Ch. 3

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

[(2)] (II) Any alcoholic beverages found in any container without a regular
label WHICH truly [describing the] DESCRIBES ITS contents and WHICH [stating]
STATES the true name of the importer; manufacturer, bottler or rectifier [shall be] ARE
presumed to be [an] illicit alcoholic [beverage] BEVERAGES [, provided further that
such]. HOWEVER, THE presumption [shall] DOES not apply to any alcoholic beverages
found:

[(i)] 1. In drinking glasses or, other similar open containers for
drinking purposes; [or]

[(ii)] 2. In home-type decanters found in a dwelling house or in a
punch bowl or other receptacle of a similar nature, if found under circumstances which
indicate that the alcoholic beverages contained [therein] IN THE RECEPTACLES are
intended for consumption on the premises by consumers and not for sale; or

[(iii)] 3. In containers possessed by a proper retail alcoholic beverage
licensee when [such] THE alcoholic beverages are premixed for lawful, sale and
consumption.                                                                     .

[(l)] (11) "Import" means to transport or ship, or to order or arrange for the
transportation or shipment of, alcoholic beverages into this State from any other state,
district, territory or country.

[(k)](12) "Importer" means a person importing any alcoholic beverage.

[(q)](13) [The words "in] "IN this State" or "within this State-" [mean] -MEANS
in or within the territorial limits of this State.

[(j)] (14) (I) "License holder" or "licensee" means the holder of any license or
permit, issued under the provisions of this article or of any other law of this State, and
includes a county liquor control board and a county dispensary.

(II) For the delivery and billing purposes of §§ 6(b) and 7(b) of this
article; "license holder" or "licensee" [shall] also [mean] MEANS a corporation on
whose behalf an individual or individuals have obtained a license.

[(s) (1)] (15) (I) "License issuing authority" means:

[(i)] 1. For a State license issued under this article, the State
Comptroller; and

[(ii)]2. For a local license issued under this article, the board of
license commissioners or other local agency expressly authorized by this article to issue
the license.                                                                                                     

[(2)] (II) "License issuing authority" does not include a clerk of a circuit
court.

[(c)] (16) "Light wine" means any naturally fermented wine containing not in
excess of 14 percent of alcohol by volume.

[(s-1) (1)] (17) (I) "Local collecting agent" means:

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