PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 419

Section 2-101(b)(1)(i) and (s)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume)

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

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

2-101.

(b) (1) (i) The Office of the Comptroller shall collect a fee for the issuance or
renewal of the following permits:

1. $50 for a solicitor's permit, an individual storage permit, or a
commercial nonbeverage permit;

2. $75 for a public storage permit, a public transportation
permit, or an import and export permit; [and]

3. $100 for a public storage and transportation permit, a
nonresident dealer permit, OR a bulk transfer permit[, or a family beer and wine facility
permit]; AND

4. $600 $400 FOR A FAMILY BEER AND WINE FACILITY

PERMIT.

(s) (1) In this subsection, "permit" means a family beer and wine facility permit.

(2) A permit authorizes the holder to establish a facility for the production
of family beer or wine by nonlicensed State consumers who are of legal drinking age.

(3) The permit holder may provide equipment, raw materials, and
instructions to the consumer. Except for beer or wine produced for testing equipment or
recipes AND SAMPLES DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (5) OF THIS SUBSECTION, the
permit holder may not engage in the actual production or manufacture of beer or wine.

(4) All family beer and wine produced at a family beer and wine facility shall
be removed from the premises by the consumer. It may only be used for home
consumption and the personal use of the consumer.

(5) (I) THE PERMIT INCLUDES A SAMPLING PRIVILEGE.

(II) PATRONS MAY HAVE' A MAXIMUM OF FIVE SAMPLES AND THE
SAMPLES MAY NOT EXCEED 2 OUNCES PER SAMPLE

(III) SAMPLES MAY ONLY BE CONSUMED ON THE PREMISES BY A
PERSON WHO HAS A NONREFUNDABLE CONTRACT TO BREW OR FERMENT AT THAT
FACILITY.

(6) The Office of the Comptroller may restrict a family beer and wine
facility permit to the production of either family produced beer or family produced wine.

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