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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="20-1102.2" title_number="20" title_name="Frederick County" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Additional License Privileges">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a beer, wine, and liquor tasting (BWLT) permit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue the permit to the holder of a Class A license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The permit authorizes the holder to allow for on–premises tasting of beer, wine, and liquor.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant for the permit shall submit to the Board an application on a form that the Board provides.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may issue the permit without a public hearing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If an initial permit application is denied, the applicant may request a public hearing before the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Renewal of the permit may be made when the license holder’s Class A license is renewed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An individual may taste beer, wine, or liquor covered by the permit in a quantity not exceeding:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>12 total ounces of beer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>6 total ounces of wine; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="1">
        <text>5 total ounces of liquor, which may be mixed with other nonalcoholic beverages.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Board shall regulate:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the quantity of beer, wine, and liquor that may be served to an individual; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the number of bottles or other containers from which the quantity is served.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The permit authorizes the tasting of beer, wine, and liquor only on the licensed premises of the holder.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The permit holder may not allow an open container to be taken from the licensed premises.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The permit holder may not serve open alcoholic beverages from a drive–through window.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The annual permit fee is $400.</text>
  </level>
</section>
