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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="5-108" title_number="5" title_name="General Beer Regulation" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Beer Franchise Fair Dealing Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to a temporary delivery agreement under § 2–209(c) of this article for a beer festival or a wine and beer festival.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>This paragraph does not apply to a franchisor that annually produces 20,000 or fewer barrels of beer in aggregate, in conjunction with any affiliate.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Notwithstanding the terms of a beer franchise agreement, a franchisor may not terminate or refuse to continue or renew a beer franchise agreement, or cause a franchisee to resign from a beer franchise agreement, without good cause.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For purposes of paragraph (1) of this subsection, good cause includes the revocation of a franchisee’s license to do business in the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
