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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="11-1304" title_number="11" title_name="Anne Arundel County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “festival” means the Anne Arundel County Beer and Wine Festival, the Benson–Hammond House Strawberry Festival, or any other festival that the Board approves under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a beer and wine festival (BWF) license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may issue the license to a holder of a retail license, a Class 3 winery license, or a Class 4 limited winery license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may issue the license to a nonprofit organization, as defined by § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, that meets the requirements of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any regulations that the Board adopts.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The license authorizes the holder to display and sell:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>wine that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>manufactured and processed in any state; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>distributed in the State when the license application is filed; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>beer that is brewed by a brewer:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>that brews less than 60,000 barrels of beer annually; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>whose product is distributed in the State when the license application is filed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A license holder shall display and sell beer and wine:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>at retail for on– and off–premises consumption; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>during the hours and days designated for a festival.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Board:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>each year may choose 1 weekend, Friday through Sunday inclusive, for a festival to take place;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may not choose a weekend that occurs within 14 days before or after the Maryland Wine Festival in Carroll County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>shall choose a location that is not already licensed; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>shall ensure that the primary focus of a festival is the promotion of Maryland beer and wine.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The license holder may hold another license of a different class or nature.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The license holder may display and sell beer or wine at a festival without holding a nonprofit beer, wine, and liquor festival permit under § 2–131 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>Beer and wine displayed and sold shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>invoiced to the license holder by a wholesaler, a Class 3 winery, or a Class 4 limited winery; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>delivered to a festival from the licensed premises of the wholesaler, Class 3 winery, or Class 4 limited winery.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>A holder of a wholesale, Class 3 winery, or Class 4 limited winery license may enter into an agreement with the license holder to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>deliver beer and wine not earlier than 2 days before the effective date of the license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>accept returns not later than 2 days after the expiration date of the license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>The Board may set the license fee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
