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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".18" citation="COMAR 14.23.01.18" title_num="14" subtitle_num="23" chapter_num="01" heading="Public Storage or Transportation Permit.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A public storage permit authorizes the holder to operate a warehouse for the storage of alcoholic beverages of licensees or authorized permit holders.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A public transportation permit authorizes the holder to transport alcoholic beverages into, within, or out of this State for licensees or authorized permit holders.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A Public Transportation Permit may be applied for by:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A person engaged in the business of transporting alcoholic beverages for licensees into, within, and out of this State; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A licensed wholesaler in order to transport alcoholic beverages to retailers for another licensed wholesaler when there is a written delivery agreement between the wholesalers stating that there will be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>No warehousing of the alcoholic beverages being transported;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>No unreasonable delay in transporting the alcoholic beverages;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Segregation of the alcoholic beverages from the alcoholic beverages being transported under the transporter's own wholesaler license;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A separate invoice for the alcoholic beverages being transported under the public transportation permit; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Delivery of the alcoholic beverages without performance of any other service, such as solicitation, shelf management, product rotation, or any other acts that under Alcoholic Beverages Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, and the regulations may be legally performed by a licensed manufacturer, wholesaler, or permit holder.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A written delivery agreement that stipulates that the sale and delivery of alcoholic beverages shall be from the licensed premises of a wholesaler meets the requirements of §C(2) of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>When transporting alcoholic beverages under a public transportation permit, the holder shall possess the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A valid public transportation permit; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A valid vehicle identification card for each vehicle, issued by the Executive Director pursuant to Alcoholic Beverages Article, §§2-218 or 2-119, Annotated Code of Maryland, which card shall include the vehicle's make, model, vehicle identification number, state of registration, and tag number.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Before accepting delivery, a licensed wholesaler shall verify that the transporter delivering the alcoholic beverages has in its possession the documentation required under §E of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>