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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="2-204" title_number="2" title_name="State-Issued Permits and Licenses" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Manufacturer's Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Class 2 rectifying license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A license holder may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>establish and operate a plant for rectifying, blending, and bottling alcoholic beverages at the location described in the license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>sell and deliver alcoholic beverages to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a holder of a Class 1 distillery license, Class 2 rectifying license, or wholesaler’s license;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a holder of a permit that is authorized to acquire the alcoholic beverage; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a person outside the State that is authorized to acquire the alcoholic beverage;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>acquire alcoholic beverages from the holder of a Class 1 distillery license, Class 2 rectifying license, Class 3 winery license, wholesaler’s license, or nonresident dealer’s permit;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>rectify, blend, bottle, and store alcoholic beverages in the name of another person or under a trade name if the other person or trade name also holds a Class 2 rectifying license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <level label="i">
        <text>conduct guided tours of the licensed premises; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>serve not more than three samples of products manufactured at the licensed premises, with each sample consisting of not more than one–half ounce from a single product, to an individual who has attained the legal drinking age and participated in a guided tour of the licensed premises.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A license holder or entity in which a license holder has a pecuniary interest may not act as a caterer of food.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Subject to subsection (e) of this section, a license holder may conduct the activities specified in subsection (b)(5) of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for off–premises consumption of products manufactured at the licensed premises and for sampling, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for on–premises consumption of products manufactured at the licensed premises:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if guests are attending a planned promotional event or other organized activity on the licensed premises, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A Class 2 rectifying license allows the license holder to operate 7 days a week.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>At least 14 days before holding a planned promotional event after 6 p.m., a license holder shall file a notice of the promotional event with the Executive Director on the form that the Executive Director provides.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>A holder of a caterer’s license or privilege under Subtitle 5 of this title or Subtitle 12 of various titles of Division II of this article may exercise the privileges of the license or privilege on the licensed premises of the license holder.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>Nothing in this section limits the application of relevant provisions of Title 21 of the Health – General Article, and regulations adopted under that title, to a license holder.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>The annual license fee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall be determined by the Executive Director; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may not exceed $600.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
