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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="19-1306" title_number="19" title_name="Dorchester 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">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board may issue the license to a holder of a Class A license to hold tastings of beer, wine, or liquor.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A license holder may not hold tastings of any alcoholic beverages that the license holder is not authorized to sell under the holder’s Class A license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The license authorizes the holder to allow the consumption of beer, wine, or liquor for tasting if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the consumer is not charged for the beer, wine, or liquor; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the beer, wine, or liquor is consumed on the premises of the holder of the Class A license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant for the license shall submit to the Board an application on a form that the Board provides.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may not require the publication of a license application before issuing the license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Board may issue the license without a public hearing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If an initial license application is denied:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the applicant may resubmit the application; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on request from the applicant, the Board shall hold a public hearing on the license application before determining whether to issue the license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The license holder shall notify the Board in writing at least 7 days before the event at which the license is to be used.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Renewal of the license may be made when the holder’s Class A license is renewed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An individual may consume beer, wine, or liquor covered by the license in a quantity of not more than:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>3 ounces from each offering of beer; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>8 ounces from all offerings of beer in 1 day;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>1 ounce from each offering of wine; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>4 ounces from all offerings of wine in 1 day; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <level label="0">
          <text>5 ounces from each offering of liquor; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>5 ounces from all offerings of liquor in 1 day.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>At the end of the day for which the license is valid, the license holder shall properly dispose of beer, wine, or liquor that remains in a container that was opened for tasting.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The license fee is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$150 for not more than 15 beer, wine, or liquor tastings per year; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$250 for not more than 30 beer, wine, or liquor tastings per year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
