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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="12-1308" title_number="12" title_name="Baltimore City" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies in:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>ward 27, precincts 42 and 44 of the 41st legislative district of the City;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>ward 27, precincts 41 and 48 of the 43rd legislative district of the City;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>ward 12, precinct 3 of the 43rd legislative district of the City;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>ward 11, precinct 5 of the 44th legislative district of the City;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the 3000 block of Frederick Avenue in ward 20, precinct 9 of the 44A legislative district of the City, based on the Legislative Districting Plan of 2022; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the 46th legislative district of the City.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Class BWLT beer, wine, and liquor (on premises) tasting license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may issue the license to a holder of a:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Class A beer, wine, and liquor license only in a location specified in subsection (a)(1) through (5) of this section; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Class A–7 beer, wine, and liquor license only in the 46th legislative district of the City.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The license authorizes the holder to allow on–premises consumption of beer, light wine, and liquor for tasting.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The license may be issued as:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a daily tasting license, that may be issued not more than 12 times to a single license holder in a license year;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a 26–day or 52–day tasting license, each of which may be used consecutively or nonconsecutively; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a tasting license that may be used daily throughout the year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant shall apply for the license on a form that the Board provides.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The form shall specify the date or dates on which the tasting is requested to occur.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The application and payment for the daily license shall be submitted at least 7 days before the tasting event.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The application and payment for the 26–day tasting license and the 52–day tasting license shall be made at least 7 days before the first proposed tasting event.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The holder of a 26–day tasting license and the holder of a 52–day tasting license shall notify the Board, on a form that the Board approves, of additional tasting events authorized by the licenses.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The license holder may exercise the privileges under the license during the hours and days provided for under the license holder’s Class A license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>An individual may consume beer, light wine, or liquor covered by the license in a quantity of not more than:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>1 ounce of light wine from an offering in a day;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>3 ounces of beer from an offering in a day; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>one–half ounce of liquor from an offering in a day.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>At the end of each day for which the license is valid, the license holder shall dispose of any alcoholic beverage that remains in a container opened for tasting.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>The Board shall set the license fee.</text>
  </level>
</section>
