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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="2-130" title_number="2" title_name="State-Issued Permits and Licenses" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="State Permits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a manufacturer off–site permit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Executive Director may issue the permit to a holder of any of the following licenses who meets the requirements of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Class 1 distillery license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Class 3 winery license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Class 4 limited winery license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Class 5 brewery license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Class 7 micro–brewery license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Class 8 farm brewery license; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Class 9 limited distillery license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>During an event listed in subsection (e) of this section, the permit holder may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>provide samples and sell products to a consumer that are manufactured by the permit holder under the permit holder’s license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provide to a consumer a sample that may not exceed:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>1 fluid ounce for each offering of wine;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>1 fluid ounce for each offering of beer; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <level label="0">
            <text>25 fluid ounce for each offering of liquor;</text>
          </level>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>sell to a consumer for on–premises consumption; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, sell to a consumer for off–premises consumption.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The holder of a Class 5 brewery license, a Class 7 micro–brewery license, or a Class 8 farm brewery license may sell to each consumer at an approved off–site permitted event under the permit up to 288 ounces of beer for off–premises consumption.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The permit holder shall have present at least one individual who is certified by an approved alcohol awareness program while providing samples or selling an alcoholic beverage during an event.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The permit may be used:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>at the following events:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a county agricultural fair;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Maryland State Agricultural Fair;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a farmer’s market that is listed on the Farmer’s Market Directory of the Maryland Department of Agriculture; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a nonprofit beer, wine, and liquor festival under § 2–131 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for not more than 32 additional events in 1 year that have an activity:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>that has a primary purpose other than the sale and promotion of alcoholic beverages; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for which the participation of the permit holder is secondary.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The permit may not be used for more than nine events in 1 year at any individual location.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>An applicant for a permit shall complete an application on a form that the Executive Director authorizes.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The permit holder shall notify the Executive Director of the permit holder’s intention to attend an event within a period of time that the Executive Director determines on the form that the Executive Director authorizes.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>The Executive Director may adopt regulations to require the permit holder to notify the local licensing board of the jurisdiction where the event is being held of the permit holder’s intention to attend the event.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>The annual permit fee is $100.</text>
  </level>
</section>
