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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="2-208" 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 6 pub–brewery license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The license may be issued only to the holder of a Class B beer, wine, and liquor (on–sale) license that is issued for use on the premises of a restaurant.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The pub–brewery shall be located immediately adjacent to the restaurant where the malt beverage is to be sold to the public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A license holder:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may brew malt beverages at a single location for consumption on the restaurant premises; but</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may not brew more than 2,000 barrels of malt beverage each calendar year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A license holder may sell at retail malt beverages for off–premises consumption in a sealed refillable container.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The container:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may be returned for refilling; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall be sealed by the license holder when refilled.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A license holder may not sell malt beverages to a retail dealer in the State for subsequent sale or distribution of the malt beverage under the retail license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Except for a license transferred to a new location, the license may be transferred under Title 4, Subtitle 3 of this article if an application for transfer is filed at the same time with the local licensing board and the Executive Director.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>If the Class B beer, wine, and liquor (on–sale) license of the holder is suspended, the Class 6 pub–brewery license shall be suspended for the same period.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The license is void if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the restaurant described in subsection (b)(1) of this section ceases to be operated as a restaurant; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Class B beer, wine, and liquor (on–sale) license of the license holder is revoked or transferred to a different location.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The annual license fee is $500.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before December 1 each year, the Commission shall report to the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee and the House Economic Matters Committee, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the total beer production of each Class 6 license holder in the preceding fiscal year, identified by jurisdiction and license holder.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each holder of a Class 6 license shall report to the Executive Director the information needed to prepare the annual report required under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commission shall include the information reported under this subsection in the annual report submitted under § 1–316 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
