDING ANOTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES LICENSE
OF A DIFFERENT CLASS OR NATURE.

(G) THE HARFORD COUNTY LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD:

(1) MAY SELECT 1 WEEKEND ANNUALLY DURING THE
MONTHS OF JULY, AUGUST, OR SEPTEMBER FOR THE WINE FESTIVAL
THAT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE ANNAPOLIS WINE FESTIVAL, THE
CUMBERLAND AND SHENANDOAH VALLEY WINE FESTIVAL, OR THE
MARYLAND WINE FESTIVAL; AND

(2) SHALL CHOOSE A LOCATION IN HARFORD COUNTY FOR
THIS FESTIVAL WHICH DOES NOT HOLD AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
LICENSE.

(H) THE HARFORD COUNTY LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD SHALL
ADOPT REGULATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS SECTION.

52A.

(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection, in
Harford County, the board of license commissioners may not approve any license to sell
alcoholic beverages within 300 feet of any church or other place of worship or within 1,000
feet of any public school building. This section does not affect any license existing on July 1,
1975 OR THE TRANSFER OR ISSUANCE OF A CLASS B (ON-SALE) BEER, WINE
AND LIQUOR LICENSE FOR THE USE ON ANY PREMISES LICENSED ON JULY 1,
1975. The board may not approve any license to sell alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of
any private, parochial, or bona fide church school building. This section does not affect any
license existing on July 1, 1977. This section does not affect the renewal, transfer, or

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