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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="1-307" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commission has the powers and duties set forth in this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commission shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>educate the public, by resource sharing and serving as an information clearinghouse, on such topics as:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>recent increases in alcohol content for popular beer and other beverages;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the proper limits of drinking for adults;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the adverse consequences of surpassing those limits;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>parental or adult responsibility for serving alcohol to underage individuals; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>comparable topics relating to smoking, vaping, tobacco, other tobacco products, electronic nicotine delivery systems, cannabis, and cannabis products; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>subject to federal approval, ensure that all alcoholic beverages sold in the State with an alcohol content exceeding 4.5% by volume bear a large and conspicuous label stating the percentage of alcohol content.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission shall conduct studies of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the operation and administration of similar laws in other states or countries; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>federal laws that may affect the operation of the alcohol, tobacco, or cannabis industries, the literature on those industries, and the reaction of residents of the State to existing and potential features of those industries.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commission shall submit to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly the studies required under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
