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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="2-137" title_number="2" title_name="State-Issued Permits and Licenses" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="State Permits">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “charitable organization” means an organization that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is a benevolent, educational, philanthropic, humane, patriotic, religious, or eleemosynary organization that solicits or obtains contributions solicited from the public for charitable or benevolent purposes; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is registered with the Secretary of State in accordance with Title 6, Subtitle 4 of the Business Regulation Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Charitable organization” includes an office, a branch, a chapter, or a similar affiliated entity that has its principal place of business outside the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Charitable organization” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a political party, political committee, or political club;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a unit of the State government or a political subdivision of the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a fraternal organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a fire company;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a rescue or ambulance squad; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>a police force or other law enforcement organization.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a charity wine auction permit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Executive Director may issue the permit to a charitable organization.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The permit authorizes the holder to sell wine at public or private auction to a consumer through the solicitation and acceptance of bids.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The permit is valid for 1 day.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The permit may be granted for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an unlicensed premises; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a Class B, Class C, or Class B–D–7 licensed premises.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A charitable organization may be issued not more than one permit during a calendar year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A permit allows the holder to conduct one auction of wine during a calendar year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the permit holder may receive wine for the auction from:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a holder of a wholesaler’s license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a Class 3 or Class 4 winery;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a retail dealer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>an individual residing in the State; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a business entity in the State that is not licensed under this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The permit holder may receive commercially produced wine that is not authorized for distribution and sale in the State from:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a nonresident individual; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a business entity that is located outside the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Wine that the permit holder receives from the following sources is subject to State tax under § 5–102 of the Tax – General Article:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a holder of a wholesaler’s license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a Class 3 winery;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a Class 4 winery; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any source outside the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Taxes are presumed to have been paid on wine that the permit holder receives from the following sources:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a retail dealer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an individual residing in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a business entity in the State that is not licensed under this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 30 days after the auction ends, the permit holder shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>file a report with the Comptroller; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>pay all taxes due on wine received for the auction.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>include the total number of gallons and each source of wine that was received for the auction; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>be filed on the form that the Comptroller provides.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>The Comptroller may require that the permit holder prepay on or before the seventh day before the auction an amount sufficient to cover the anticipated wine tax due.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Wine purchased at a charity wine auction shall be delivered to the purchaser:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>at the event; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>from a licensed warehouse, licensed retail dealer’s premises, or other premises that the Executive Director approves.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Wine delivered under this subsection is subject to applicable sales taxes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a person authorized to sell wine at retail may purchase wine offered at a charity wine auction in an amount not to exceed 5 gallons (18 liters) and resell the wine in accordance with the terms of the person’s license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="n">
    <text>The permit fee is $10.</text>
  </level>
</section>
