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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 26

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 12B(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1980 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 AND FREDERICK
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's on-premises sales are
limited to 20,000 gallons per year. The light wine shall be
delivered in a sealed package or container which may not be
opened or the contents consumed on the licensed premises.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved April 14, 1981.

CHAPTER 27

(Senate Bill 673)

AN ACT concerning

Charles County -
Commission on Human Relations

FOR the purpose of providing that a member of the Charles
County Commission on Human Relations shall be removed
by the County Commissioners of Charles County if the
member fails to attend a certain number of meetings.