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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="23-1304" title_number="23" title_name="Howard County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a beer festival license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue the license to a holder of a retail license, a Class 5 brewery license, a Class 7 micro–brewery license, or a Class 8 farm brewery license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The license authorizes the holder to display and sell beer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A license holder shall display and sell beer:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>at retail for on– and off–premises consumption; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>during the hours and days designated for the beer festival.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>choose 1 weekend each year for the festival;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>choose a location that is not already licensed; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>ensure that the primary focus of the festival is the promotion of Maryland beer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The license holder may hold another license of a different class or nature.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The license fee is $50 for a 1–day or 2–day festival.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
