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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="32-1308" title_number="32" title_name="Wicomico 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">
    <text>The Board may issue the license to a holder of a Class A beer and wine license or Class A beer, wine, and liquor license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The license authorizes the holder to allow the on–premises consumption of beer or wine.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant for the license shall submit to the Board an application on a form that the Board provides.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may issue the license without a hearing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a license application is denied, the applicant may request a public hearing before the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Renewal of the license may be made when the Class A beer and wine license or Class A beer, wine, and liquor license is renewed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A license holder shall notify the Board in writing at least 5 days before a beer and wine tasting event.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The license holder may serve an individual, for tasting, a quantity of not more than:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>1 ounce of wine from each offering; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>3 ounces of beer from each offering.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A maximum of six bottles of wine and six containers of beer may be open at one time at a beer and wine tasting event.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Once opened, each bottle or container shall be marked that it is to be used for the beer and wine tasting event only.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Once empty, each bottle and container shall be destroyed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The days during which beer and wine tasting events are held may not exceed 50 in any period for which the license is in effect.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>The annual license fee is $250.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The contents of a bottle or container may not be mixed with that of any other bottle or container.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Beer and wine tasting may not be conducted from a drive–through window.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
