HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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financial and compliance audits on projects financed by
bonds guaranteed by Montgomery County may be undertaken by
the county government as necessary.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved April 22, 1980.

CHAPTER 232

(House Bill 1529)

AN ACT concerning

Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages
(Sale of Wine at Wineries)
MC 253-80

FOR the purpose of permitting wineries in Montgomery County
to sell wine on the premises under certain conditions;
and clarifying language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 12B

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1979 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

12B.

(a) A Class A light wine license may be issued by the
clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the place
of business is located to any holder of a Class 4
manufacturer's license. In Baltimore County a Class A light
wine license may also be issued to a holder of a Class 3
manufacturer's license, who makes wine from agricultural
products grown in Maryland. Baltimore County wineries
applying for such a license are exempt from quotas
established by the Baltimore County liquor board as to the
number of licenses in that election district. It authorizes
the holder to keep for sale and to sell light wines produced
at the winery in any quantity to any consumer at retail at
the place described in the license. IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
THE HOLDER IS LIMITED TO THE HOLDER'S ON-PREMISES SALES OF