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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="32-309" title_number="32" title_name="Wicomico County" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Liquor Control Board">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Liquor Control Board may establish and maintain stores known as “dispensaries”.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A dispensary:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may sell sparkling or fortified wine or other alcoholic beverages containing more than 14% alcohol by volume; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>shall sell the alcoholic beverages in sealed packages or containers.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A dispensary may sell chilled and nonchilled beer, wine, liquor, ice, or bottled water.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, all alcoholic beverages other than beer and wine shall be purchased from the Liquor Control Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A holder of a Class A, B, C, or D license may purchase alcoholic beverages from a dispensary or a wholesaler.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A dispensary shall sell liquor at wholesale to a beer, wine, and liquor license holder:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for a Class A, B, or C license, at a markup not exceeding 15% above the operating cost to the dispensary; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for a Class D license, at a markup not exceeding 15% above the wholesale cost to the dispensary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Liquor Control Board may hold wine tasting and sampling promotional events in dispensaries in accordance with this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Liquor Control Board:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may not serve to an individual more than 1 ounce from each brand at an event;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may not allow more than six wine bottles to be open at any one time at an event;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>may not conduct events in the county on more than 10 days in any 12–month period;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>shall mark each wine bottle used for an event, once opened, that it is to be used only for tasting or sampling;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>may not mix the contents of a wine bottle with the contents of another wine bottle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>shall destroy all empty wine bottles;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>shall allow on–premises consumption at an event; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>may not conduct wine tasting and sampling using a drive–through window.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>A person may not open or consume the contents of a sealed container or package on the premises of the dispensary where sold.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>Title 4, Subtitle 2 of this article does not apply to this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
