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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="25-1304" title_number="25" title_name="Montgomery County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Festival” means the Montgomery County Beer, Wine, and Liquor Festival.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Festival organization” means a nonprofit organization that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is chosen by the county to organize the Festival; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has extensive experience in organizing and managing large–scale public events.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Beer, Wine, and Liquor Festival license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board may issue the license to a holder of a retail license issued in the county, a Class 5 brewery license, a Class 6 pub–brewery license, a Class 7 micro–brewery license, a State Class 8 farm brewery license, a Class 3 winery license, a Class 4 limited winery license, a Class 1 distillery license, or a Class 9 limited distillery license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, the license authorizes the license holder to display and sell beer, wine, or liquor that is distributed in the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person may not sell, offer for sale, or display beer, wine, or liquor at the Festival unless the person:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>holds a beer, wine, and liquor festival license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has contracted with a festival organization to display and sell beer, wine, or liquor at the Festival.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A license holder shall display and sell beer, wine, or liquor:</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 Festival.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A festival organization shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>choose the weekends for the Festival;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>choose a location regardless of whether the location is already licensed; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>ensure that the primary focus of the Festival is the promotion of Maryland beer, wine, or liquor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>A festival organization may contract with a holder of a retail license issued in the county, a Class 5 brewery license, a Class 6 pub–brewery license, a Class 7 micro–brewery license, a State Class 8 farm brewery license, a Class 3 winery license, a Class 4 limited winery license, a Class 1 distillery license, or a Class 9 limited distillery license to sell and display beer, wine, or liquor at the Festival.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>A person may hold a beer, wine, and liquor festival license in addition to another license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The license fee is $30 for each day of the Festival.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>License fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited into the general fund of the county.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may deny a beer, wine, and liquor festival license to an applicant or suspend or revoke a beer, wine, and liquor festival license if the applicant or license holder violates a provision of this article or the regulations of the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Instead of or in addition to denying, suspending, or revoking a license under this subsection, the Board may impose on an applicant or license holder a fine not exceeding $20,000.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>The Board shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
