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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="32-308" title_number="32" title_name="Wicomico County" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Liquor Control Board">
  <text>Subject to § 1–319 of this article, the Liquor Control Board may:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>purchase from a holder of a wholesaler’s license or manufacturer’s license alcoholic beverages that the Liquor Control Board 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">
    <level label="i">
      <text>purchase from a holder of a resident or nonresident dealer’s permit and import for resale alcoholic beverages that the Liquor Control Board is authorized to sell; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>resell the alcoholic beverages once the excise tax is paid;</text>
    </level>
  </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 judgment of the Liquor Control Board, 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 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;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>subject to the approval of the county, rent, lease, or purchase premises necessary for the operation of the dispensaries; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>establish the hours of sale for dispensaries, outside of which a dispensary may not remain open.</text>
  </level>
</section>
