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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="16-1304" title_number="16" title_name="Carroll County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a beer festival license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue the license to a holder of a retail license, Class 5 brewery license, Class 7 micro–brewery license, or Class 8 farm brewery license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The license authorizes the holder to display and sell beer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A license holder shall display and sell beer:</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 the beer festival.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>choose 1 weekend for the beer festival that does not fall on the dates chosen for the Anne Arundel Beer and Wine Festival, the Cumberland and Shenandoah Valley Wine Festival in Washington County, or the Maryland Wine Festival in Carroll County;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>choose a location that is not already licensed; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>ensure that the primary focus of the beer festival is the promotion of Maryland beer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The license holder may hold another license of a different class or nature.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The license fee is $50 for a 1–day or 2–day festival.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
