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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 658

Section 110

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

110.

It shall be unlawful for any holder of a manufacturer's
or wholesaler's license, or anyone connected with the
business of the holder, or any distiller, nonresident
dealer, brewer, rectifier, blender or bottler of alcoholic
beverages to have any financial interest in the premises
upon or in which any alcoholic beverage is sold at retail by
any licensee, or in any business conducted by the licensee;
and it shall be unlawful also for any person or anyone
connected with his, its or their business, to lend any money
or other thing of value, or make any gift or to offer any
gratuity to any retail dealer, and it shall be unlawful also
for any brewer or beer wholesaler to furnish any sign,
display or other form of advertisement of any value in
excess of $10 $15, advertising the beer or malt beverage
products of a particular wholesaler or brewer to the holder
of any retail license issued under the provisions of this
article. Except as provided for, a retail dealer may not
accept, receive or make use of any money, gift, sign or
display furnished by any manufacturer or wholesaler, or any
distiller, brewer, rectifier, nonresident dealer, blender or
bottler, or become indebted to any person except for the
purchase of alcoholic beverages and allied products
purchased for resale. It shall be unlawful also for any
manufacturer, distiller, nonresident dealer, rectifier,
blender or bottler, or wholesaler of alcoholic beverages
other than beer and malt beverages to furnish any sign,
display or other form of advertisement of value except as
hereinafter provided. Signs, posters, placards, devices,
graphic displays, bearing advertising matter or any other
forms of advertising for use in windows or elsewhere on a
retail liquor establishment may be given or furnished to a
retailer by a brandowner who is engaged in the business as a
distiller, nonresident dealer, rectifier, blender, bottler
or wholesaler of alcoholic beverages other than beer and
malt beverages provided:

(1)   The utilitarian value is secondary and only
incidental to the value as an advertisement, and provided:

(2)   The total value of any item furnished by any
brandowner for each of its individual brands for use in any
one retail establishment at any one time does not exceed the
sum of [$15] $25 for each individual brand, and provided: