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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="23-1309" title_number="23" title_name="Howard County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “educational event” means an event at which a speaker provides instruction on how to develop a foundation of alcoholic beverages knowledge, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>styles of beer, wine, and liquor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>methods of tasting beer, wine, and liquor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>pairing food and beer, wine, and liquor; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>serving, storing, and buying beer, wine, and liquor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an educational event beer and wine tasting (BWT) license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>an educational event beer, wine, and liquor tasting (BWLT) license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An educational event BWT license may be issued to a holder of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a Class A beer and wine license; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An educational event BWLT license may be issued to a holder of a Class A beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An educational event BWT license authorizes the on–premises consumption, for tasting or sampling, of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>beer; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>wine containing not more than 15.5% of alcohol by volume.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An educational event BWLT license:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>has the privileges of a BWT license set out in paragraph (1) of this subsection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>authorizes the on–premises consumption, for tasting or sampling, of liquor.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>An educational event BWT license and educational event BWLT license authorize the license holder to provide alcoholic beverages from the license holder’s inventory to a consumer who has preregistered for an educational event.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The alcoholic beverages may be provided at a prorated charge that covers the cost of the educational event, including alcoholic beverages, snacks, and a speaker.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A holder of an educational event BWT license may not serve:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>wine in a quantity of more than 1 ounce from any individual brand and more than 6 ounces in the aggregate to any one individual in a single day; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>beer in a quantity of more than 2 ounces from any individual brand and more than 6 ounces in the aggregate to any one individual in a single day.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A holder of an educational event BWLT license:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is subject to the prohibitions set out in paragraph (1) of this subsection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may not serve liquor in a quantity of more than 1/2 ounce from any individual brand and not more than 3 ounces in the aggregate to any one individual in a single day.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>In addition to the fee for any other license, the annual fees are:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$100 for an educational event BWT license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$100 for an educational event BWLT license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
