Ch. 366                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2)     MAY SELECT ONE WEEKEND, FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
INCLUSIVE, ANNUALLY FOR THE FESTIVAL;

(3)     SHALL CHOOSE FOR THIS FESTIVAL A LOCATION IN THE COUNTY
THAT IS NOT LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE;

(4)     SHALL ASSURE THAT THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE FESTIVAL IS THE
PROMOTION OF MARYLAND BEER AND WINE; AND

(5)     MAY ADOPT REGULATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS SECTION.

(H) (1) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF §§ 2-301(F) AND 12-103(C) OF
THIS ARTICLE, BEER AND WINE PRODUCTS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR GENERAL
DISTRIBUTION IN MARYLAND AT THE TIME OF THE FESTIVAL MAY BE SHIPPED
DIRECTLY TO A SPECIAL FESTIVAL LICENSEE BY A LICENSED NONRESIDENT
DEALER.

(2) ALL INVOICES FOR PRODUCTS DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO THE
FESTIVAL BY A NONRESIDENT DEALER, OR CREDITS FOR AUTHORIZED RETURNS,
SHALL BE MADE THROUGH A LICENSED MARYLAND WHOLESALER.

(3) BEER OR WINE DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO A SPECIAL FESTIVAL
LICENSEE UNDER PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION MAY BE RETURNED
DIRECTLY TO THE NONRESIDENT DEALER.

(4) WHENEVER A SPECIAL FESTIVAL LICENSE IS ISSUED UNDER THIS
SECTION, HOLDERS OF WHOLESALE LICENSES OR NONRESIDENT DEALER PERMITS
MAY ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE HOLDER OF A SPECIAL FESTIVAL
LICENSE TO DELIVER BEER AND WINE 2 DAYS PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE, AND
TO ACCEPT RETURNS 2 DAYS AFTER THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE SPECIAL
FESTIVAL LICENSE.

(I) THE BOARD SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS
SECTION.

9-210.

[ Within the corporate limits of the City of Hurlock]

(A)    EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, IN
DORCHESTER COUNTY, [ no] A new license [ shall] MAY NOT be granted to sell any
alcoholic beverage on any premises located within [ three hundred] 300 feet of a church
or public school.

(B)     SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO THE GRANTING
OF A LICENSE FOR A PREMISES LOCATED WITHIN THE RESTRICTED DISTANCE IF A
LICENSE TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON THE PREMISES EXISTED AS OF
OCTOBER 1, 1996.

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