displaced from occupied dwellings under this Act and the cost and success of
relocating persons displaced in alternative, more suitable housing.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 1999.

Approved May 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 693
(House Bill 1194)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore County - Special Wine Festival - Micro—Breweries

FOR the purpose of authorizing a special wine festival licensee in Baltimore County
to display and sell certain beer under certain terms and conditions; requiring a
special beer and wine festival licensee to hold a requisite alcoholic beverages
license; and generally relating to special beer and wine festivals in Baltimore
County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 8-303

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1998 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

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

Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages

8-303.

(a) The Baltimore County Board of License Commissioners may issue a
special BEER AND wine festival [(WF)] license.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, an applicant for a
special [WF] BEER AND WINE FESTIVAL license shall be a holder of [an] A
REQUISITE existing retail alcoholic beverages license issued in the State [and
authorized under the license to sell wine], CLASS 5 BREWERY LICENSE, CLASS 7
MICRO-BREWERY LICENSE, State Class 3 winery license, or State Class 4 winery
license issued pursuant to this article.

(c) A special [WF] BEER AND WINE FESTIVAL licensee shall only display and

(1) [wine] WINE that is produced and processed in Maryland; AND