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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="5-102" title_number="5" title_name="Alcoholic Beverage Tax" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in § 5-104 of this subtitle, a tax is imposed on any alcoholic beverage in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A tax is imposed on each person who sells or consigns an alcoholic beverage in the State from a jurisdiction outside the State, if the Comptroller finds that, in connection with the solicitation, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages, the jurisdiction:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>requires a tax, assessment, or charge that is greater for alcoholic beverages consigned from a Maryland licensee or permit holder than the amount required for alcoholic beverages consigned from a licensee or permit holder in another jurisdiction; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>discriminates in fact against the licensee or permit holder of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A county, municipal corporation, special taxing district, or other political subdivision of the State may not impose a tax on any alcoholic beverage.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Comptroller may not impose the tax under subsection (b) of this section on a person who has distillery plants in this and another state.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
