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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="25-1306" title_number="25" title_name="Montgomery County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a beer and wine tasting (BWT) license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board may issue the license to a holder of a Class A license to hold tastings of beer or wine.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A license holder of a Class A wine license may use the license to hold tastings of wine only.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The license authorizes the holder to allow tasting of beer or wine on the premises of the license holder only.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A license application shall be made on a form that the Board supplies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may not require the publication of a license application before issuing the license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The license may be issued without a public hearing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If an initial license application is denied, the applicant may request a public hearing before the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A renewal of the BWT license may be made when the Class A license of the license holder is renewed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A license holder shall notify the Board in writing at least 7 days before each tasting event.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A license holder may allow the consumption by an individual for tasting in a quantity of not more than:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>1 ounce from each offering of wine;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>4 ounces from all offerings of wine in a day;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>3 ounces from each offering of beer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>12 ounces from all offerings of beer in a day.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Once opened, a bottle used for beer or wine tasting shall be marked that it is to be used for that purpose only.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The annual license fee is $200.</text>
  </level>
</section>
