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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="25-309" title_number="25" title_name="Montgomery County" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Alcohol Beverage Services">
  <level label="a">
    <text>With the approval of the County Executive and subject to § 1–319 of this article, the Director may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>purchase from a holder of a wholesaler’s license or manufacturer’s license alcoholic beverages that the Services is authorized to sell and on which the excise tax imposed by § 5–102 of the Tax – General Article is paid;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>purchase from a holder of a resident or nonresident dealer’s permit and import for resale alcoholic beverages that the Services is authorized to sell, and resell the alcoholic beverages once the excise tax is paid;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>sell alcoholic beverages in sealed containers at prices that it determines and that are uniform in all dispensaries;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>refuse to sell alcoholic beverages to a person that, in the Services’ judgment, is not suitable to purchase or consume the alcoholic beverages;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>restrict by any method the quantity of alcoholic beverages that may be sold to an individual consumer or license holder at or during any time;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>enter into a contract or adopt regulations necessary or desirable to carry out this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>sell and ship outside of the county a container or package of alcoholic beverages kept for sale in a dispensary, if not prohibited by law in the place where the shipment is consigned; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>establish the hours of sale for dispensaries, outside of which a dispensary may not remain open.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>With the approval of the County Executive, the Director, by rental, lease, purchase, or otherwise, may acquire:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>real or personal property determined by the Director to be necessary to operate dispensaries, stores, or warehouses; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>alcoholic beverages from any source for resale.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except for purchases of merchandise for resale, the Services shall make all purchases through the County Office of Procurement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
