WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 692

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 4(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

Section 4(o)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

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

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

4.

(b) (1) A fee of $50 shall be collected for a public
storage or transportation permit, a nonresident dealer permit, an
import and export permit, a solicitor's permit, and a bulk
transfer permit when the inventory in alcoholic beverages is
$1,000 or more valued at cost. A fee of $25 shall be collected
for an individual storage permit, a bulk transfer permit when the
inventory in alcoholic beverages is less than $1,000 valued at
cost, and a nonbeverage permit except for an eleemosynary
permittee or a fuel-alcohol permittee in which case the permit
shall be issued without the payment of any fee. All such permits
shall expire on May 31 next after the date of issue unless
otherwise provided. (2) All nonbeverage permits shall be
renewed on or before September 1, 1959 and thereafter shall not
expire until cancelled or revoked. (3) A change of domicile
permit shall be issued upon the payment of a fee of $2, and when
issued shall cover only a specific transaction. (4) An
individual transportation permit shall be issued upon the payment
of a fee of $2. (5) A bulk transfer permit shall cover only a
specific transaction, and shall expire 10 days from the date of
issue, except that if such a time restriction of this permit
would be an undue burden, the Comptroller in his discretion may
grant a reasonable extension of time. (6) The Comptroller shall
prescribe a means of identification for each vehicle authorized
under an individual transportation permit or a transportation or
public storage and transportation permit which shall be kept in
or on the vehicle at all times when alcoholic beverages are being
transported. The fee for such identification shall be $2 for each
vehicle. (7) The fee for a national family wine exhibition
permit is $50. Provided, however, whenever the Comptroller finds
as a fact that a jurisdiction outside of the State of Maryland
exacts a tax, assessment, impost, or other charge or restriction,
in connection with the solicitation, sale and distribution of

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