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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="28-1306" title_number="28" title_name="St. Mary's County" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Temporary Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a 1–day Class BWTS beer and wine tasting or sampling license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board may issue the license to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a holder of a current alcoholic beverages license; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a religious, fraternal, civic, veterans’, hospital, or charitable:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>club;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>society;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>association; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>organization.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The license authorizes the holder to allow the consumption of beer or wine for tasting or sampling if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the beer or wine is given to consumers at no charge; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>all consumption of the beer or wine occurs at the location of the license holder.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board need not publish a license application before issuing the license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board may issue a license to a person not more than 12 times in a calendar year.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>An individual may consume beer or wine covered by the license in a quantity not exceeding:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>1 ounce from each offering and 4 ounces from all offerings of wine in a day; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>2 ounces from each offering and 8 ounces from all offerings of beer in a day.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>At the end of the day for which the license is valid, the license holder shall dispose of any beer or wine that remains in a container opened for tasting or sampling.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The license fee is $50.</text>
  </level>
</section>
