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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="14-1305" title_number="14" title_name="Calvert County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a beer, wine, and liquor tasting (BWLT) license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue the license to a holder of a Class A beer and wine license or Class A beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the license authorizes the holder of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a Class A beer and wine license to hold tastings of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>wine; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>beer and wine; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license to hold tastings of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>wine;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>beer and wine; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>beer, wine, and liquor.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To hold a tasting, the holder of the license shall provide alcoholic beverages to consumers at no charge.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In addition to the privileges stated in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the license:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>authorizes the holder to hold a tasting every day of the year; but</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>restricts a single tasting to not more than 3 hours.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant shall submit to the Board an application on the form that the Board provides.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may issue the license without a hearing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The license may be renewed only when the Class A beer and wine or Class A beer, wine, and liquor license is renewed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An individual may consume beer, wine, and liquor covered by the license in a quantity of not more than:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>1 ounce from each offering of beer or wine; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>one–half ounce from each offering of liquor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The annual license fee is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$200, if the license is used for wine;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$250, if the license is used for beer or wine; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>$300, if the license is used for beer, wine, and liquor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
