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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="5-103" title_number="5" title_name="Alcoholic Beverage Tax" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A rebuttable presumption exists that any alcoholic beverage in the State is subject to the alcoholic beverage tax.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An alcoholic beverage on which the alcoholic beverage tax is not paid is a contraband alcoholic beverage if it is delivered, possessed, sold, or transported in the State in a manner that is not authorized:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>under this title; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>under the Alcoholic Beverages Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The person who possesses an alcoholic beverage has the burden of proving that the alcoholic beverage is not subject to the alcoholic beverage tax.</text>
  </level>
</section>
