Ch. 25 1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY adding to

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 4-203

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 4-201, 4 202, and 4-203, respectively, of Article 2B -
Alcoholic Beverages of the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s)
4-204, 4-201, and 4-202, respectively.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

[4-202.] 4-201.

(a) A Class A light wine license may be issued only in:

(1) Baltimore County;

(2) Carroll County;

(3) Dorchester County;

(4) Frederick County;

(5) GARRETT COUNTY;

(6) Harford County;
[(6)](7) Montgomery County;
[(7)](8) Talbot County; and
[(8)](9) Washington County.

(b) (1) The annual fee for this license is $50.

(2) In Montgomery County the annual license fee is $100.

(3) IN GARRETT COUNTY, THE ISSUING FEE FOR THIS LICENSE IS $50.

(c) A Class A light wine license may be issued by the license issuing authority of
the county in which the place of business is located to any holder of a Class 4
manufacturer's license.

(d) (1) The license 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. 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.

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